## Pesachim Daf 99a

###### Pesachim 99a:1
[Pesachim 99a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/99a:1)

מִכָּאן אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים: יָפָה שְׁתִיקָה לַחֲכָמִים, קַל וָחוֹמֶר לַטִּפְּשִׁים. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**From here the Sages stated: Silence is fitting for the wise,** and ***a fortiori*** the same is true **for fools.** In the case under discussion, had neither side appointed the other to slaughter the Paschal lamb on its behalf, both offerings would be valid and would be consumed. When each side appointed the other to slaughter the Paschal lamb on its behalf, only the first one slaughtered may be eaten while the second one must be burned. This is **as it is stated:** “Even **a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise;** and he that shuts his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding” (Proverbs 17:28).


###### Pesachim 99a:2
[Pesachim 99a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/99a:2)

שְׁנַיִם שֶׁנִּתְעָרְבוּ פִּסְחֵיהֶם וְכוּ׳. לֵימָא מַתְנִיתִין דְּלָא כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה. דְּתַנְיָא: ״וְאִם יִמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיוֹת מִשֶּׂה״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמִּתְמַעֲטִין וְהוֹלְכִין, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיְּהֵא אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי חֲבוּרָה קַיָּים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יַנִּיחוּ אֶת הַפֶּסַח כְּמוֹת שֶׁהוּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna addressed the question of what **two** individuals **whose Paschal lambs were intermingled** should do. The Gemara suggests: **Let us say that the mishna is not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, as it was taught** in a *baraita* that the verse which states: **“And if the household be too little for a lamb”** (Exodus 12:4) **teaches that** the members of the group **may keep decreasing,** meaning it is permissible for them to withdraw from the offering, **provided one of the** original **members of the group remains;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Yosei says:** It is permissible for them to withdraw **provided they do not leave the Paschal lamb** for any amount of time **on its own,** without anyone registered for it. In the mishna, the two original owners forego their shares in their own Paschal lambs, and the only remaining members of each group are people who were added from the marketplace, who were not original owners from the time the animal was separated as a Paschal lamb. This is apparently not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Pesachim 99a:3
[Pesachim 99a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/99a:3)

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אֵין שׁוֹחֲטִין אֶת הַפֶּסַח עַל הַיָּחִיד, מֵעִיקָּרָא לְאַמְנוֹיֵי אַחֲרִינָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ קָאֵי, וּכְאֶחָד מִבְּנֵי חֲבוּרָה דָּמֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Even** if **you say that** the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda, since Rabbi Yehuda said** elsewhere that **one may not slaughter the Paschal lamb for an individual,** meaning that there must be at least two people registered for each Paschal lamb, in this case, in which only one person was registered for a Paschal lamb, **from the beginning it stood to** have **another** person **registered with** the original owner. Therefore, the person who joins later **is like one of the** original **members of the group.**


###### Pesachim 99a:4
[Pesachim 99a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/99a:4)

אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: מַתְנִיתִין נָמֵי דַּיְיקָא, דְּקָתָנֵי: וְכֵן חָמֵשׁ חֲבוּרוֹת שֶׁל חֲמִשָּׁה חֲמִשָּׁה. שֶׁל חֲמִשָּׁה — אִין, אֲבָל שֶׁל חֲמִשָּׁה וְאַרְבָּעָה — לָא, לָאו מִשּׁוּם דְּלָא פָּיֵישׁ חַד מִבְּנֵי חֲבוּרָה גַּבֵּיהּ? שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Ashi said: The mishna is also precisely** worded in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, **as it teaches: And similarly, five groups of five each.** This indicates that if each group has **five, yes,** the solution of sending four of them to join the other groups is viable, **but** if there were four groups **of five and** a fifth group of only **four,** there is **no** way to employ the solution of the mishna. **Is it not because none of the original members of the group would remain with it** if all four members of the group would join the other four groups, and it is prohibited to leave a Paschal lamb without any of the original members of its group? The Gemara concludes: Indeed, **learn from it** that the mishna follows the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Pesachim 99a:5
[Pesachim 99a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesachim/r/99a:5)

**הַדְרָן עֲלָךְ מִי שֶׁהָיָה טָמֵא וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ פֶּסַח שֵׁנִי

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