## Chagigah Daf 2b

###### Chagigah 2b:1
[Chagigah 2b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/2b:1)

תִּקַּנְתֶּם אֶת רַבּוֹ, וְאֶת עַצְמוֹ לֹא תִּקַּנְתֶּם. לִישָּׂא שִׁפְחָה אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל, בַּת חוֹרִין אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**You have remedied** the situation of **his master,** who benefits fully from all his rights to the slave, **but his own** situation **you have not remedied.** How so? **He is unable to marry a maidservant,** as half of him is already free, and a free Jew may not marry a Canaanite maidservant. **He** is likewise **unable** to marry **a free woman,** as half of him is still a slave.


###### Chagigah 2b:2
[Chagigah 2b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/2b:2)

לִיבְטֵּיל — וַהֲלֹא לֹא נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם אֶלָּא לִפְרִיָּה וּרְבִיָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״לֹא תֹהוּ בְרָאָהּ לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ״. אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי תִּיקּוּן הָעוֹלָם, כּוֹפִין אֶת רַבּוֹ וְעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ בֶּן חוֹרִין, וְכוֹתֵב לוֹ שְׁטָר עַל חֲצִי דָּמָיו. וְחָזְרוּ בֵּית הִלֵּל לְהוֹרוֹת כְּדִבְרֵי בֵּית שַׁמַּאי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And if you say **he should be idle** and not marry, **but isn’t it** true that **the world was created only for procreation, as it is stated: “He did not create it to be a waste; He formed it to be inhabited”** (Isaiah 45:18)? **Rather, for the betterment of the world we force his master to make him a freeman, and** the slave **writes a bill to** his master accepting his responsibility to pay **half his value** to him. **And Beit Hillel** ultimately **retracted** their opinion, **to rule in accordance with the statement of Beit Shammai** that a half-slave must be set free.


###### Chagigah 2b:3
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חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן כּוּ׳. קָתָנֵי חֵרֵשׁ דּוּמְיָא דְּשׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן: מָה שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן — דְּלָאו בְּנֵי דֵעָה, אַף חֵרֵשׁ — דְּלָאו בַּר דֵּעָה הוּא. וְקָא מַשְׁמַע לַן כְּדִתְנַן: חֵרֵשׁ שֶׁדִּיבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים בְּכׇל מָקוֹם, שֶׁאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר. הָא מְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר — חַיָּיב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught: **Except for a deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor.** The Gemara notes: By listing these three cases together the mishna **is teaching** that **a deaf-mute is similar to an imbecile and a minor: Just as an imbecile and a minor** are among those **who are not of sound mind, so too the deaf-mute [*ḥeresh*]** mentioned here is one **who is not of sound mind. And** this **teaches us as we learned** in a mishna (*Terumot* 1:2): **The *ḥeresh*, whom the Sages discussed everywhere,** is one **who does not hear and does not speak,** and therefore his mind is not lucid. It can be inferred from this that **one who speaks but does not hear** and **one who hears but does not speak are obligated** in mitzvot like any other person.


###### Chagigah 2b:4
[Chagigah 2b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/2b:4)

תְּנֵינָא לְהָא, דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ — זֶהוּ חֵרֵשׁ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר — זֶהוּ אִלֵּם, זֶה וָזֶה — הֲרֵי הֵן כְּפִקְחִין לְכׇל דִּבְרֵיהֶם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **We** already **learned this, as the Sages taught** in the *Tosefta* (*Terumot* 1:2): **One who speaks but does not hear, this is a deaf** person. One who **hears but does not speak, this is a mute.** Both **this** one **and that** one **are** in the same legal category **as those who can see and hear** with regard **to all matters.** This shows that the *ḥeresh* exempted by the Sages is one who neither hears nor speaks.


###### Chagigah 2b:5
[Chagigah 2b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/2b:5)

וּמִמַּאי דִּמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ זֶהוּ חֵרֵשׁ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר זֶהוּ אִלֵּם? דִּכְתִיב: ״וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח פִּיו״. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא, כִּדְאָמְרִי אִינָשֵׁי: אִישְׁתְּקִיל מִילּוּלֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And from where** is it derived **that one who speaks but does not hear is a deaf** person, and one who **hears but does not speak is a mute? As it is written: “But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man [*illem*] who does not open his mouth”** (Psalms 38:14). **If you wish, say** instead that this is **as people say: His speech has been taken [*Ishtakeil Milulei*];** the term *illem* is an acronym for this phrase.


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

מְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר — חַיָּיב. וְהָתַנְיָא: מְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר — פָּטוּר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *Tosefta* taught that **one who speaks but does not hear** and **one who hears but does not speak** are **obligated** in mitzvot. The Gemara asks: **Isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that **one who speaks but does not hear** and **one who hears but does not speak** are **exempt?**


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

אָמַר רָבִינָא, וְאִיתֵּימָא רָבָא: חַסּוֹרֵי מִיחַסְּרָא וְהָכִי קָתָנֵי: הַכֹּל חַיָּיבִין בִּרְאִיָּיה וּבְשִׂמְחָה, חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ הַמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁפָּטוּר מִן הָרְאִיָּיה. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפָּטוּר מִן הָרְאִיָּיה, חַיָּיב בְּשִׂמְחָה. וְאֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ לֹא שׁוֹמֵעַ וְלֹא מְדַבֵּר, וְשׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן — פָּטוּר אַף מִן הַשִּׂמְחָה, הוֹאִיל וּפְטוּרִים מִכׇּל מִצְוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said, and some say** it was **Rava** who said: The mishna **is incomplete and is teaching the following: All are obligated in** the mitzvot of **appearance** in the Temple **and rejoicing** during the pilgrim Festival by eating the sacrificial meat, **except for a deaf** person **who speaks but does not hear** and a mute person **who hears but does not speak,** each of whom **is exempt from** the mitzva of **appearance. And even though he is exempt from** the mitzva of **appearance, he is obligated in** the mitzva of **rejoicing. But one who does not hear and does not speak, and an imbecile and a minor,** each of these is **exempt even from rejoicing, since they are exempt from all the mitzvot mentioned in the Torah,** as they are not of sound mind.


###### Chagigah 2b:8
[Chagigah 2b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chagigah/r/2b:8)

תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: הַכֹּל חַיָּיבִין בִּרְאִיָּיה וּבְשִׂמְחָה, חוּץ מֵחֵרֵשׁ הַמְדַבֵּר וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ, שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵינוֹ מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁפְּטוּרִין מִן הָרְאִיָּיה. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפָּטוּר מִן הָרְאִיָּיה —

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**That** opinion **is also taught** in a *baraita*: **All are obligated in** the mitzva of **appearance and in rejoicing, except for a deaf** person **who speaks but does not hear** and **one who hears but does not speak, as they are exempt from** the mitzva of **appearance. And even though they are exempt from** the mitzva of **appearance,**