Daf Yomi: Chullin 58 | Rabbi Shmuel Silber

Rabbi Silber's Daf Yomi shiur on Chullin 58 continues the halachos of treifos - a skull's perforations, the eggs of a treifah bird, extra or missing limbs, and which illnesses or poisonings render an animal treif. Along the way, a folk tale about a gnat holding a seven-year grudge becomes a real lesson about relationships: holding onto old hurts and replaying them is what quietly destroys the people closest to us. Rabbi Silber urges listeners to let go rather than relitigate old wounds, since that alone is often what allows a relationship to survive.

• The greatest handicap in many relationships is holding onto old hurts and replaying them instead of letting go and moving forward.
• At some point a person has to release a grudge - refusing to let go quietly destroys relationships from within.
• A skull is only treif once its scattered holes combine to equal one opening large enough for a drill bit to pass through.
• Eggs already formed inside a bird when it becomes a treifah carry that status, while eggs laid afterward with a healthy male's involvement may be permitted.