## Beitzah Daf 7a

###### Beitzah 7a:1
[Beitzah 7a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:1)

דְפָחֲיָא לְמַאן? יְהַבוּ לֵיהּ בֵּיעֵי דִשְׁחוּטָה. אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי אַמֵּי, אֲמַר לְהוּ: מִקָּח טָעוּת הוּא, וְהָדַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**of a live** chicken, **who has?** He sought to purchase eggs of this kind. **They gave him eggs of a slaughtered** chicken. **He came before Rabbi Ami,** claiming he had been cheated. Rabbi Ami **said to** the sellers: This **is a mistaken transaction, and it is rescinded;** the sale is void.


###### Beitzah 7a:2
[Beitzah 7a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:2)

פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: הַאי לַאֲכִילָה קָא בָּעֵי לְהוּ, וְהַאי דְּקָאָמַר דְּפָחֲיָא — מִשּׁוּם דִּצְרִיבָן, לְמַאי נָפְקָא מִינַּהּ — לְמִיתְּבָא לֵיהּ בֵּינֵי בֵּינֵי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: It is **obvious** that the transaction is void, as he specified exactly what he wanted. The Gemara answers: The ruling is necessary, **lest you say** that **this** individual **wants them for food** rather than for chicks, **and that which he said,** that he is looking for eggs **of a live** chicken, he said only **because they are hard-shelled,** mature eggs. **What is the practical difference,** i.e., what is this man claiming from the seller according to this rejected interpretation? He is merely demanding **to refund him the difference** in value **between the two** types of eggs. Rabbi Ami therefore **teaches us** that the sale involved a fundamental error, as the eggs of a slaughtered chicken are unfit for incubation. The transaction is therefore void.


###### Beitzah 7a:3
[Beitzah 7a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:3)

הָהוּא דַּאֲמַר לְהוּ: בֵּיעֵי דְּדִכְרָא לְמַאן! בֵּיעֵי דְּדִכְרָא לְמַאן! יְהַבוּ לֵיהּ בֵּיעֵי דְּסָפְנָא מֵאַרְעָא. אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי אַמֵּי, אֲמַר לְהוּ: מִקָּח טָעוּת הוּא, וַהֲדַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates a similar incident: **A certain person said to** vendors: Does **anyone** have **eggs of** a chicken that has had relations with **a rooster?** Does **anyone** have **eggs of a rooster? They gave him eggs** that a hen had **absorbed from the ground,** i.e., which had not been fertilized by a rooster. **He came before Rabbi Ami** claiming that he had been cheated. Rabbi Ami **said to them:** This **is a mistaken transaction, and it is rescinded.**


###### Beitzah 7a:4
[Beitzah 7a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:4)

פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: הַאי לַאֲכִילָה קָא בָּעֵי לְהוּ, וְהַאי דְּקָאָמַר דְּדִכְרָא — מִשּׁוּם דְּשַׁמִּינָן טְפֵי, לְמַאי נָפְקָא מִינַּהּ — לְמִיתְּבָא לֵיהּ בֵּינֵי בֵּינֵי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara again asks: It is **obvious** that this is the case. The Gemara explains: The ruling is necessary, **lest you say** that **this** person **wants** the eggs **for food, and that which he said,** that he wants eggs **of a rooster,** he said only **because they are fatter. What is the practical difference;** i.e., what is this man claiming from the seller according to this rejected interpretation? He is merely demanding **that they should refund him the difference** in value **between the two** types. Rav Ami therefore **teaches us** that this is not the case; rather, the sale is void.


###### Beitzah 7a:5
[Beitzah 7a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:5)

וְאִי בָּעֵית אֵימָא: מַאי עִם יְצִיאָתָהּ נִגְמְרָה — עִם יְצִיאַת רוּבָּהּ נִגְמְרָה, וְכִדְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: בֵּיצָה שֶׁיָּצְאָה רוּבָּהּ מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב וְחָזְרָה — מוּתֶּרֶת לְאׇכְלָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests another explanation of Rav’s statement. **And if you wish, say** instead: **What is** the meaning of the claim: **An egg is fully formed upon its emergence?** It means that **it is fully formed with the emergence of most of it, in accordance with** the statement of **Rabbi Yoḥanan. As Rabbi Yoḥanan said:** It is taught in a *baraita* that in the case of **an egg, most of which emerged** from the chicken **on a Festival eve, and** the egg **returned** inside the mother and was finally laid on the Festival itself, it **is permitted to eat** this egg **on the Festival.** Since most of the egg had emerged before the Festival began, it is considered to have been laid the day before.


###### Beitzah 7a:6
[Beitzah 7a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:6)

וְאִיכָּא דְּאָמַר: מַאי עִם יְצִיאָתָהּ נִגְמְרָה — עִם יְצִיאַת כּוּלָּהּ נִגְמְרָה. עִם יְצִיאַת כּוּלָּהּ — אִין, אֲבָל רוּבָּהּ — לָא. וּלְאַפּוֹקֵי מִדְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And some say** the following explanation: **What is** the meaning of the expression: **Fully formed upon its emergence?** It means that **it is fully formed upon the emergence of all of it.** The Gemara infers: **Upon the emergence of all of it, yes,** it is fully formed at this stage; **however,** if only **most of it** came out the day before, **no,** it is not considered fully formed. **And** this reading serves **to exclude** the statement **of Rabbi Yoḥanan.** In any case, Rav’s statement can correspond to this statement of Rabbi Yoḥanan.


###### Beitzah 7a:7
[Beitzah 7a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:7)

גּוּפָא: הַשּׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַתַּרְנְגוֹלֶת וּמָצָא בָּהּ בֵּיצִים גְּמוּרוֹת — מוּתָּרוֹת לְאָכְלָן בְּחָלָב. רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: אִם הָיוּ מְעוֹרוֹת בְּגִידִין — אֲסוּרוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Apropos the halakhic status of eggs found inside a slaughtered chicken, the Gemara discusses **the** matter **itself:** In the case of **one who slaughters a chicken and finds inside it fully formed eggs, it is permitted to eat** these eggs **with milk. Rabbi Ya’akov says: If** the eggs **were** still **attached by sinews, it is prohibited** to eat them with milk, as they are considered meat.


###### Beitzah 7a:8
[Beitzah 7a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:8)

מַאן תְּנָא לְהָא דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: הָאוֹכֵל מִנִּבְלַת עוֹף טָהוֹר, מִן הַשְּׁלָל שֶׁל בֵּיצִים, מִן הָעֲצָמוֹת, וּמִן הַגִּידִין, וּמִן הַבָּשָׂר שֶׁנִּתְלַשׁ מִן הַחַי — טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Who is the *tanna*** who **taught this** *halakha* **that the Sages taught** in a *baraita*: **One who eats** one of the following parts **of the unslaughtered carcass of a kosher bird: From a cluster of eggs** that are still attached to it by sinews, or **from** its **bones, or from the sinews, or from meat that has been detached from a live** animal, is **ritually pure** because none of these are considered part of the meat of the bird, and therefore they do not impart the ritual impurity of an animal carcass.


###### Beitzah 7a:9
[Beitzah 7a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:9)

מִן הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל שֶׁל בֵּיצִים, מִן הַקּוּרְקְבָן וּבְנֵי מֵעַיִין, אוֹ שֶׁהִמְחָה אֶת הַחֵלֶב וּגְמָעוֹ — טָמֵא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
However, if one ate **from the ovary of** its **eggs,** which contains very small eggs that do not possess any of the regular characteristics of eggs, or if he took a piece **of the craw or the intestines, or if he melted the fat** of a dead bird **and swallowed it,** he is **ritually impure** from the impurity imparted by the unslaughtered carcass of a bird.


###### Beitzah 7a:10
[Beitzah 7a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:10)

מַאן תַּנָּא מִן הַשְּׁלָל שֶׁל בֵּיצִים טָהוֹר? אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: דְּלָא כְּרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב. דְּאִי כְּרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב, הָאָמַר: אִם הָיוּ מְעוֹרוֹת בְּגִידִין — אֲסוּרוֹת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Who is the *tanna*** who **taught** that if one ate **from a cluster of eggs he is pure,** which indicates that eggs still attached by sinews to the chicken are not considered part of the meat of the bird? **Rav Yosef said:** This ruling is **not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ya’akov. For if** you say it is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ya’akov, didn’t he say: If** the eggs **were attached by sinews** it is **prohibited** to eat them with milk, indicating that he considers these eggs meat of the chicken.


###### Beitzah 7a:11
[Beitzah 7a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:11)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: מִמַּאי? דִּלְמָא עַד כָּאן לָא קָאָמַר רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב הָתָם אֶלָּא לְעִנְיַן אִסּוּרָא, אֲבָל לְעִנְיַן טוּמְאָה — לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said to** Rav Yosef: **From where** do you draw this conclusion? **Perhaps Rabbi Ya’akov stated** that these eggs are part of the chicken **only there, with regard to** the **prohibition** against eating the eggs with milk; **however,** perhaps **with regard to ritual impurity** he did **not** say that these eggs are considered part of the chicken.


###### Beitzah 7a:12
[Beitzah 7a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:12)

וְכִי תֵּימָא לְעִנְיַן טוּמְאָה נָמֵי נִגְזוֹר — אַפּוֹשֵׁי טוּמְאָה הוּא, וְאַפּוֹשֵׁי טוּמְאָה מִדְּרַבָּנַן לָא מַפְּשִׁינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you say** that **with regard to** ritual **impurity let us also issue a decree** and be stringent in a case of uncertainty and therefore rule that these attached eggs should be considered part of the chicken, **this** would serve to **proliferate impurity, and we do not proliferate impurity** that is **by rabbinic law.** One does not declare an item ritually impure by rabbinic law merely because uncertainty has arisen with regard to its status.


###### Beitzah 7a:13
[Beitzah 7a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:13)

וְאִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: מַאן תַּנָּא מִן הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל שֶׁל בֵּיצִים טָמֵא? אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב הִיא, דְּאָמַר: אִם הָיוּ מְעוֹרוֹת בְּגִידִין אֲסוּרוֹת. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: מִמַּאי דְּאֶשְׁכּוֹל, מֵהָנָךְ דְּתַלְיָא בְּאֶשְׁכּוֹל? דִּלְמָא אֶשְׁכּוֹל גּוּפֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And some say** a different version of this discussion, according to which the question is: **Who is the *tanna*** who **taught** that if one eats **from the ovary of** its **eggs he is ritually impure? Rav Yosef said: It is Rabbi Ya’akov, who said: If** the eggs **were attached by sinews, they are prohibited. Abaye said to him: From where** do you know **that** the term **ovary** means: **From these** eggs **that are hanging from the ovary; perhaps** it is referring to the **ovary itself,** the part of the flesh of the bird where the eggs develop?


###### Beitzah 7a:14
[Beitzah 7a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:14)

וְכִי תֵּימָא: אֶשְׁכּוֹל גּוּפֵיהּ מַאי לְמֵימְרָא! מִידֵּי דְּהָוֵה אַקּוּרְקְבָן וּבְנֵי מֵעַיִין, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּבָשָׂר נִינְהוּ, כֵּיוָן דְּאִיכָּא אִינָשֵׁי דְּלָא אָכְלִי — אִיצְטְרִיךְ לְאַשְׁמוֹעִינַן, הָכָא נָמֵי: כֵּיוָן דְּאִיכָּא אִינָשֵׁי דְּלָא אָכְלִי — אִיצְטְרִיךְ לְאַשְׁמוֹעִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you say:** If it is referring to **the ovary itself, what** is the purpose **of stating** this? It is obvious that the ovary itself is meat. One can answer as follows: **Just as it is in** the case of **the craw and the intestines, that even though they are meat** according to all opinions, **since there are people who do not eat** them, **it was necessary to teach us** that they have the status of meat; **here, too,** with regard to an ovary, **since there are people who do not eat** it, **it was necessary to teach us** that it may not be eaten with milk. Therefore, this argument does not prove that this version of the discussion is incorrect.


###### Beitzah 7a:15
[Beitzah 7a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:15)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בַּיּוֹם — נוֹלָד בַּיּוֹם. כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בַּלַּיְלָה — נוֹלָד בַּלַּיְלָה. כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בֵּין בַּיּוֹם וּבֵין בַּלַּיְלָה — נוֹלָד בֵּין בַּיּוֹם וּבֵין בַּלַּיְלָה. כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בַּיּוֹם נוֹלָד בַּיּוֹם — זוֹ תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת. כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בַּלַּיְלָה נוֹלָד בַּלַּיְלָה — זוֹ עֲטַלֵּף. כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בֵּין בַּיּוֹם וּבֵין בַּלַּיְלָה — אָדָם וְכׇל דְּדָמֵי לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: **Any** species **whose intercourse** occurs only **in the** hours of the **day** is **born** only **by day; any** species **whose intercourse occurs** only **at night is born** only **by night; any** species **whose intercourse occurs either by day or by night is born either by day or by night.** The Gemara elaborates: **Any** species **whose intercourse occurs by day is born by day, this** is referring to **a chicken. Any** species **whose intercourse occurs by night is born by night, this is a bat. Any** species **whose intercourse occurs either by day or by night,** this means **a human** being **and all that are similar to him.**


###### Beitzah 7a:16
[Beitzah 7a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:16)

אָמַר מָר: כֹּל שֶׁתַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ בַּיּוֹם נוֹלָד בַּיּוֹם — זוֹ תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת. לְמַאי נָפְקָא מִינַּהּ? לְכִדְרַב מָרִי בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב כָּהֲנָא. דְּאָמַר רַב מָרִי בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב כָּהֲנָא: בָּדַק בְּקִנָּה שֶׁל תַּרְנְגוֹלִין מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב וְלֹא מָצָא בָּהּ בֵּיצָה, וּלְמָחָר הִשְׁכִּים וּמָצָא בָהּ בֵּיצָה — מוּתֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Master said: Any** species **whose intercourse occurs by day is born by day, this is a chicken.** The Gemara asks: **What** is the **practical** halakhic **difference** of this statement? The Gemara answers: The halakhic difference is with regard **to that which Rav Mari, son of Rav Kahana** said, **as Rav Mari, son of Rav Kahana said:** If one **examined a chicken’s nest on a Festival eve and did not find an egg in it, and the following day,** on the Festival, **he rose early and found an egg in it,** the egg is **permitted,** as it can be assumed it was not laid that night.


###### Beitzah 7a:17
[Beitzah 7a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:17)

וַהֲלֹא בָּדַק! אֵימַר לֹא בָּדַק יָפֶה יָפֶה. וַאֲפִילּוּ בָּדַק יָפֶה, אֵימַר: יָצְתָה רוּבָּהּ וְחָזְרָה הֲוַאי, וְכִדְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But didn’t he examine** the nest before the Festival and fail to find an egg there? If so, the egg must have been laid on the Festival. The Gemara answers: **Say** that **he did not examine very carefully. And even** if **he did examine carefully,** you can **say** that **most of** the egg **emerged** on the eve of the Festival **and returned** inside its mother, and this ruling is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yoḥanan.** This *baraita* shows that the *halakha* does not take into account the possibility that a chicken could lay an egg at night.


###### Beitzah 7a:18
[Beitzah 7a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:18)

אִינִי? וְהָא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן שָׁאוּל אָמַר רַב: בָּדַק בְּקִנָּה שֶׁל תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב וְלֹא מָצָא בָּהּ בֵּיצָה, וּלְמָחָר הִשְׁכִּים וּמָצָא בָהּ בֵּיצָה — אֲסוּרָה! הָתָם בִּדְסָפְנָא מֵאַרְעָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Is that so? But didn’t Rabbi Yosei ben Shaul say** that **Rav said:** If **one examined a chicken’s nest on a Festival eve and did not find an egg in it, and the following day he rose early and found an egg in it, it is prohibited?** This indicates that a chicken might indeed lay an egg at night. The Gemara answers: **There** it is referring **to** an egg **that** the chicken **absorbed from the earth,** i.e., one that was not formed by male fertilization. An egg that is not produced by intercourse can be laid at night as well.


###### Beitzah 7a:19
[Beitzah 7a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:19)

אִי הָכִי דְּרַב מָרִי נָמֵי אֵימָא מֵאַרְעָא סָפְנָא? בִּדְאִיכָּא זָכָר בַּהֲדַהּ. בִּדְאִיכָּא זָכָר נָמֵי, אֵימָא מֵאַרְעָא סָפְנָא! אָמַר רָבִינָא, גְּמִירִי: כֹּל הֵיכָא דְּאִיכָּא זָכָר — לָא סָפְנָא מֵאַרְעָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this: **If so,** in **Rav Mari’s** case **too,** you can **say that** the chicken **absorbed from the earth** and laid the egg during the night of the Festival. How, then, could Rav Mari permit the egg? The Gemara answers: There it is referring **to** a case **where there is a male with it.** The Gemara asks: Even **where there is a male with it,** one can **also say that it absorbed from the earth** rather than from the male. The Gemara answers that **Ravina said:** It is **learned** as a tradition that **anywhere that a male is present,** a chicken **does not absorb from the earth.**


###### Beitzah 7a:20
[Beitzah 7a:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Beitzah/r/7a:20)

וְעַד כַּמָּה? אָמַר רַב גַּמָּדָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב: כֹּל הֵיכָא

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Until where** exactly is it considered to have a male with it; How near must a rooster be for this principle to come into effect? **Rav Gamda said in the name of Rav:** The male must be **any place**