## Beitzah Daf 6a

###### Beitzah 6a:1
[Beitzah 6a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:1)

אָמַר רָבָא: מֵת בְּיוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן — יִתְעַסְּקוּ בּוֹ עֲמָמִים. מֵת בְּיוֹם טוֹב שֵׁנִי — יִתְעַסְּקוּ בּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַאֲפִילּוּ בִּשְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה. מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן בְּבֵיצָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava said:** If one **died on the first day of a Festival, gentiles should attend to his** burial. If he **died on the second day of a Festival, Jews should attend to his** burial. **And even with regard to the two Festival days of Rosh HaShana,** the *halakha* is that the legal status of the two days is like that of the two days of the Festivals; however, **that is not so with regard to an egg** that was laid on the first day of Rosh HaShana, as it remains prohibited on the second day.


###### Beitzah 6a:2
[Beitzah 6a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:2)

נְהַרְדָּעֵי אָמְרִי: אַף בְּבֵיצָה. דְּמָה דַּעְתָּיךְ, דִּלְמָא מְעַבְּרִי לֵיהּ לֶאֱלוּל, הָא אָמַר רַב חִינָּנָא בַּר כָּהֲנָא אָמַר רַב: מִימוֹת עֶזְרָא וְאֵילָךְ לֹא מָצִינוּ אֱלוּל מְעוּבָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sages of **Neharde’a say: Even with regard to an egg,** Rosh HaShana is no different from other Festivals, as an egg laid on the first day is permitted on the second. **As what do you think** i.e., what is your concern; **perhaps** witnesses will fail to arrive, and the court **will proclaim** the month of **Elul full,** i.e., thirty days long, and begin counting the year only from the following day? In that case, both days are kept as sacred *ab initio*. **Didn’t Rav Ḥinnana bar Kahana say** that **Rav** already **said** in this regard: **From the days of Ezra and onward we have not found** that the month of **Elul** was **full,** as the Sages employed various methods to ensure that there would be no need to add a thirtieth day. Consequently, Rosh HaShana would always occur on the thirtieth day after the beginning of Elul.


###### Beitzah 6a:3
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אָמַר מָר זוּטְרָא: לָא אֲמַרַן, אֶלָּא דְּאִשְׁתַּהִי. אֲבָל לָא אִשְׁתַּהִי — מַשְׁהִינַן לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Mar Zutra said: We said** that Jews should attend to the dead on the second day of Rosh HaShana **only when** the burial of the corpse **has** already **been delayed** and for some reason the burial was not on the day that he died. In that case, the body might begin to decay, and the dignity of the dead is at stake. **However,** if the burial **has not been delayed,** and there is no concern for the dignity of the corpse, its burial may not be attended to on the Festival; rather, **we delay it** until the Festival has ended.


###### Beitzah 6a:4
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רַב אָשֵׁי אָמַר: אַף עַל גַּב דְּלָא אִשְׁתַּהִי, נָמֵי לָא מַשְׁהִינַן לֵיהּ. מַאי טַעְמָא, יוֹם טוֹב שֵׁנִי לְגַבֵּי מֵת — כְּחוֹל שַׁוְּיוּהּ רַבָּנַן, אֲפִילּוּ לְמֵיגַז לֵיהּ גְּלִימָא, וּלְמֵיגַז לֵיהּ אָסָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi said: Even though** the burial **was not delayed,** but it is the day that he died, **we still do not delay** the burial. **What is the reason** for this? **With regard to the dead, the Sages equated** the legal status of **the second Festival day with** that of **a weekday.** This is true to such an extent that on a Festival it is permitted **even to cut** material to fashion **a cloak for** the deceased. **And** similarly, it is permitted **to cut myrtles for** the deceased, to be placed on the bier in their honor.


###### Beitzah 6a:5
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אָמַר רָבִינָא: וְהָאִידָּנָא דְּאִיכָּא חַבָּרֵי — חָיְישִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said: And nowadays, when there are *ḥabarei*,** this practice must be adjusted. The *ḥabarei* were Persian priests who made false accusations against Jews in Babylonia. They cited the fact that Jews were burying their dead on the second Festival day as proof that the day was not holy, and they forced them to work on that day. Since **we are concerned** about this possibility, we do not bury the dead on the second day.


###### Beitzah 6a:6
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רָבִינָא הֲוָה יָתֵיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב (אַסִּי) בִּשְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, חַזְיֵיהּ דַּהֲוָה עֲצִיב, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַמַּאי עֲצִיב מָר? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דְּלָא אוֹתִיבִי עֵירוּבֵי תַּבְשִׁילִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: **Ravina sat before Rav Ashi on the two Festival days of Rosh HaShana,** which occurred that year on Thursday and Friday. Ravina **observed that** Rav Ashi **was sad. He said to him: Why is the Master sad? He said to him:** Because **I did not prepare a joining of cooked foods,** and therefore I cannot prepare food or light a candle on Rosh HaShana for the upcoming Shabbat. When a Festival immediately precedes Shabbat, a joining of cooked foods is prepared before the Festival with ready-to-eat food. It is kept until Shabbat, symbolically indicating that any food prepared on the Festival for Shabbat is merely a continuation of that initial preparation.


###### Beitzah 6a:7
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְלוֹתֵיב מָר הָאִידָּנָא? מִי לָא אָמַר רָבָא: מַנִּיחַ אָדָם עֵירוּבֵי תַבְשִׁילִין מִיּוֹם טוֹב לַחֲבֵירוֹ, וּמַתְנֶה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Ravina **said to him: And let the Master prepare a joining of cooked foods now,** on the first day of Rosh HaShana, a Thursday. **Didn’t Rava say: A person may prepare a joining of cooked foods from** one **Festival day** of the Diaspora **to another, by stipulating** the following condition: If today is a weekday and tomorrow is holy, this shall be my joining of cooked foods, by means of which I may prepare food tomorrow for Shabbat; if today is holy and tomorrow a weekday, it is permitted to prepare food tomorrow as it is on any regular weekday, and a joining of cooked foods is not needed.


###### Beitzah 6a:8
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֵימַר דְּאָמַר רָבָא בִּשְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל גָּלִיּוֹת. בִּשְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה מִי אָמַר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Ashi **said to him:** You can **say that Rava stated** this *halakha* with regard to the regular **two Festival days of the Diaspora;** but **did he** actually **say so with regard to the two Festival days of Rosh HaShana?** The two days of Rosh HaShana are considered one long day, and they are both equally holy.


###### Beitzah 6a:9
[Beitzah 6a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:9)

וְהָא אָמְרִי נְהַרְדָּעֵי: אַף בֵּיצָה מוּתֶּרֶת. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב מָרְדֳּכַי: בְּפֵירוּשׁ אֲמַר לִי מָר דְּלָא סָבַר לְהָא דִּנְהַרְדָּעֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Ravina replied: **Didn’t** the Sages of **Neharde’a say** that **even an egg is permitted** on the two days of Rosh HaShana, which are treated exactly the same as other Festival days in the Diaspora? The same ruling should apply to a joining of cooked foods. **Rav Mordekhai said to** Ravina: This does not resolve Rav Ashi’s difficulty, as **the Master,** Rav Ashi, **explicitly said to me that he does not hold** in accordance **with this** opinion of the Sages of **Neharde’a.** Rather, he maintains that Rosh HaShana differs from other Festivals, and in this case there is no way to make up for failure to prepare a joining of cooked foods.


###### Beitzah 6a:10
[Beitzah 6a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:10)

אִתְּמַר: אֶפְרוֹחַ שֶׁנּוֹלַד בְּיוֹם טוֹב, רַב אָמַר: אָסוּר. וּשְׁמוּאֵל, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: מוּתָּר. רַב אָמַר: אָסוּר — מוּקְצֶה הוּא. וּשְׁמוּאֵל, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: מוּתָּר — הוֹאִיל וּמַתִּיר עַצְמוֹ בִּשְׁחִיטָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **It was stated** that *amora’im* disputed the following case: With regard to **a chick that hatched on a Festival, Rav said: It is prohibited. And Shmuel, and some say Rabbi Yoḥanan, said: It is permitted.** The Gemara explains the reasoning for their respective opinions. **Rav said: It is prohibited** because **it is *muktze*. And Shmuel, and some say Rabbi Yoḥanan said: It is permitted, since it itself is rendered permitted through slaughter.** The slaughter of the chicken, which renders it fit to be eaten, is made possible by its hatching. Consequently, hatching likewise removes the prohibition of *muktze*.


###### Beitzah 6a:11
[Beitzah 6a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:11)

אָמְרִי לֵיהּ רַב כָּהֲנָא וְרַב אַסִּי לְרַב: וְכִי מָה בֵּין זֶה לְעֵגֶל שֶׁנּוֹלַד בְּיוֹם טוֹב? אֲמַר לְהוּ: הוֹאִיל וּמוּכָן אַגַּב אִמּוֹ בִּשְׁחִיטָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Kahana and Rav Asi said to Rav: And what is the difference between this** case **and** that of **a calf born on a Festival,** since you agree that a calf may be slaughtered on that day? **He said to them:** There is a difference. **Since** a calf inside its mother is considered **prepared on account of its mother, by slaughter,** the *halakha* is as follows: If a cow is slaughtered, the calf inside its womb is also permitted. Therefore, that calf never had the status of *muktze*, whereas the chick was considered *muktze* before it hatched.


###### Beitzah 6a:12
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וּמָה בֵּין זֶה לְעֵגֶל שֶׁנּוֹלַד מִן הַטְּרֵפָה! שְׁתֵיק רַב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Kahana and Rav Ashi further challenged Rav: **And what is the difference between this** case **and** that of **a *tereifa*?** If the mother has a condition that will cause it to die within twelve months, neither it nor the calf inside it may be eaten. Nevertheless, after it is born the calf may be slaughtered on a Festival and it is permitted. **Rav was silent** and did not offer an answer, as though he did not know how to respond to the question.


###### Beitzah 6a:13
[Beitzah 6a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:13)

אֲמַר רַבָּה וְאִיתֵּימָא רַב יוֹסֵף: מַאי טַעְמָא שְׁתֵיק רַב? לֵימָא לְהוּ: הוֹאִיל וּמוּכָן אַגַּב אִמּוֹ לִכְלָבִים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba said, and some say** it was **Rav Yosef: What is the reason** that **Rav was silent? Let him say to them:** Even a calf born to a *tereifa* mother is not considered fully *muktze*, **since it is prepared on account of its mother** to be fed **to dogs.** On a Festival, it is permitted to slaughter a *tereifa* and give it to dogs as food, and therefore the calf is not fully *muktze* even before it is born. By contrast, a chick in its shell is not intended as food for dogs, and therefore a chick that hatched on a Festival was unfit for use when the Festival began. Consequently, it was considered *muktze* and it is now *nolad*, an object that came into being on Shabbat or a Festival, and it is therefore prohibited.


###### Beitzah 6a:14
[Beitzah 6a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/6a:14)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said to him:**