Daf 102 — Chullin 102 Summary

Chullin 102 – Good Morning Raboisai Eiver Min HaChai – Non - Kosher Animals Gemara: Rebbe Yehuda and Rebbe Elazar: • Eiver min hachai applies to both kosher and non - kosher animals Chachamim: • It applies only to kosher animals Source – Blood and Eiver Min HaChai Rebbe Yehuda and Rebbe Elazar learn: • Wherever the prohibition of blood applies • Eiver min hachai also applies Therefore: • It applies even to non - kosher animals Why Does Rebbe Yehuda Need a Pasuk? Question: • Eiver min hachai is an older and more severe prohibition • It already applied to Bnei Noach Therefore: • It should be able to take effect even on a non - kosher animal Answer According to Rebbe Yehuda: • The pasuk is not necessary It is needed according to: • Rebbe Elazar Three Opinions – Eiver Min HaChai Rebbe Yehuda / Rebbe Elazar: • Kosher and non - kosher animals • Chayos • Birds Chachamim: • Only kosher animals, chayos and birds Rebbe Meir: • Only kosher beheimos Fish & Grasshoppers Eiver min hachai does not apply to: • Fish • Grasshoppers Reason: • Their blood is not included in the regular prohibition of blood Rebbe Meir’s Source Rebbe Meir limits eiver min hachai to: • Kosher beheimos The Torah places the prohibition near the pesukim discussing: • Animals that can be brought as korbanos Therefore: • It does not include chayos or birds Jew vs Ben Noach Rav teaches an important distinction: For a Jew: • According to Rebbe Meir, eiver min hachai is limited to kosher beheimos For a Ben Noach: • Eiver min hachai can apply even to non - kosher animals Non - Kosher Bird If a Jew eats eiver min hachai from a non - kosher bird: • He does not receive malkus for eiver min hachai according to the views that limit the prohibition to kosher species Shechita for a Ben Noach Case: • A bird is shechted • It is still moving after shechita For a Jew: • Shechita removes the status of eiver min hachai For a Ben Noach: • Shechita does not necessarily remove the prohibition while the animal is still moving Proof This shows: • Eiver min hachai can apply to a Ben Noach even where it would not apply to a Jew How Much Must Be Eaten? Rav says: • One must eat a kezayis of eiver min hachai to be liable What Counts Toward the Kezayis? For eiver min hachai: • Meat • Bone • Sinews Can combine to make: • One kezayis Important Difference For eating non - kosher meat: • A full kezayis of meat is required Therefore: • A kezayis - sized limb may create liability for eiver min hachai • Even though it contains less than a kezayis of actual meat Tiny Bird Case: • A very small bird • Its entire body contains less than a kezayis of meat But: • One limb together with its bone and sinews can reach a kezayis Therefore: • Eiver min hachai liability is still possible Eating the Whole Bird Machlokes: If a tiny kosher bird is eaten whole while alive: Rebbe: • Patur Reason: • The Torah prohibits an eiver – a limb • He ate the whole animal rather than a separate limb Rebbe Elazar bar Rebbe Shimon: • Chayav “B’Chayeha L’Eivarim Omedes” Key concept: • While an animal is alive, it can be viewed as standing to be divided into its individual limbs Therefore: • Each limb can already have its own significance Machshavah Makes a Difference The Gemara emphasizes the importance of: • A person’s intention If he considers the animal as being divided into limbs: • The limbs can be treated individually Even though: • They are still physically attached Same Action – Different Result Two people could perform: • The exact same physical action Yet have different halachic results because: • Their intentions were different Example One person intends: • To treat the animal as separate limbs Another intends: • To eat it only as one complete animal Their liability for eiver min hachai can therefore differ. Final Points • There is a major machlokes which species are included in eiver min hachai • Rebbe Yehuda and Rebbe Elazar include even non - kosher animals • Chachamim limit it to kosher species • Rebbe Meir limits it further to kosher beheimos • The rules for a Ben Noach can differ from those for a Jew • Rav requires a kezayis for eiver min hachai • Meat, bone and sinews can combine to form that kezayis • A tiny limb can therefore qualify even without a kezayis of meat • The daf ends with the importance of machshavah – a person’s intention can change the halachic status of the very same action Catch up, review, download previous Dafim & more: https://www.dafchazarah.co.uk Now available as an app (Apple, Google & Amazon): https://dafchazarah.co.uk/download Sponsor a day: https://dafchazarah.co.uk/sponsor לעילוי נשמת אמי מורתי רות בת הרב מנחם מנדל