## Chullin Daf 48a

###### Chullin 48a:1
[Chullin 48a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:1)

שַׁלְפּוּחִית שֶׁלָּהּ – כְּשֵׁרָה. הִתְלִיעַ כָּבֵד שֶׁלָּהּ – זֶה הָיָה מַעֲשֶׂה, וְעָלוּ עָלֶיהָ בְּנֵי עַסְיָא שְׁלֹשָׁה רְגָלִים לְיַבְנֶה, לְרֶגֶל שְׁלִישִׁי הִתִּירוּהָ לָהֶם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **its womb was removed,** the animal is **kosher.** If **its liver became infested by worms,** with regard to **this** there **was an incident, and the residents of Asia** Minor **went up** on **three occasions to** the great Sanhedrin in **Yavne** to inquire with regard to the *halakha*. On the first two occasions they did not receive an answer; on **the third occasion,** after the Sanhedrin had deliberated, **they permitted** the animal **to them.**


###### Chullin 48a:2
[Chullin 48a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:2)

אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף בַּר מִנְיוֹמֵי אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: רֵיאָה הַסְּמוּכָה לַדּוֹפֶן – אֵין חוֹשְׁשִׁין לָהּ, הֶעֶלְתָה צְמָחִים – חוֹשְׁשִׁין לָהּ. מָר יְהוּדָה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דַּאֲבִימִי אָמַר: אֶחָד זֶה וְאֶחָד זֶה – חוֹשְׁשִׁין לָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yosef bar Minyumi says** that **Rav Naḥman says:** With regard to **a lung that is adjacent,** i.e., attached, **to the** ribs in the chest **wall, one** need **not be concerned about** the possibility that **it** became attached as a result of a perforation in the lung as opposed to some injury to the chest wall. But if **cysts** full of pus **sprouted** on the lung itself in the area of its attachment to the chest wall, **one** must be **concerned about** the possibility that **it** was perforated, and that this gave rise to the cysts. **Mar Yehuda says in the name of Avimi:** In **both this** case **and that** case, whether or not there are cysts on the lung, **one** must be **concerned about** the possibility that the lung was perforated.


###### Chullin 48a:3
[Chullin 48a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:3)

הֵיכִי עָבְדִינַן? אָמַר רָבָא: רָבִין בַּר שְׁבָא אַסְבְּרַהּ לִי, מַיְיתִינַן סַכִּינָא דַּחֲלִישׁ פּוּמֵּיהּ וּמְפָרְקִינַן לַהּ; אִי אִיכָּא רֵיעוּתָא בְּדוֹפֶן – תָּלֵינַן בָּתַר דּוֹפֶן, וְאִי לָא – מֵחֲמַת רֵיאָה הִיא, וּטְרֵפָה, וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּלָא קָא מַפְּקָא זִיקָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **How do we perform** an examination to determine whether the injury is in the chest wall or the lung? **Rava said: Ravin bar Sheva explained** the procedure **to me: We bring a knife whose edge is** sharp and **thin, and we separate** the lung from the chest wall. **If there is a defect,** a wound or disease, **in the** chest **wall, we attribute** the attachment **to** the defect in the chest **wall. And if not,** we presume that the attachment is **due to** a defect in **the lung, and** the animal is **a *tereifa*. And** this is the *halakha* **even though** the lung **does not expel air** when inflated, since it is assumed that a scab covered the perforation, and a scab does not prevent the animal from being rendered a *tereifa*.


###### Chullin 48a:4
[Chullin 48a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:4)

רַב נְחֶמְיָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יוֹסֵף בָּדֵיק לַהּ בְּפָשׁוֹרֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ מָר זוּטְרָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב פַּפֵּי לְרָבִינָא: הָא דְּרַב נְחֶמְיָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יוֹסֵף, אַתּוּן אַהָא מַתְנִיתוּ לַהּ, אֲנַן אַדְּרָבָא מַתְנֵינַן לַהּ, דְּאָמַר רָבָא: הָנֵי תַּרְתֵּי אוּנֵּי דְּרֵיאָה דִּסְרִיכָן לַהֲדָדֵי לֵית לְהוּ בְּדִיקוּתָא לְאַכְשׁוֹרֵי. רַב נְחֶמְיָה בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יוֹסֵף בָּדֵיק לַהּ בְּפָשׁוֹרֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **Rav Neḥemya, son of Rav Yosef, examined** such a lung by inflating it **in tepid** water to see if bubbles would appear. **Mar Zutra, son of Rav Huna, son of Rav Pappi, said to Ravina:** Concerning **this** episode **of Rav Neḥemya, son of Rav Yosef, you teach it** as being **about this** case of a lung attached to the chest wall. But **we teach it** as being **about** the case **of Rava, as Rava says: These two lobes** of the lung **that adhere to one another have no** means of **inspection to deem them kosher.** Still, **Rav Neḥemya, son of Rav Yosef, examined** such a lung by inflating it **in tepid water.** If no bubbles appeared he would deem the lung kosher.


###### Chullin 48a:5
[Chullin 48a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:5)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב אָשֵׁי: הַאי מַאי? בִּשְׁלָמָא הָכָא תָּלֵינַן בְּדוֹפֶן, וּכְשֵׁרָה, אֲבָל הָתָם – אִי הַאי נְקִיב – טְרֵפָה, וְאִי הַאי נְקִיב – טְרֵפָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi objects to this: What is this?** How can an animal with a lung whose lobes adhered to one another be permitted by means of such an inspection? **Granted, here,** in the case of a lung attached to the chest wall, **we attribute** the attachment to an injury **in the** chest **wall** rather than the lung, **and** the animal is **kosher. But there,** in the case of an adhesion between two lobes, what can be said? **If this** lobe **was perforated** the animal is **a *tereifa*, and if that** lobe **was perforated** the animal is **a *tereifa*.** Even if a scab covers the perforation and prevents bubbles from appearing, the animal is still a *tereifa*.


###### Chullin 48a:6
[Chullin 48a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:6)

וּמִי אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן הָכִי? וְהָאָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף בַּר מִנְיוֹמֵי אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: רֵיאָה שֶׁנִּקְּבָה וְדוֹפֶן סוֹתַמְתָּהּ – כְּשֵׁרָה! לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָתָם בִּמְקוֹם רְבִיתָא, הָכָא שֶׁלֹּא בִּמְקוֹם רְבִיתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Naḥman stated that if there are cysts on the lung in the area of its attachment to the chest wall, one must be concerned about the possibility that the lung was perforated. Evidently, if the lung was perforated, the animal is a *tereifa*. The Gemara asks: **And did Rav Naḥman** really **say this? But doesn’t Rav Yosef bar Minyumi say** that **Rav Naḥman says:** If the **lung was perforated but the** chest **wall seals** the perforation, the animal is **kosher?** The Gemara responds: This is **not difficult. There,** Rav Naḥman is referring to a lung attached to the chest wall **in the place that it grows [*revita*]** naturally. In that case, if the chest wall seals the perforation it will remain sealed, and the animal can live. But **here,** Rav Naḥman is referring to a lung attached to the chest wall **not in the place that it grows.**


###### Chullin 48a:7
[Chullin 48a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:7)

וְהֵיכָא מְקוֹם רְבִיתָא? חִיתּוּכֵי דְּאוּנֵּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies: **And where is the place that it grows?** It is the area of **the sectioning of the lobes,** i.e., the front of the lung where the lobes are adjacent to the chest wall on all sides.


###### Chullin 48a:8
[Chullin 48a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:8)

גּוּפָא, אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף בַּר מִנְיוֹמֵי אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: רֵיאָה שֶׁנִּקְּבָה וְדוֹפֶן סוֹתַמְתָּהּ – כְּשֵׁרָה. אָמַר רָבִינָא: וְהוּא דִּסְבִיךְ בְּבִשְׂרָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב יוֹסֵף לְרָבִינָא: וְאִי לָא סְבִיךְ מַאי? טְרֵפָה, אַלְמָא אָמְרִינַן נְקוּבָה הִיא. אִי הָכִי, כִּי סְבִיךְ נָמֵי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Since the Gemara cited the statement of Rav Naḥman, the Gemara turns to **the** matter **itself: Rav Yosef bar Minyumi says** that **Rav Naḥman says:** If the **lung was perforated but the** chest **wall sealed** the perforation, the animal is **kosher.** With regard to this statement, **Ravina said: And this** is the *halakha* only **when** the lung **is tangled in the flesh** of the chest wall, between the ribs. **Rav Yosef said to Ravina: And if** it is **not tangled, what** is the *halakha*? The animal is **a *tereifa*. Evidently, we say** that the lung **is perforated.** But **if so, when it is tangled as well,** it should be deemed a *tereifa*.


###### Chullin 48a:9
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דְּהָא תַּנְיָא: נִיקַּב – פָּסוּל, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא שׁוֹתֵת; נִסְתַּם – כָּשֵׁר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מוֹלִיד, וְזֶהוּ פְּסוּל שֶׁחוֹזֵר לְהֶכְשֵׁירוֹ. וְזֶהוּ לְמַעוֹטֵי מַאי? לָאו לְמַעוֹטֵי כְּהַאי גַוְונָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As isn’t it taught** in a *baraita*: If a man’s penis was **perforated,** he is **unfit** to marry a Jewish woman of fit lineage, **because** his semen **is discharged gently** and he cannot procreate, in accordance with the verse: “He that is crushed or maimed in his private parts shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 23:2). But if the perforation **was** later **sealed** with flesh, he is **fit, because** now **he can procreate. And this is** an instance of someone who is **unfit who returns to his** previous state of **fitness.** Rav Yosef continues: When the *baraita* states: **And this is, what does it** serve **to exclude?** Does it **not** serve **to exclude a case like this,** where the lung was perforated and then sealed by the chest wall, in which case the animal would not become kosher again?


###### Chullin 48a:10
[Chullin 48a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:10)

לָא, לְמַעוֹטֵי קְרוּם שֶׁעָלָה מֵחֲמַת מַכָּה בָּרֵיאָה, דְּאֵינוֹ קְרוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **No,** the phrase serves **to exclude a membrane that appeared due to a wound in the lung, which is not** considered **a membrane** that can seal a perforation, because it is temporary. By contrast, the flesh of the chest wall is considered a permanent seal on the lungs and renders the animal kosher.


###### Chullin 48a:11
[Chullin 48a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:11)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב עוּקְבָא בַּר חָמָא: אִילּוּ אִינְּקִיב דּוֹפֶן לַהֲדַהּ, מַאי? טְרֵפָה! לִיתְנֵי נְקוּבַת הַדּוֹפֶן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ukva bar Ḥama objects to** the ruling of Rav Naḥman that if a lung was perforated but the chest wall sealed the perforation, the animal is kosher: **If** flesh **in the** chest **wall was perforated against** the perforation in the lung, **what** would the *halakha* be? The animal would be **a *tereifa*,** since air can now escape from the lung. Evidently, the question of whether the animal is permitted is dependent on the state of the chest wall. If so, **let** the mishna **teach,** in addition to the given list of *tereifot*: An animal **whose** chest **wall was perforated.**


###### Chullin 48a:12
[Chullin 48a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:12)

וְלִיטַעְמָיךְ, הָא דְּאָמַר רַב יִצְחָק בַּר יוֹסֵף אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מָרָה שֶׁנִּיקְּבָה וְכָבֵד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ – כְּשֵׁרָה, אִילּוּ אִינְּקִיב כָּבֵד לַהֲדַהּ, מַאי? טְרֵפָה! לִיתְנֵי: נְקוּבַת הַכָּבֵד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara responds: **And according to your reasoning,** one can also ask: The mishna states that if the gallbladder was perforated, the animal is a *tereifa*. **That which Rav Yitzḥak bar Yosef says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says** with regard to this, that if the **gallbladder was perforated but the liver sealed** the perforation the animal is **kosher,** is difficult. **If the liver were perforated against** the perforation in the gallbladder, **what** would the *halakha* be? The animal would be **a *tereifa*.** If so, **let** the mishna also **teach:** An animal **whose liver was perforated.**


###### Chullin 48a:13
[Chullin 48a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:13)

אֶלָּא, כִּי נִיקְּבָה דְּלָאו מִינֵּיהּ מִיטַּרְפָא – לָא קָתָנֵי; הָכָא נָמֵי, כֵּיוָן דְּלָאו מִינֵּיהּ מִיטַּרְפָא – לָא קָתָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** one must say that the mishna **does not teach** cases **where** the **perforated** organ is **not** the one **by which** the animal **is rendered a *tereifa*. Here, too,** in the case of a lung sealed by the chest wall, **since** the perforated organ, i.e., the chest wall, is **not** the one **by which** the animal **is rendered a *tereifa*,** the mishna **does not teach** it.


###### Chullin 48a:14
[Chullin 48a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:14)

בְּעָא מִינֵּיהּ רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה מִשְּׁמוּאֵל: הֶעֶלְתָה צְמָחִין, מַהוּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כְּשֵׁרָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַף אֲנִי אוֹמֵר כֵּן, אֶלָּא שֶׁהַתַּלְמִידִים מִזְדַּנְּזִין בַּדָּבָר, דְּאָמַר רַב מַתְנָא: מַלְיָא מוּגְלָא – טְרֵפָה, מַיִם זַכִּים – כְּשֵׁרָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָהִיא בְּכוּלְיָא אִתְּמַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabba bar bar Ḥana asked Shmuel:** If the lung **grew cysts** full of pus, **what is** the *halakha*? Shmuel **said to him:** The animal is **kosher.** Rabba bar bar Ḥana **said to him** in reply: **I also say so,** that the animal is kosher, **except that the students doubt the matter, as Rav Mattana says:** If the cyst was **full of pus,** the animal is **a *tereifa*;** if it was full of **clear fluid,** it is **kosher.** Shmuel **said to him: That** *halakha* of Rav Mattana **was stated** with regard to a cyst **on the kidney,** not on the lung.


###### Chullin 48a:15
[Chullin 48a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:15)

רַבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר יוֹסֵף הֲוָה קָאָזֵיל בָּתְרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יִרְמְיָה בְּשׁוּקָא דְּטַבָּחֵי, חֲזָנְהוּ לְהָנָךְ דְּקָיְימִין צִמְחֵי צִמְחֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא בָּעֵי מָר אוּמְצָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֵית לִי פְּרִיטֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַקְּפַן אֲנָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מָה אֶעֱבֵיד לָךְ, דְּכִי אָתוּ לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מְשַׁדַּר לְהוּ לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, דְּמוֹרֵי בַּהּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן לְהֶיתֵּירָא, וְלֵיהּ לָא סְבִירָא לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **Rabbi Yitzḥak bar Yosef was walking after Rabbi Yirmeya in the butchers’ market. He saw these** lungs **that were full of cysts,** and he wished to determine the *halakha* with regard to them. **He said to** Rabbi Yirmeya: **Doesn’t** the **Master desire a piece of meat?** If so, meat from those animals is for sale. Rabbi Yirmeya, not wanting to issue a ruling with regard to the meat, **said to him: I have no money.** Rabbi Yitzḥak bar Yosef **said to him: I will** buy them for you on **credit.** Rabbi Yirmeya realized that he could not avoid issuing a ruling, so **he said to him: What can I do for you? As when** people **came before Rabbi Yoḥanan** with such lungs, **he** would **send them before Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Shimon, who** would **instruct** them **in** such cases **in the name of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, to permit** the meat for consumption. **But** Rabbi Yoḥanan **himself does not hold accordingly,** and does not permit the meat. I practice stringency in accordance with his opinion.


###### Chullin 48a:16
[Chullin 48a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/48a:16)

אָמַר רָבָא: כִּי הֲוָה מְסַגֵּינַן בָּתְרֵיהּ דְּרַב נַחְמָן בְּשׁוּקָא

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: When we would walk after Rav Naḥman in the market**