## Chullin Daf 60a

###### Chullin 60a:1
[Chullin 60a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:1)

חָזֵינָא לֵיהּ. אֲזַל אוֹקְמֵיהּ לַהֲדֵי יוֹמָא בִּתְקוּפַת תַּמּוּז, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִיסְתַּכַּל בֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא מָצֵינָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: יוֹמָא, דְּחַד מִשַּׁמָּשֵׁי דְּקָיְימִי קַמֵּי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָמְרַתְּ לָא מָצֵינָא לְאִיסְתַּכָּלָא בֵּיהּ, שְׁכִינָה לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**I** wish to **see Him.** Rabbi Yehoshua **went and stood** the emperor **facing the sun in the season of Tammuz,** i.e., summer. Rabbi Yehoshua **said to him: Look at it.** The emperor **said to him: I cannot.** Rabbi Yehoshua **said to him:** Now, if with regard to **the sun, which is** only **one of the servants that stand before the Holy One, Blessed be He, you say: I cannot look at it,** is it **not all the more so** with regard to **the Divine Presence?**


###### Chullin 60a:2
[Chullin 60a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:2)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ קֵיסָר לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן חֲנַנְיָה: בָּעֵינָא דְּאִיצְבֵּית לֵיהּ נַהֲמָא לֵאלָהַיְכוּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא מָצֵית. אַמַּאי? נְפִישִׁי חֵילְוָותֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִיבְרָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: פּוֹק צְבֵית לְגֻידָּא דִּרְבִיתָא, דִּרְוִיחַ עָלְמָא. טְרַח שִׁיתָּא יַרְחֵי קַיְיטָא, אֲתָא זִיקָא כַּנְשֵׁיהּ לְיַמָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara recounts: **The** Roman **emperor said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya: I desire to arrange bread,** i.e., a meal, **for your God.** Rabbi Yehoshua **said to him: You cannot.** The emperor asked him: **Why?** Rabbi Yehoshua said to him: **His hosts are too great.** The emperor **said to him: Truly,** I wish to do it. Rabbi Yehoshua **said to him: Go out and arrange** a meal **on the shore of the great** sea **[*dirvita*], where there is a wide** open **space.** The emperor **worked** all **the six months of summer** to accomplish this. **A wind came and swept it** all **into the sea.**


###### Chullin 60a:3
[Chullin 60a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:3)

טְרַח שִׁיתָּא יַרְחֵי דְּסִיתְוָא, אֲתָא מִיטְרָא טַבְּעֵיהּ בְּיַמָּא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי הַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָנֵי כָּנוֹשָׁאֵי זָלוֹחָאֵי דְּאָתוּ קַמֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִי הָכִי לָא מָצֵינָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The emperor **worked** to arrange another meal all **the six months of winter. Rain came and sank it** all **in the sea.** The emperor **said to** Rabbi Yehoshua: **What is this?** Rabbi Yehoshua **said to him: These are** only the **sweepers** and floor **washers that wait on Him,** and they alone have eaten everything. The emperor **said to him: If so, I cannot** arrange a meal before Him.


###### Chullin 60a:4
[Chullin 60a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:4)

אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ בַּת קֵיסָר לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן חֲנַנְיָה: אֱלָהֵיכוֹן נַגָּרָא הוּא, דִּכְתִיב ״הַמְקָרֶה בַמַּיִם עֲלִיּוֹתָיו״. אֵימָא לֵיהּ דְּנֶעְבֵּיד לִי חֲדָא מַסְתּוּרִיתָא. אֲמַר: לְחַיֵּי, בְּעָא רַחֲמֵי עֲלַהּ וְאִינַּגְעָה. אוֹתְבַהּ בְּשׁוּקָא דְּרוֹמִי וְיָהֲבִי לַהּ מַסְתּוּרִיתָא, דַּהֲווֹ נְהִיגִי דְּכֹל דִּמְנַגַּע בְּרוֹמִי יָהֲבוּ לֵיהּ מַסְתּוּרִיתָא, וְיָתֵיב בְּשׁוּקָא וְסָתַר דּוּלְלֵי, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִיחְזוֹ אִינָשֵׁי וְלִיבְעֵי רַחֲמֵי עֲלֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara recounts: **The daughter of the** Roman **emperor said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya: Your God is a carpenter, as it is written: “Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters”** (Psalms 104:3). **Tell Him to make for me a distaff,** a simple tool used in spinning. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya **said: Very well. He prayed for mercy for her and she was stricken** with leprosy. **She sat in the Roman market, and they gave her a distaff, since it was their custom** to **give a distaff to anyone stricken** with leprosy **in Rome, and** the leper would **sit in the market and untangle bunches** of wool, **so that people would see and pray for mercy on him.**


###### Chullin 60a:5
[Chullin 60a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:5)

יוֹמָא חַד הֲוָה קָא חָלֵיף הָתָם, הֲוָת יָתְבָא וְסָתְרָה דּוּלְלֵי בְּשׁוּקָא דְּרוֹמָאֵי, אֲמַר לַהּ: שַׁפִּירְתָּא מַסְתּוּרִיתָא דִּיהַב לִיךְ אֱלָהַי. אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: אֵימָא לֵיהּ לֵאלָהָיךְ לִשְׁקוֹל מַאי דִּיהַב לִי. אָמַר לָהּ: אֱלָהָא דִּידַן מֵיהָב יָהֵיב, מִשְׁקָל לָא שָׁקֵיל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One day** Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya **was passing there,** and he saw that **she was sitting and untangling bunches** of wool **in the Roman market.** Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya **said to her: Is the distaff my God gave you pleasing? She said to him: Tell your God to take** back **what He has given me.** Rabbi Yehoshua ben Ḥananya **said to her: Our God gives,** but **does not take.**


###### Chullin 60a:6
[Chullin 60a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:6)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: שׁוֹר כְּרַסְתָּן וּפַרְסְתָן, רַב רֵישֵׁיהּ וְרַב גְּנוּבְתֵּיהּ, וְחִילּוּפָא בַּחֲמָרָא. לְמַאי נָפְקָא מִינַּהּ? לְמִקָּח וּמִמְכָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yehuda says: A bull** has a large **paunch and** large **hooves. Its head is large, and its tail is large. And the opposite** is true **for a donkey.** The Gemara explains: **What is the** practical **difference** that results from such a statement? It is relevant **for** purposes of **buying and selling.** One who agrees to sell a bull must provide the buyer with one that fits this description, and the opposite for a donkey.


###### Chullin 60a:7
[Chullin 60a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:7)

וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: שׁוֹר שֶׁהִקְרִיב אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, קֶרֶן אַחַת הָיְתָה לוֹ בְּמִצְחוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְתִיטַב לַה׳ מִשּׁוֹר פָּר מַקְרִין מַפְרִיס״ – מַקְרִין תַּרְתֵּי מַשְׁמַע! אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: ״מַקְרָן״ כְּתִיב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Yehuda says:** The **bull that Adam, the first** man, **sacrificed** as a thanks offering for his life being spared **had a single horn on its forehead, as it is stated: “And it shall please the Lord better than a bullock that has horns [*makrin*] and hoofs”** (Psalms 69:32). The Gemara comments: On the contrary, the word ***makrin* indicates two** horns. **Rav Naḥman said:** Although it is vocalized in the plural, ***makran* is written** in the verse, without the letter *yod*, to indicate that it had only a single horn.


###### Chullin 60a:8
[Chullin 60a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:8)

וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: שׁוֹר שֶׁהִקְרִיב אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, קַרְנָיו קוֹדְמוֹת לְפַרְסוֹתָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְתִיטַב לַה׳ מִשּׁוֹר פָּר מַקְרִין מַפְרִיס״ – מַקְרִין בְּרֵישָׁא, וַהֲדַר מַפְרִיס.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Yehuda says:** With regard to **the bull that Adam, the first** man, **sacrificed, its horns preceded its hooves.** It was not born of a cow, but rose fully formed out of the earth such that its head emerged first, **as it is stated: “And it shall please the Lord better than a bullock that has horns and hoofs.”** The phrase **“has horns”** comes **first, and** only **afterward** the word **“hoofs.”**


###### Chullin 60a:9
[Chullin 60a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:9)

מְסַיַּיע לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: כׇּל מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית בְּקוֹמָתָן נִבְרְאוּ, בְּדַעְתָּן נִבְרְאוּ, בְּצִבְיוֹנָם נִבְרְאוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכׇל צְבָאָם״, אַל תִּקְרֵי ״צְבָאָם״ אֶלָּא ״צִבְיוֹנָם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
And this **supports** the statement of **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, as Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: All** items created during the **acts of Creation were created with their** full **stature,** immediately fit to bear fruit; **they were created with their** full mental **capacities; they were created with their** full **form. As it is stated: “And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them”** (Genesis 2:1). **Do not read** it as: **“The host of them [*tzeva’am*]”; rather,** read it as: **Their form [*tzivyonam*].**


###### Chullin 60a:10
[Chullin 60a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:10)

דָּרֵשׁ רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר פָּפָּא: ״יְהִי כְבוֹד ה׳ לְעוֹלָם יִשְׂמַח ה׳ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו״, פָּסוּק זֶה שַׂר הָעוֹלָם אֲמָרוֹ, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא ״לְמִינֵהוּ״ בָּאִילָנוֹת, נָשְׂאוּ דְּשָׁאִים קַל וָחוֹמֶר בְּעַצְמָן:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa taught: “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; let the Lord rejoice in His works”** (Psalms 104:31). **This verse was stated by the minister of the world,** i.e., the angel charged with overseeing the world. **When the Holy One, Blessed be He, said:** “Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree bearing fruit **after its kind”** (Genesis 1:11), **the grasses drew an *a fortiori*** inference **with regard to themselves.**


###### Chullin 60a:11
[Chullin 60a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:11)

אִם רְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּעִרְבּוּבְיָא, לָמָּה אָמַר ״לְמִינֵהוּ״ בָּאִילָנוֹת? וְעוֹד קַל וָחוֹמֶר: וּמָה אִילָנוֹת שֶׁאֵין דַּרְכָּן לָצֵאת בְּעִרְבּוּבְיָא, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא ״לְמִינֵהוּ״ – אָנוּ עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
They reasoned: **If the Holy One, Blessed be He, wishes** the **mixing** of species, **why did he say: After its kind, with regard to the trees? And furthermore,** let us draw **an *a fortiori*** inference: **If** with regard to **trees, which do not naturally grow mixed,** as they are large and distinct from one another, **the Holy One, Blessed be He, said: “After its kind,” all the more so** with regard to **us,** since grass naturally grows mixed.


###### Chullin 60a:12
[Chullin 60a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:12)

מִיָּד כׇּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד יָצָא לְמִינוֹ, פָּתַח שַׂר הָעוֹלָם וְאָמַר: ״יְהִי כְבוֹד ה׳ לְעוֹלָם יִשְׂמַח ה׳ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Immediately, every** kind of grass **emerged after its kind,** as it is stated: “And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind” (Genesis 1:12). **The minister of the world began** to speak **and said: “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; let the Lord rejoice in His works,”** who do His will even when not explicitly instructed.


###### Chullin 60a:13
[Chullin 60a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/60a:13)

בָּעֵי רָבִינָא: הִרְכִּיב שְׁנֵי דְּשָׁאִים זֶה עַל גַּב זֶה

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the above description, **Ravina raises a dilemma:** If one **grafted two** species of **grass onto one another,** as is done with trees,