## Pesachim Daf 5b

###### Pesachim 5b:1
[Pesachim 5b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:1)

שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ מִדְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא תְּלָת. שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: אֵין בִּיעוּר חָמֵץ אֶלָּא שְׂרֵיפָה, וּשְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: הַבְעָרָה לְחַלֵּק יָצָאת, וּשְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: לָא אָמְרִינַן הוֹאִיל וְהוּתְּרָה הַבְעָרָה לְצוֹרֶךְ — הוּתְּרָה נָמֵי שֶׁלֹּא לְצוֹרֶךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Learn from** the statement **of Rabbi Akiva three** *halakhot*. **Learn from it** that **the removal of leavened bread** can be performed **only by** means of **burning.** Rabbi Akiva bases his opinion on the fact that it is prohibited to kindle a fire on the Festival.
**And** second, **learn from it** that the prohibition against kindling a fire on Shabbat **was** specifically singled **out** in the Torah **to divide** the various primary categories of labor and to establish liability for performance of each of them. The dissenting opinion is that kindling is singled out to teach that there is no capital punishment for performing that primary category of labor.
**And** third, **learn from it** that **we do not say: Since** it is **permitted** to **kindle** a fire **for** the **purpose** of preparing food, it is **also permitted** to light a fire **not for** the **purpose** of preparing food, e.g., to burn leaven.


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

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״שִׁבְעַת יָמִים שְׂאֹר לֹא יִמָּצֵא בְּבָתֵּיכֶם״. מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? וַהֲלֹא כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר: ״לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר [וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ חָמֵץ] בְּכׇל גְּבֻלֶךָ״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: **“Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses”** (Exodus 12:19). To **what** purpose does **the verse state** this prohibition? **Wasn’t it already stated:** “And **no leaven shall be seen with you, neither shall there be leavened bread seen with you, in all your borders”** (Exodus 13:7)?


###### Pesachim 5b:3
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לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר״ — שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ. יָכוֹל יַטְמִין וִיקַבֵּל פִּקְדוֹנוֹת מִן הַגּוֹי — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* answers: **Because it is stated: “And no leaven shall be seen with you,”** which teaches that **your** own leaven **you** may **not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others,** i.e., gentiles, **and** leaven consecrated **to God.** In light of this *halakha*, I **might** have thought that **one** may **conceal** leaven in one’s home or **accept deposits** of leaven **from a gentile.** Therefore, **the verse states: “Shall not be found,”** meaning that one may not retain any type of leaven in one’s house at all.


###### Pesachim 5b:4
[Pesachim 5b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:4)

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בְּגוֹי שֶׁלֹּא כִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְאֵין שָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר. גּוֹי שֶׁכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְשָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא בְּבָתֵּיכֶם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *tanna* continues: Had only this verse been stated, **I** would **have** derived **nothing other** than this *halakha* **with regard to a gentile whom you did not overcome and who does not dwell with you in the courtyard.** With regard to **a gentile whom you overcame and who dwells with you in the courtyard, from where** do we know that he is also included in this prohibition? **The verse states: “It shall not be found in your houses”** at all, i.e., anywhere in one’s possession.


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

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּבָתֵּיכֶם. בְּבוֹרוֹת בְּשִׁיחִין וּבִמְעָרוֹת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בְּכׇל גְּבֻלֶךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* further states that from the verse: “It shall not be found in your houses,” **I have** derived **nothing other** than the fact that this prohibition applies to leaven **that is** actually **in your houses. From where** is it derived that this *halakha* applies even to leaven **in pits, ditches, and caves? The verse states: In all your borders,** i.e., anywhere that belongs to you.


###### Pesachim 5b:6
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וַעֲדַיִין אֲנִי אוֹמֵר: בַּבָּתִּים עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם בַּל יֵרָאֶה וּבַל יִמָּצֵא וּבַל יַטְמִין וּבַל יְקַבֵּל פִּקְדוֹנוֹת מִן הַגּוֹי. בַּגְּבוּלִין — שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ. מִנַּיִין לִיתֵּן אֶת הָאָמוּר שֶׁל זֶה בָּזֶה וְשֶׁל זֶה בָּזֶה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And still I** can **say:** If there is leaven **in your houses, one violates** the prohibition that leaven **shall not be seen and** the prohibition that **it shall not be found, as well as** the prohibitions of **you shall not conceal and you shall not receive deposits from a gentile.** Meanwhile, **in your borders,** outside your home, **your** own leaven **you may not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others,** i.e., gentiles, **and** leaven consecrated **to God. From where** is it derived that it is proper **to apply** the prohibition **that was said about this** place **to that** place, **and** the prohibition **that was said about that** place **to this** place?


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

תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״שְׂאוֹר״ ״שְׂאוֹר״ לִגְזֵירָה שָׁוָה. נֶאֱמַר שְׂאוֹר בַּבָּתִּים: ״שְׂאֹר לֹא יִמָּצֵא בְּבָתֵּיכֶם״, וְנֶאֱמַר שְׂאֹר בַּגְּבוּלִין: ״לֹא יֵרָאֶה לְךָ שְׂאֹר״. מָה שְׂאוֹר הָאָמוּר בַּבָּתִּים — עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם בַּל יֵרָאֶה וּבַל יִמָּצֵא וּבַל יַטְמִין וּבַל יְקַבֵּל פִּקְדוֹנוֹת מִן הַגּוֹיִם, אַף שְׂאוֹר הָאָמוּר בַּגְּבוּלִין — עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם בַּל יֵרָאֶה וּבַל יִמָּצֵא וּבַל יַטְמִין וּבַל יְקַבֵּל פִּקְדוֹנוֹת מִן הַגּוֹיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *tanna* answers that **the verse states** the term **leaven** with regard to houses and the term **leaven** with regard to borders **as a verbal analogy. It states leaven with regard to houses:** “Seven days **leaven shall not be found in your houses,” and it states leaven with regard to borders: “Neither shall there be leaven seen with you.” Just as** for the **leaven stated with regard to houses one transgresses** the prohibition that leaven **shall not be seen and** the prohibition that **it shall not be found, and** the prohibitions of **one shall not conceal and one shall not receive deposits from a gentile,** so **too,** for the **leaven stated with regard to borders, one transgresses** the prohibition that leaven **shall not be seen and** the prohibition that **it shall not be found, and** the prohibitions of **one shall not conceal and one shall not receive deposits from a gentile.**


###### Pesachim 5b:8
[Pesachim 5b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:8)

וּמָה שְׂאוֹר הָאָמוּר בַּגְּבוּלִין — שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ, אַף שְׂאוֹר הָאָמוּר בַּבָּתִּים — שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The converse is also true: **Just as** concerning the **leaven stated with regard to borders, your** own leaven **you may not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others,** i.e., gentiles, **and** leaven consecrated **to God,** so **too,** concerning the **leaven stated with regard to houses: Your** own leaven **you may not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others and** leaven consecrated **to God.**


###### Pesachim 5b:9
[Pesachim 5b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:9)

אָמַר מָר: אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בְּגוֹי שֶׁלֹּא כִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְאֵין שָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר. גּוֹי שֶׁכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְשָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara addresses several difficult aspects of this *baraita*. **The Master said: I** would **have** derived **nothing other** than this *halakha* **with regard to a gentile whom you did not overcome and who does not dwell with you in the courtyard.** With regard to **a gentile whom you overcame and who dwells with you in the courtyard, from where** is it derived that he is also included in this prohibition? **The verse states: “It shall not be found** in your houses.”


###### Pesachim 5b:10
[Pesachim 5b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:10)

כְּלַפֵּי לְיָיא! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: אֵיפוֹךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara questions the logic of this proof. **On the contrary;** the prohibition regarding the leaven of a gentile who is subservient to and lives with a Jew is more obvious than the prohibition regarding the leaven of a gentile who is neither. The *tanna* should have started with the leaven belonging to a gentile who is subservient to a Jew. **Abaye said: Reverse** the order of the statement: I might have thought that only leaven owned by a gentile whom you overcame and who dwells with you in the courtyard is prohibited; but leaven owned by a gentile whom you did not overcome and who does not dwell with you in the courtyard is permitted.


###### Pesachim 5b:11
[Pesachim 5b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:11)

רָבָא אָמַר: לְעוֹלָם לָא תֵּיפוֹךְ, וְאַרֵישָׁא קָאֵי: שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בְּגוֹי שֶׁלֹּא כִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְאֵין שָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר. גּוֹי שֶׁכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ, וְשָׁרוּי עִמְּךָ בֶּחָצֵר, מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: Actually, do not reverse** the order, as this statement is not in fact a continuation of the previous one **and** instead **it applies to the first clause** of the *baraita*, which deals with the time when leaven is permitted. The entire statement should read as follows: **Your** own leaven **you** may **not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others,** i.e., gentiles, **and** leaven consecrated **to God,** as one is not commanded to remove leaven that belongs to a gentile. **I have** derived **nothing other** than this *halakha* **with regard to a gentile whom you did not overcome and who does not dwell with you in the courtyard,** as the leaven belonging to that gentile is in no way tied to the Jew. With regard to **a gentile whom you overcame and who dwells with you in the courtyard, from where** is it derived that he is also included in this leniency? **The verse states: “It shall not be found.”**


###### Pesachim 5b:12
[Pesachim 5b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:12)

וְהַאי תַּנָּא מְיהַדַּר אַהֶיתֵּירָא, וְנָסֵיב לֵהּ קְרָא לְאִיסּוּרָא?! מִשּׁוּם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״לְךָ״ ״לְךָ״ תְּרֵי זִימְנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty: **This *tanna* seeks permission** for seeing the leaven of a gentile, and yet **he cites a verse to** establish **a prohibition.** The Gemara answers that the *tanna* did not cite proof from the phrase: It shall not be found. **Due to** the fact **that it is stated:** “No leaven shall be seen **with you** in all your borders” (Exodus 13:7) and “No leaven shall be seen **with you** in all your borders” (Deuteronomy 16:4) **twice,** one of them is superfluous and may be appended to: It shall not be found, creating the prohibition: It shall not be found with you. Only leaven belonging to a Jew is prohibited.


###### Pesachim 5b:13
[Pesachim 5b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:13)

אָמַר מָר: יָכוֹל יַטְמִין וִיקַבֵּל פִּקְדוֹנוֹת מִן הַגּוֹיִם, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא״. הָא אָמְרַתְּ רֵישָׁא: שֶׁלְּךָ אִי אַתָּה רוֹאֶה, אֲבָל אַתָּה רוֹאֶה שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים וְשֶׁל גָּבוֹהַּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara continues its analysis of the *baraita*. **The Master said:** I **might** have thought that **one** may **conceal** leaven in one’s home or **accept deposits** of leaven **from the gentiles.** Therefore, **the verse states: It shall not be found.** The Gemara asks: **But didn’t you say in the first clause** of the *baraita*: **Your** own leaven **you may not see, but you may see** leaven that belongs **to others and** leaven consecrated **to God,** indicating that it is permitted to have leaven in one’s house if it belongs to a gentile?


###### Pesachim 5b:14
[Pesachim 5b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:14)

לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא — דְּקַבֵּיל עֲלֵיהּ אַחְרָיוּת, הָא — דְּלָא קַבֵּיל עֲלֵיהּ אַחְרָיוּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: This is **not difficult;** in **this** case it is prohibited, **as he accepted upon himself responsibility** to pay for the leaven if it is destroyed. Therefore, it is considered as though the leaven belonged to him. In **that** case it is permitted, **as he did not accept upon himself responsibility,** and therefore the leaven remains the full-fledged property of the gentile.


###### Pesachim 5b:15
[Pesachim 5b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:15)

כִּי הָא דְּאָמַר לְהוּ רָבָא לִבְנֵי מָחוֹזָא: בַּעִירוּ חֲמִירָא דִבְנֵי חֵילָא מִבָּתַּיְיכוּ. כֵּיוָן דְּאִילּוּ מִיגְּנֵב וְאִילּוּ מִיתְּבִיד בִּרְשׁוּתַיְיכוּ קָאֵי וּבָעִיתוּ לְשַׁלּוֹמֵי — כְּדִילְכוֹן דָּמֵי, וְאָסוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
That ruling **is like that which Rava said to the residents of Meḥoza: Remove the leavened bread that belongs to the members of the** gentile **army from your houses.** Gentile soldiers would bring flour with them and force the people in the city to prepare bread on their behalf. Rava explained the rationale for his ruling: **Since if** the flour **were stolen or if it were lost, it stands in your possession and you** would be **required to pay** for it, its legal status **is as** if it were **yours, and it is prohibited** to keep it during Passover.


###### Pesachim 5b:16
[Pesachim 5b:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:16)

הָנִיחָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר דָּבָר הַגּוֹרֵם לְמָמוֹן — כְּמָמוֹן דָּמֵי. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לָאו כְּמָמוֹן דָּמֵי, מַאי אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty: **This** explanation works out **well according to the one who said:** The legal status of **an object that effects monetary** loss **is like** that of **money.** If an item is inherently or currently worthless, but if it is lost or stolen one would be obligated to pay to replace it, its legal status is like that of money. Therefore, the Jews’ responsibility for the leaven renders its legal status as if it belonged to them. **However, according to the one who said:** The legal status of an object that effects monetary loss **is not like** that of **money, what can be said?**


###### Pesachim 5b:17
[Pesachim 5b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:17)

שָׁאנֵי הָכָא, דְּאָמַר ״לֹא יִמָּצֵא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: It is **different here, as** the verse **said: “It shall not be found,”** indicating that leaven may not be found in any place, even if there is only a token connection between the leaven and the Jew in whose property it is situated, and even if he is not required to pay for it if it is lost or stolen.


###### Pesachim 5b:18
[Pesachim 5b:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/5b:18)

אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: הָנִיחָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר דָּבָר הַגּוֹרֵם לְמָמוֹן — לָאו כְּמָמוֹן דָּמֵי,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Some state** a contrary version of the above discussion. **This** explanation works out **well according to the one who said:** The legal status of **an object that effects monetary** loss **is not like** that of **money.**