## Chullin Daf 98a

###### Chullin 98a:1
[Chullin 98a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:1)

בְּבֵיצַת אֶפְרוֹחַ, אֲבָל טְמֵאָה – לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**an egg** that contains **a chick,** as the chick imparts flavor to the food in which the egg is cooked. **But** with regard to an egg that does not contain a chick but is from **a non-kosher** bird, it does **not** impart flavor to the food with which it is cooked.


###### Chullin 98a:2
[Chullin 98a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:2)

אֵיתִיבֵיהּ: בֵּיצִים טְהוֹרוֹת שֶׁשְּׁלָקָן עִם בֵּיצִים טְמֵאוֹת, אִם יֵשׁ בָּהֶן בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם – כּוּלָּן אֲסוּרוֹת. הָכָא נָמֵי בְּבֵיצַת אֶפְרוֹחַ, וְאַמַּאי קָרֵי לַהּ ״טְמֵאָה״? כֵּיוָן דְּאִית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ, קָרֵי לַהּ ״טְמֵאָה״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Idi bar Avin **raised an objection to** this answer based on a *baraita* (*Tosefta*, *Terumot* 9:5): With regard to **kosher eggs that one boiled with non-kosher eggs, if they have** a ratio that allows the non-kosher eggs to **impart flavor** to the kosher eggs, **they are all forbidden.** This indicates that eggs from non-kosher birds do have flavor. Abaye answered: **Here, too** it is referring **to an egg** from a kosher bird that contains **a chick. And why** does the *baraita* **call this a non-kosher** egg, indicating that it is an egg from a non-kosher species? **Since it has a chick inside,** which causes the egg to be forbidden, the *baraita* **calls it non-kosher.**


###### Chullin 98a:3
[Chullin 98a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:3)

וְהָא מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא: בֵּיצִים שֶׁשְּׁלָקָן וְנִמְצָא אֶפְרוֹחַ בְּאַחַת מֵהֶן, אִם יֵשׁ בָּהֶן בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם – כּוּלָּן אֲסוּרוֹת, מִכְּלָל דְּרֵישָׁא דְּלֵית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ עָסְקִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara objects: **But from** the fact **that the latter clause teaches:** With regard to **eggs that one boiled and a chick was found in one of them, if they have** a ratio that allows the chick to **impart flavor to them, they are all forbidden, it may be inferred that** in **the first clause we are dealing with** an egg **that does not have a chick inside.**


###### Chullin 98a:4
[Chullin 98a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:4)

פָּירוּשֵׁי קָא מְפָרֵשׁ: בֵּיצִים טְהוֹרוֹת שֶׁשְּׁלָקָן עִם בֵּיצִים טְמֵאוֹת, אִם יֵשׁ בָּהֶן בְּנוֹתֵן טַעַם – כּוּלָּן אֲסוּרוֹת. כֵּיצַד? כְּגוֹן שֶׁשְּׁלָקָן וְנִמְצָא אֶפְרוֹחַ בְּאַחַת מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains that this is an incorrect inference, as the latter clause **is explaining** the first clause, so that the *baraita* should be read as follows: With regard to **kosher eggs that one boiled with non-kosher eggs, if they have** a ratio that allows the non-kosher eggs to **impart flavor** to the kosher eggs, **they are all forbidden. How** so? It can be referring to a case **where one boiled them and a chick was found in one of them.**


###### Chullin 98a:5
[Chullin 98a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:5)

הָכִי נָמֵי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דְּאִי סָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ רֵישָׁא דְּלֵית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ – הַשְׁתָּא דְּלֵית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ אֲסוּרָה, דְּאִית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ מִיבַּעְיָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara adds: **So too it is reasonable** to explain the *baraita* in this manner, **as if** it would **enter your mind** to say that **the first clause** is referring to a case **where there is no chick in** the egg, the latter clause is redundant: **Now** that the *tanna* has taught that in a case **where there is no chick inside,** the non-kosher egg imparts flavor to the kosher eggs and renders them **forbidden, is** it **necessary** for the *tanna* to teach that an egg **that has a chick inside** imparts flavor to the kosher eggs?


###### Chullin 98a:6
[Chullin 98a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:6)

אִי מִשּׁוּם הָא לָא אִירְיָא, תְּנָא סֵיפָא לְגַלּוֹיֵי רֵישָׁא, שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאמַר: רֵישָׁא – דְּאִית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ, אֲבָל לֵית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ – שַׁרְיָא, תְּנָא סֵיפָא דְּאִית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ, מִכְּלָל דְּרֵישָׁא דְּלֵית בַּהּ אֶפְרוֹחַ, וַאֲפִילּוּ הָכִי אֲסִירָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this argument: **If it is due to that** reason, **there is no** conclusive **argument,** i.e., the proof of the argument is inconclusive. The reason is that one can say that the *tanna* **taught the latter clause to reveal** the meaning of **the first clause.** The latter clause was stated so **that you would not** mistakenly **say** that **the first clause** is referring only to a case **where** the egg **has a chick inside, but** if **there is no chick inside** the kosher eggs would be **permitted.** Therefore, the *tanna* **teaches the latter clause** and specifies **that** it is referring to an egg **that has a chick inside. By inference the first clause** is referring to a case of an egg **that does not have a chick inside, and even so it** renders all of the other eggs **forbidden.**


###### Chullin 98a:7
[Chullin 98a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:7)

הָהוּא כְּזֵיתָא תַּרְבָּא דִּנְפַל בְּדִיקּוּלָא דְּבִשְׂרָא, סָבַר רַב אַסִּי לְשַׁעוֹרֵיהּ בְּמַאי דִּבְלַע דִּיקּוּלָא, אָמְרִי לֵיהּ רַבָּנַן לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אַטּוּ דְּהֶיתֵּרָא בָּלַע, דְּאִיסּוּרָא לָא בָּלַע?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara continues discussing the nullification of forbidden foods. There was once **a certain olive-bulk** of forbidden **fat that fell into a pot of** kosher **meat. Rav Asi thought to measure** the volume of the kosher meat together **with that which the pot had absorbed. The Rabbis said to Rav Ashi: Is that to say that** the pot **absorbed** the **permitted** meat but **did not absorb** the **forbidden** fat?


###### Chullin 98a:8
[Chullin 98a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:8)

הָהוּא פַּלְגָא דְּזֵיתָא דְּתַרְבָּא דִּנְפַל בְּדִיקּוּלָא דְּבִשְׂרָא, סָבַר מָר בַּר רַב אָשֵׁי לְשַׁעוֹרֵיהּ בִּתְלָתִין פַּלְגֵי דְּזֵיתָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אֲבוּהּ: לָאו אָמֵינָא לָךְ לָא תְּזַלְזֵל בְּשִׁיעוּרִין דְּרַבָּנַן? וְעוֹד, הָאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: חֲצִי שִׁיעוּר אָסוּר מִן הַתּוֹרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates a similar incident: There was once **a certain half-olive-bulk of** forbidden **fat that fell into a pot of** kosher **meat. Mar bar Rav Ashi thought to measure** the amount of kosher meat needed to nullify the forbidden fat as **thirty half-olive-bulks,** rather than sixty. **His father,** Rav Ashi, **said to him: Have I not told you: Do not** treat **measures lightly** even with regard to **rabbinic** prohibitions? **And furthermore, didn’t Rabbi Yoḥanan say: A half-measure** is **prohibited by Torah** law? Consequently, the half-olive-bulk of forbidden fat is nullified only in sixty times its volume of permitted meat.


###### Chullin 98a:9
[Chullin 98a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:9)

אָמַר רַב שֶׁמֶן בַּר אַבָּא, אָמַר רַב אִידִי בַּר אִידִי בַּר גֵּרְשֹׁם, אָמַר לֵוִי בַּר פְּרָטָא, אָמַר רַבִּי נַחוּם, אָמַר רַבִּי בִּירְיָים מִשּׁוּם זָקֵן אֶחָד, וְרַבִּי יַעֲקֹב שְׁמֵיהּ, דְּבֵי נְשִׂיאָה אָמְרוּ: בֵּיצָה בְּשִׁשִּׁים – אֲסוּרָה, בְּשִׁשִּׁים וְאַחַת – מוּתֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara continues its discussion of nullifying forbidden foods. **Rav Shemen bar Abba says** that **Rav Idi bar Idi bar Gershom says** that **Levi bar Perata says** that **Rabbi Naḥum says** that **Rabbi Biryam says in the name of a certain elder, and his name was Rabbi Ya’akov,** that the Sages **in the house of the *Nasi* said:** If a non-kosher **egg** is mixed **with** kosher eggs, if there are **sixty** eggs they are all **forbidden,** but if there are **sixty-one** eggs they **are** all **permitted.**


###### Chullin 98a:10
[Chullin 98a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:10)

אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא לְרַב שֶׁמֶן בַּר אַבָּא: רְאֵה שֶׁאַתָּה מֵטִיל בָּהּ גְּבוּל הֶיתֵּר, שֶׁהֲרֵי שְׁנֵי גְּדוֹלֵי הַדּוֹר לֹא פֵּירְשׁוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר. רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בַּר אִידִי וְרַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי, תַּרְוַיְיהוּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אָמְרִי: בֵּיצָה בְּשִׁשִּׁים – אֲסוּרָה, בְּשִׁשִּׁים וְאַחַת – מוּתֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Zeira said to Rav Shemen bar Abba: See,** one can infer from your words **that you fix a limit** to **permit** the eggs if there is a total of sixty-one eggs, including the non-kosher egg. This is a revelation, **because the two** most **eminent** Sages **of the generation did not clarify this matter.** These two eminent Sages were **Rabbi Ya’akov bar Idi and Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani,** and **both of them said in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:** In a case where a non-kosher **egg** is mixed **with** kosher eggs, if there are **sixty** eggs they are all **forbidden,** but if there are **sixty-one** eggs they **are** all **permitted.**


###### Chullin 98a:11
[Chullin 98a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:11)

וְאִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: בְּשִׁשִּׁים וְאַחַת, בַּהֲדֵי דִּידַהּ, אוֹ דִילְמָא לְבַר מִינַּהּ? וְלָא פְּשׁוּט, וּמָר פָּשֵׁיט לַהּ מִפְשָׁט.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And a dilemma was raised before** these Sages: When Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said they are permitted if there are **sixty-one** eggs, does that mean there are **sixty-one** eggs altogether, **with the** non-kosher egg, **or** does it **perhaps** mean that there must be sixty-one kosher eggs **aside from** the non-kosher egg? **And** they **did not resolve** this dilemma. **And** yet, it appears as though **the Master,** Rav Shemen, has **resolved** the dilemma, because you implied that the mixture is kosher if there are a total of sixty-one eggs including the non-kosher egg.


###### Chullin 98a:12
[Chullin 98a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:12)

אִתְּמַר, אָמַר רַבִּי חֶלְבּוֹ אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: בֵּיצָה בְּשִׁשִּׁים וְהִיא – אֲסוּרָה, בְּשִׁשִּׁים וְאַחַת וְהִיא – מוּתֶּרֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues: It **was stated** that **Rabbi Ḥelbo says** that **Rav Huna says:** If a non-kosher **egg** becomes mixed **with** kosher eggs, if there are **sixty** kosher eggs in addition to **that** non-kosher egg, the entire mixture is **forbidden.** But if there are **sixty-one** kosher eggs in addition to **that** one non-kosher egg, the mixture is **permitted.**


###### Chullin 98a:13
[Chullin 98a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:13)

הָהוּא דַּאֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל בַּר רַבִּי, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַבָּא לֹא שִׁיעֵר בְּאַרְבָּעִים וָשֶׁבַע, וַאֲנִי אֲשַׁעֵר בְּאַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ There was **a certain** person **who came before Rabban Gamliel bar Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi with a half-olive-bulk of non-kosher food that had been mixed with a larger amount of kosher food. Rabban Gamliel **said to him:** A similar case came before my **father,** and even though he **did not measure** the kosher food as being sixty times the volume of the non-kosher food, he nevertheless permitted the mixture due to the fact that there was **forty-seven** times as much kosher food as non-kosher food. **And** similarly, **I will** permit the mixture because I **measure** that the kosher food is **forty-five** times the volume of the non-kosher food.


###### Chullin 98a:14
[Chullin 98a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:14)

הָהוּא דַּאֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר רַבִּי, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַבָּא לֹא שִׁיעֵר בְּאַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ, וַאֲנִי אֲשַׁעֵר בְּאַרְבָּעִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly there was **a certain** person **who came before Rabbi Shimon bar Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi with a mixture of kosher and non-kosher food. Rabbi Shimon **said to him:** A similar case came before my **father,** and even though he **did not measure** the kosher food as being sixty times the volume of the non-kosher food, he nevertheless permitted the mixture due to the fact that there was **forty-five** times as much kosher food as non-kosher food. **And** similarly, **I will** permit the mixture because I **measure** that the kosher food is **forty-three** times the volume of the non-kosher food.


###### Chullin 98a:15
[Chullin 98a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:15)

הָהוּא דַּאֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי חִיָּיא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כְּלוּם יֵשׁ שְׁלֹשִׁים?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There was **a certain** man **who came before Rabbi Ḥiyya** with a mixture of kosher and non-kosher food. Rabbi Ḥiyya **said to him: Is there** even **thirty** times the volume of permitted food as forbidden food? Clearly, the mixture is forbidden.


###### Chullin 98a:16
[Chullin 98a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:16)

טַעְמָא דְּלֵיכָּא שְׁלֹשִׁים, הָא אִיכָּא שְׁלֹשִׁים – מְשַׁעֲרִין? אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: גּוּזְמָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara seeks to clarify: This indicates that **the reason** that he prohibited the mixture is **that there was not thirty** times as much kosher food as non-kosher food. **But** it may then be inferred that if **there is thirty** times as much kosher food as non-kosher food, one may **assess,** i.e., permit, the mixture. And this contradicts the *halakha* that non-kosher food is nullified only in a mixture containing sixty times as much kosher food as non-kosher food. **Rabbi Ḥanina said:** Rabbi Ḥiyya did not make this statement to set a halakhic principle, but merely as **an exaggeration.** There was not even thirty times the volume of kosher food, so it was obvious that the mixture was forbidden.


###### Chullin 98a:17
[Chullin 98a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:17)

אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי מִשּׁוּם בַּר קַפָּרָא: כָּל אִיסּוּרִין שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה בְּשִׁשִּׁים. אָמַר לְפָנָיו רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר רַב יִצְחָק: רַבִּי, אַתָּה אוֹמֵר כֵּן? הָכִי אָמַר רַב אַסִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי מִשּׁוּם בַּר קַפָּרָא: כָּל אִיסּוּרִין שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה בְּמֵאָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba says** that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says in the name of bar Kappara: All** the **forbidden** foods **in the Torah** are nullified when they are mixed **with** kosher food that is **sixty** times their volume. **Rabbi Shmuel bar Rav Yitzḥak said before** Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: **My teacher, you say this** citing Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, who said that bar Kappara said it. But **this is what Rav Asi says** that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says in the name of bar Kappara: All** the **forbidden** foods **in the Torah** are nullified when they are mixed **with** kosher food that is **one hundred** times their volume.


###### Chullin 98a:18
[Chullin 98a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Chullin/r/98a:18)

וּשְׁנֵיהֶם לֹא לְמָדוּהָ אֶלָּא מִ״זְּרוֹעַ בְּשֵׁלָה״, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הַזְּרֹעַ בְּשֵׁלָה וְגוֹ׳״, וְתַנְיָא: ״בְּשֵׁלָה״ –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara adds: **And both of them learned** their principles of nullification **only from** the term: **“Cooked foreleg,” as it is written** with regard to the nazirite’s ram: **“And the priest shall take the cooked foreleg** of the ram” (Numbers 6:19). **And it is taught** in a *baraita*: The verse states: **“Cooked,”**