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Today's daf is nun tes 59 and 1:52 we got up to the top of the daf but if it's okay, let's just start again at the Mishnah on ches amud beis Says the Mishnah as follows, bottom of bottom the Mishnah. A who's a sudden Again, if an animal is seized by some type of blood disease or an animal that suffers or an animal that suffers some smoke inhalation or an animal that is suffering from chills and Rashi Rashi defines a lot of these as well. Holy 2:15 team up. Rashi says again it's very excessively cold. So right so suffering from chills which are hurt the food or ate hurt the food. And Rashi points out to here that is something that represents essentially poisonous for animals. 2:33 Okay, or ate the dung of chickens also poisonous for animals. Or she or or drank bad waters future waters and all of these cases share. In other words, none of these situations make the animal into a treif. Or she but if it ate a poison that's poison for people also right the poison that cause death in human beings. Or she 2:56 or it was bitten by a snake. Interestingly enough these things will not make the animal into a treif. However, that's mission see interestingly enough the animal will not be a treif but you still can't eat it because eating it ultimately again would put the person who's consuming it into mortal danger. 3:16 Says the Gamara I'm a small. If an animal goes ahead if an animal goes ahead and literally again swallows or literally that means he went ahead and you you shoved which interestingly enough generally is translated as fenugreek but here in this clear from the context of here means something different. So my time what's the reason? They may not because apparently is very sharp and 3:40 when the animal ingests it it'll cause a perforation inside of the animal. Massive a sudden that is a lot here the food Rashi he a question based on the Mishnah. What did the mishna say? If an animal is seized by some type of blood a blood disease or ultimately smoke inhalation or shochla here the funiert ate here the funi which again is poisonous for animals not for people. 4:04 The shochla is washed and golden part ate the dung of chickens again poisonous for animals. The shochla maymar drank bad water. He'll eat the tia chilsis or poplin. Or again you gave it to eat tia chilsis and poplin or achla sam amavis. 4:20 Ksheira. Ultimately again the animal is kosher. In all of these cases the animal is kosher. So by the way now you see the contradiction. Because remember Shmuel just said before that if you give the animal to eat chilsis ultimately again the animal is going to be chilsis excuse me the animal is going to be a treifa. Here the braisa in the case that the animal is totally kosher. On the other hand the kisha nachash o shina shva kal shota but if the it was bitten by a snake or ultimately bitten by a crazy 4:43 dog muteres vishum treifa vasura mishum sakana nefashos. Ultimately again it's muter als treifa but you can't eat it because it poses a mortal danger. For our purposes kasha chilsis achilsis skasha sam amavis asam amavis. So there's two contradictions right? In other words there's a contradiction between chilsis and chilsis because again Shmuel said chilsis makes it a treifa 5:08 and ultimately again the braisa says it doesn't. And there's also a contradiction between sam amavis a poisonous a poisonous ideal. To which the amora says chilsis achilsis lo kasha kan ba'olin kan barut kan bika chrotin. So it was very interesting. One is talking about the leaves of chilsis which apparently again if the animal eats it it's fine it doesn't cause any danger versus the grains. The grains are what are sharp. So if the animal ingests the grains 5:32 ultimately that's going to cause a treifa situation. Sam amavis asam amavis lo kasha. Similarly again there's no contradiction between sam amavis also hadi day hada adam. Ultimately again it will say depends. If an animal eats something a sam amavis ultimately something that is poisonous for the animal itself and how long it might be that doesn't make the animal a treif. If the animal eats something that's poisonous for a person, then although 5:56 that doesn't make the animal a treif, you can't eat it out because it poses a mortal danger to the individual. Incredible. So the master one second. So I'm going to be the behima defuni. But the case that I was talking about a case of some of the members of the animal ingest something that's poisonous to the animal, that's the case if you're a defuni. Here the defuni is an item that's poisonous to the animal. Treif gavni some of this. 6:18 Okay, there are two different types of poison that the gemara over here is talking about. Incredible. My tea, what's tea? I'm ready to go. Top of the contest. It grow the mirror we saw. Ultimately again, some type of poisonous plant. So sure hold on. I'm ready to go. Hi mom till tickle me till this. So listen to this. This is very interesting. So I'm ready to go. This is 6:40 as follows. Hi mom if a person goes ahead to hold till tickle me till this that eats literally again like three column worth. The weight of three column worth of this column this aliba on an empty stomach. Mish mash ultimately again literally his skin is going to fall off. What does this mean? 6:59 Take a look at the second line in Rashi. Mish mash nif shot auto shed shed till this me so old box also can so apparently again so remember now this is talking about if a person eats this. If a person eats three column of weight of this, so what's going to happen? Apparently he becomes so overheated that literally again his like skin melts off his body. 7:22 Not good. So the gemara says I'm ready to go. One time this happened to me but I had to take a pill. So and I I didn't eat three the weight of three three column only ate the weight of one column worth of this and what happens? The yes we know mish mash mash right. day. 7:42 Had I not like jumped into an ice bath, right? So he says literally again, had I not sat in a bath of cold water, Rashi says like as that's me to cool myself down, ultimately again my skin would have begun to come off me. Nifshat oros. Again, literally my skin would come off. Kamdi batzmi. And I would have always said I fulfilled about myself. Hachochma techaye ba'alah. Ultimately again, wisdom causes a person to live or 8:07 sustains. Wisdom sustains the one who possesses it. So we'll say a very profound idea over here also. In life, you don't know what you do. Do I should say differently. In life, you don't know what to do unless you know what to do. So if a person wants to know what to do in moments of crisis in life, to guard yourself with proper spiritual knowledge, proper spiritual background, proper Torah. And that way when it comes 8:31 to a moment of crisis, a person will know what the proper course of action is to take. It's pretty incredible. Rabbi Yoel says, had I not learned chulin in Maseches Alif, I wouldn't have known what to do when I over consumed this kilayim. Incredible. 8:45 Rabbi Yoel says as follows. Chaim ben Achal shesh sari bay. So this is an interesting case. If a person goes ahead and literally again Um good. Rabbi Yoel says as follows. Chaim ben Achal shesh sari bay. Person eats literally 16 eggs, but our boy amaguzi, 40 nuts, vishav butisa d'prichi. And Rashi points out over here 9:08 this butisa d'prichi is garden angelica seed. Caper berries. Right? Berries from a from a caper bush. So again, this is an interesting combination over here. 16 eggs, 40 nuts, 40 nuts, and seven caper berries. Vishasi rivi asar d'duvsha b'tkufas Tammuz. And then you wash that down. You wash that down with a revi'is of honey. B'tkufas Tammuz means in the 9:31 summertime, this time of year. Al liba d'Rabbanan, and And all of this on an empty stomach. Miss Akir Tolia D'liba literally means your heart string will snap. In other words, it will send the person into cardiac distress. First of all, sounds like a just a terrible combination in general. 16 eggs, 40 nuts, seven seven caper berries, washing it down with honey. Doesn't sound like anything positive. As in like I'm not 9:55 going to get more of this. Worse than indigestion, it could actually cause uh cardiac distress. Okay, incredible. So, the Gemara goes the Gemara goes on, "How who Bartavio to ask the Reish Kallah Misa. So, basically the Gemara says there was a young deer. A young deer that came to the house of the Reish Kallah Misa. 10:12 Okay, so the Gemara says so what happened? Have a Mifsak Karan, right? Have a Mifsak Karan, that's right, so its back hooves were cut off. But gave Rav the Suma Sagidin. So, Rav went ahead and checked the Suma Sagidin. And remember again, the Suma Sagidin we saw Suma Sagidin by chickens. Suma Sagidin again by deer is different cuz it's a little bit higher up on the leg. So, this animal was missing its hooves, but the area of the Suma Sagidin that's where 10:35 all of the sinews come together, that area was still intact. So, Rav Rav checked the Suma Sagidin to see if it's intact if the animal's going to be kosher. So, the Gemara says "Va'acharei" and it was intact and Rav said the animal is kosher. Incredible. Suma de Mecha Minei B'Umtsa. So, Rav wanted to eat the Umtsa. Now, what's Umtsa? This is very interesting. Rashi says "B'Umtsa Ein Ochel L'Chol Chaf." He wanted to eat it rare. Right? "B'Tanur Ela M'Chumam Od 10:58 B'Silvei Choldoo Al G'Chalim." It's so heavily salted and you just roast it like that. He wanted to eat this meat rare. Amar Lei Shmuel. Shmuel said "V'Lo Chayish Mar L'Nekurei? Don't you have to be concerned since the animal's missing its hooves? Maybe the animal was bitten by a snake, but you can't see the snake bite because the snake bite was by the hooves and the hooves are now missing." 11:20 Rashi says "L'Nekurei Shema Nashchan Nachash Sham B'Sura Mishum Sakana S'Fashas." Maybe at the end of the day the animal was bitten by its hooves, but you by a snake bite, which of course can be fatal for an individual, but you won't see anything because at the end of the day the hooves are missing. I'm really my takante. So again, remember again, so this is so so the says, so remember just just to get everything right over here, 11:44 right? Rav is the one who said that the animal is kosher because the deer is kosher because he checked that some sagidin. Ultimately, Shmuel said to him, Rav, you better be careful cuz maybe there was a snake bite by the hooves, but the hooves are missing. I'm really my takante. So what should I do? How how how could I possibly check for that? So listen to this. So Shmuel said, no save it you bought it nafshay, put it in the oven and the oven will check it. What does this mean? Osve, he put them the 12:07 deer meat into the oven, noffle tilchi tilchi, and the meat just disintegrated. It fell apart. And that apparently was indicative of the fact that there was poison inside of the meat. So my man Shmuel saved Rav's life. Kari Shmali d'Rav, so Shmuel said about Rav, loy una v'tzadik k'oven. So it is incredible. So he said about he said about so so Shmuel said about Rav that nothing bad will happen to the tzadik. So Shmuel 12:31 understood that it was divine providence that placed him Shmuel in front of Rav at this very moment. Rav was such a tzadik and Shmuel was the shliach of Hashem to save Rav from this terrible misfortune. And listen to this, the Kari Rav alay d'Shmuel, and Rav said about Shmuel, Shmuel was the one who gave me the advice, so Rav said about Shmuel, koraz koraz lo onas lo. 12:54 No secret, literally again, no secret is withheld from you. So Rav said, quite quite incredible story. I see the ultimate again, so Shmuel sees all of this, the providence for Rav. Shmuel sees Hashem put me here in order to save Rav. That's how much Hashem looks after the tzadik. 13:11 And Rav sees look what it means to be a tam chochom. Someone like Shmuel who possesses all the requisite qualities that he has back from what he said before. Life is filled with all types of pitfalls, right? And life is filled with all types of dangerous situations, physical danger, spiritual danger. you are armed with in life, the better you are better off you are to face your life circumstances. One 13:34 of the most incredible, incredible use of this Torah doesn't just give us knowledge, but Torah gives us ultimately wisdom. And wisdom is the most important thing when trying to navigate the sometimes tumultuous straights of life. Incredible. So again, so Shmuel saying "Rabbi, you're such a big tzaddik, may God save you." Rabbi saying "Shmuel, you're such an incredible talmid chacham that you have mastered knowledge and that allows you to navigate even the most difficult and unpredictable life 13:58 situations." But of course, the ultimate mussar is don't eat your meat rare. That's nothing nothing good happens from that. Again, it's not me, it's not my opinion. It's just the gemara. Don't eat your meat rare. You see what would have happened had someone had a rare steak, chas v'shalom, what could have happened. 14:15 Incredible, incredible. Chazal, very wise, says the mishna, simanei beheima v'chaya ne'emru min haTorah. So what it says is this, the mishna now goes on. The simanei beheima say now we're we're totally transitioning actually to a new topic, which are the simanim and the signs of a kosher animal. This is actually a really a really great sugiyah. So simanei beheima v'chaya ne'emru min haTorah. So the simanim of a kosher beheima and the kosher chaya. Again, let's remember 14:38 again, beheima chaya beheima, they both mean animals, larger animals. Beheima is usually what we'll call like domestic animals versus chaya, which is more like non-domestic, free-range type animals. So the simanim, what right, the the characteristics of what make a kosher animal are told to us in the Torah. The simaneiha of oaf ne'emru. Here's this interesting. The simanim ultimately again of a 15:02 kosher bird are actually not communicated to us in the Torah, which is fascinating. Amru chachamim, so the chachamim said what is the siman? What are the characteristics of a kosher bird? Kol oaf hadores tamei. Any oaf ne'emru. Here's this interesting. Dores literally means like to tremble upon something. So Rashi says over "Adores means how oches bitzi parna of 15:24 umakbia min akarka mashaochul." Any bird which grabs its food, right? Which grabs its food, ultimately again from the ground with its claws and lifts up, that is indicative that it is not a kosher bird. The truth is it happens to be any bird any any predatory birds are generally not kosher. So, it's interesting, but Rashi the the mission doesn't frame it that way. Call of adores. Now, this is my oches is actually what it is. We're just going to 15:49 go with Rashi. So, any bird that grabs its food with its claws off the ground as opposed like pecking at it and eating it, that's ultimately a non-kosher bird. Fascinating. Koshi yesh furthermore koshi yesh etz bayiseira vizefek vikurkabano niklavtar. Any bird >> [clears throat] >> Any bird that has an what we call the marze yesh etz bayiseira has an extra 16:12 extra toe. Now, I've actually posted I'll post the pictures on the chat also in Saturday June in advance of the recording to share, but the extra toe is really almost like a toe. It's machlokes exactly what it is, but according to Rashi, it's a we have like the toes in front and then one toe in back. One toe in back. That's the extra toe. Vizefek It has a zefek which is a crop and a kurkavan which is a gizzard. And the gizzard ultimately again is easily 16:35 peeled. These are These are indications ultimately again of a kosher bird. We see how ultimately how we pass in the Shulchan Aruch what are the characteristics of a kosher bird the mission is saying. Now, those are some other things. Kol ofa holeches raglav tamei. Any bird that literally splits its feet. Now, what does this mean? So, Rashi points out of here that what this means is as follows. That if let's say again you were to take a branch and the bird were to like land on 16:57 the branch, if the bird if the bird's if the [clears throat] bird's we'll call it toes essentially split, so some go in front of the branch not the wrong some go in front of the branch some go in front of the branch some go in back of the branch, ultimately again that's indicative that it is a non-kosher bird. That's what it means holeches raglav. 17:14 So, if it were to perch itself on a branch, some of the toes would be in front, some of the toes would be in back. That's indicative that it is a tummy bird of the khagavim. When it comes to grasshoppers, kosheir yishlo arba raglayim v'arba knafayim, if it has four legs, four wings, diktzu layim, and we'll see jumping legs. There's walking legs and jumping legs. Again, we'll get into this in the Gemara. The Gemara says, u'knafov 17:38 khofin es rubo. Mishna says, sorry, and its wings cover its entire body. That's indicative that it is a kosher species of grasshopper. Now, Rebbe Yosi Rebbe Yosi says, u'shmo khagav. And it's also known, it's called a khagav. So, in other words, it has to have these characteristics, four legs, four wings, two jumping legs, its its wings cover its body. Rebbe Yosi adds in it has to 18:00 be known as a khagav. It has to be known as a khagav. Okay. U'vadagim, kosheir yishlo snapir v'kaskeses. By fish, if it has snapir and kaskeses. We're not going to define those in just a moment. Rebbe Yehuda Rebbe Yehuda says, shnei kaskasim v'snapir echad. It It needs two kaskasim and one snapir. What What is snapir and kaskeses? V'eilu in kaskasim hakvuvin bo. Kaskasim are the scales. 18:24 Those are the scales of the fish that are literally attached to the fish. U'snapir naflah bain, and the fins are what move around. Around. So, again, a kosher fish has to have fins and scales. Incredible. So, Rebbe Ovadia Seforno analyzes this. It's a very important Mishna giving us ultimately again the simanim, the characteristics of kosher beheimos, kosher chayois, kosher ofos, birds, kosher fish, and kosher grasshoppers, 18:48 all in one Mishna. Incredible. Says the Gemara, Tana Rabbanan, eilu hein simanei beheima. So, the following are the simanim, are the characteristics of a kosher animal. Mafreset parsa. So, in other words, Gemara says, mafreset parsa. Mafreset parsa means split hoofs. 19:04 V'chol beheima she'ma'alas geira, and any animal which chews its cud, b'vadai she'ein mashinayim l'ma'ala, u'tehora So, Rebbe Ovadia Seforno interesting. We're going to see the more suggesting over here. And again, we're going to see all of this in Shulchan Aruch because there's a lot of things that are brought down in this Gemara that are actually not halacha l'maaseh, which we'll discuss. But, let's go through it. So, the Gemara is like this, "What What are the simanei kashrus?" Well, we know 19:27 this. The Torah tells us explicitly, split hooves and chews its cud. That that that we know. That we know. So, split hooves, chews its cud. Now, the Gemara tells us a different principle. Any animal with chews its cud If an animal chews its cud, it means it does not have upper front teeth. 19:56 Those two things. An animal that does not have upper front teeth, that's indicative as another sign of a kosher animal. So, the Gemara is linking split hooves, chews its cud. But, by the way, if it chews its cud, that means it does not have an upper row of front teeth. The Gemara says, "A klal hu, is that true? 20:16 But, that's not true. Ultimately, again, the Gemara says that the ga- the camel, right? The camel does chew its cud, right? It doesn't have teeth on its upper on on its upper jaw, right? But, ultimately, it's tamei. Right? Because again, remember, a camel also doesn't have split hooves. So, the Gemara makes it sound like that it ultimately, again, if it doesn't have teeth on its upper if it doesn't have upper front teeth, that it's going to chew its cud, that means it's 20:40 ultimately, again, it's going to be kosher. But, that's not true, because a camel ultimately, again, chews its cud, doesn't have upper front teeth, but ultimately is going to be is going to be is going to be tamei. So, the Gemara says, "Gamal nevi is like So, the Gemara says Rashi says over here, >> So a camel does have these what we call the miracles of the canine teeth. And it has like 21:17 these sharper teeth in the front. So even though it doesn't have a row of teeth, it does ultimately again have some teeth on the top of the front top of its mouth. So the Gamara says, Gamara says, "What about the Bengal?" The young camel doesn't have these canine teeth. Doesn't have its doesn't have any front upper teeth. Chews its cud. Again, we must remember Here's the thing. Here's what the Gamara What's 21:44 bothering the Gamara. The Gamara said that normally we say that a behema behema has to have split hooves and chews its cud. But then the Gamara says that any animal that chews its cud usually doesn't have doesn't have upper front but doesn't have front teeth. And that means it's kosher. But now the Gamara is showing you examples of animals that chew their cud, don't have front teeth, but are not kosher. So again, we've brought camels. Camels are 22:07 not good because even though a camel doesn't have a full front row of teeth, but it has canine teeth. But I What about the young camel? Young camel doesn't have any teeth, chews its cud or has doesn't have any front teeth, chew chews its cud, but yet it's not kosher. Visu hare shafan var neves demalas gerahin. We have these shafan and our neves that both say Here's what's interesting. Normally shafan and our neves are normally translated as a 22:31 rabbit and the hare, h a r e. Although there's a big machlogas exactly what these are. Right now, but we'll go with this for now. Demalas gerahin, ultimately they chew their cud. V'eish lahen shinayim l'ma'ala u't'me'in. And ultimately again, they do have front teeth. They do have front teeth. So you see that your rule doesn't work and they're tamei. V'od shin The Gamara says, "V'od shinayim k'sivim b'Oraisa." So furthermore, why are you bringing up teeth? The Torah doesn't mention 22:56 anything about teeth. Whenever the Torah speaks about kosher animals again, it's split hooves and chewing its cud. It has nothing The Torah doesn't mention anything. So, what why are you bringing this in? The most what it means to say call any animal that does not have upright front teeth upper front teeth be or it's really again this is really I should say differently it's top front teeth 23:20 My first says parcel to hold up. So, now the reverses it. Any animal that does not have upper front teeth that animal is for sure also choose its cud and has split hooves and is kosher. So, apparently again if you want to know a kosher animal without even looking knowing if choose its cud or split hooves, take a look if it has upper front teeth. If it has upper front teeth 23:44 ultimately again it's not kosher. But I will remind you if it doesn't have upper front teeth that's usually indicate that is indicate the most suggest that it chooses cud and has split hooves and therefore is a kosher animal. I believe though they also say they also say for one second check its hooves. Or what why why would you have to rely on this? Just check its hooves. Keep going. Shahayu parcel sa to 24:07 What happens if you're talking about a case of an animal that had its hooves cut off? So, you can't tell if it has split hooves or not. So, now So, now I have this other mechanism. As long as it doesn't have upper front teeth that's indicative that it chooses its cud and that it has split hooves and therefore it's a kosher animal. Okay, let's just go over this again. It says as follows. 24:30 Ship parcel sa to Let's say you're walking in the desert and you come across an animal. You want to check it You want to eat it. But you can't You can't see its hooves because its hooves are cut off. So, what do you do? Go dig the feet up. Check its mouth. If it ain't shiny if it does if it doesn't have any upper front teeth be a doer she he tohora then you know that it's a kosher animal. If but if not be a doer she 24:54 or it's ultimately again if it does have upper front teeth then you know that this is a non-kosher animal. Incredible She Akher Gamel. Now again, however, this is one this one caveat to this. The caveat to this is you have to be able to recognize a camel. You have to know a camel when you look at it. The Gemara says >> [clears throat] >> because apparently again the Gemara once again says a camel ultimately again 25:17 doesn't have upper front teeth. The Gemara says yes it does going the other way. The camel has these canine teeth. Ela Ubilvachi Akher Ben Gamel. What it means to say is as long as you can recognize a young camel cuz a young camel also doesn't have any upper front teeth. But also let's say you come across an animal. The hooves are cut off so you can't tell the hooves. So you look inside its mouth. You see that it has no upper front teeth. So the Gemara just said oh that's indicative that it chooses kosher has split hooves and it's 25:39 kosher. Oh, there's an exception to this rule. What's the exception to this rule? The young camel. So you could use this test as long as you know what a young camel looks like. The Gemara says Ela Ubilvachi Akher Ben Gamel. So the Gemara says Lav Amar Eka Ben Gamel. Eka Meena Achreena D'Dama D'Ben Gamel. But once again, once here's the problem, right? You're making a rule and what's the rule? The 26:03 rule is that if you come across an animal and you can't see its hooves because its hooves are cut off, but you can look inside its mouth. When you look inside its mouth and it doesn't have any upper front teeth, that's indicative that Halacha might say the animal is a kosher animal. However, there's an exception. What's the exception? A young camel. So as long as you know what a young camel looks like and this is not it, you're good to go. The Gemara says once again, maybe there are other animals like that that fall into the young camel category. In other words, 26:26 how how how do you What Once there's one exception to the rule, maybe there are other exceptions to the rule as well. To which the Gemara says Lav Amar Eka Ben Gamel. Eka Meena Achreena D'Dama D'Ben Gamel. Maybe there are other animals that are like a Ben Gamel like a young camel also that also don't possess upper front teeth but are not kosher animals. Mosag D'Tanya D'Rebbi Yishmael will say the first of the intermediate wild lines. V'Es 26:48 HaGamel Kimalah Gerah Hu. Remember again we'll say interestingly enough the Torah goes out of its way to single out the camel because the Torah says that even though the camel ultimately again Excuse me. Even though it chews its cud it does not have split hooves. So ultimately again the fact that the Torah singles out the camel indicates to us what? That the 27:12 camel is unique. Listen listen to this before you can be given a camel Gaira even though the camel goes and chews its cud it does not have split hooves. Shoret Alama who rules over his world. Meaning Yodea Shein the Mala Gaira the camel Alagama knows that there's only one animal. There's only one animal that chews its cud it doesn't have split hooves. And ultimately again that is the 27:36 camel. Incredible. That's the camel. Leficha Par Ba Kasav that's what the Torah singles it out. And it learns if had had there been this whole grouping of animals that chew their cud but don't have split hooves the Torah wouldn't have singled camel. The fact that the Torah goes out and singles out the camel indicates to us what? 27:52 That Halacha L'maaseh that Halacha L'maaseh I'm sorry. That Halacha L'maaseh I'm sorry. That Halacha sorry I'm having some technical difficulties here. It indicates to us that Halacha L'maaseh camel is unique and therefore again there's only this one camel ultimately again that goes ahead there's only this one animal that chews its cud and doesn't have split hooves. Incredible. 28:18 So therefore going back the test works. So therefore Halacha L'maaseh if you find an animal in the desert and you want to shochet it you want to eat it but its hooves are cut off so you can't tell if it has split hooves. Obviously also can't tell if an animal chews its cud from looking at it externally. So what do you do? Open its mouth. And apparently again if it doesn't have that front row of teeth that's indicative that our front upper upper front teeth that's indicative that it is in fact a 28:42 kosher animal. And Halacha L'maaseh and Halacha L'maaseh um you can eat it. As long as you know how to recognize a a As long as you know how to recognize a young camel, which also doesn't have these upper front teeth, but halacha l'maaseh and chews its cud, but doesn't have split hooves. 28:59 Incredible. Vom R' Hillel, R' Hillel said as follows, Ultimately [clears throat] again, if a person was walking on the way, So, what happens? You find an animal, but unfortunately its mouth is destroyed, right? Its mouth is merely to see, you can't tell anything from what's happening inside of the mouth. So, the Gemara says, "What do you do?" Ultimately again, you go ahead and you check its hooves. In parsu sel sel, 29:25 sidukos. If ultimately again, it's If halacha l'maaseh, its hooves are split, bi'aduah, shehi tahorah. Then ultimately again, it is known that the animal is tahor. Im [clears throat] lav, bi'aduah shehi tameh. Ultimately again, but if not, so again R' Yose says, "An interesting case." So, in this case, you can't You can't do the You can't check the dental records, right? You can't check You can't check the dental anatomy of the 29:50 animal. So, what do you do? You look at its hooves. If its hooves ultimately again are split, that's indicative that the animal is tahor. Im lav, but if not, bi'aduah, shehi tameh. Ultimately again, I know that the animal is tameh. U'vilvad, she yakir chazir. As long as you know how to recognize a chazir, a pig. Why? Because a chazir is the one animal apparently that has split hooves and doesn't chew its cud. So, as long as 30:13 you can recognize that this is not a chazir, you're good to go. So, the Gemara says, "One second." R' Yose says, "First of all, why is lines on the bottom?" Lav, amrit. Ika chazir, ikanavi mina achrin adamim l'chazir. But one second. Once you acknowledge that ultimately again, there is the chazir, so don't I also have to acknowledge that maybe there are other animals that fit into the chazir category as well, right? 30:33 In other words, that maybe at the end of the day, there are other things as well over here that that that could be Sorry, I'm just having some computer issues over here. I think we're good. Right, don't I acknowledge that once there's a khazar exception, then maybe halakha l'ma'aseh ultimately again there are other exceptions as well. To which the Gemara says Once again, the Torah singles out the 31:04 khazar. Why? To tell us the following. The Gemara tells us the one who rules his world. I Yaakov who knows Ultimately again, there is not Excuse [clears throat] me. There is nothing else in this world ultimately again that goes ahead and has split hooves and is not kosher except for the khazar. 31:32 Therefore again the Torah goes out and singles it out. So a khazar is the one exception interestingly enough of an animal that has split hooves and ultimately again is is not kosher. The Rashi says as follows. I'm walking through the desert and I find an animal and unfortunately again the mouth is is destroyed. So I can't check the interior of the mouth to see if it's kosher. 32:01 Listen to this and its hooves are cut off. Okay, so it might not be the best idea to eat this animal in general. But again, right, the hooves are cut off, the mouth is destroyed. So how do I tell if the animal is kosher or not? So the Gemara says bodek b'visra. Check check that. B'visra literally means its flesh. 32:17 Rashi understands over here that really what this is is go ahead and check >> [clears throat] >> Excuse me. Go ahead and check its muscle. Check the muscle. Im mahalach shasi varid, if the muscle goes, you know, a little bit crisscross, b'yado'a she'itahor. This is indicative that it's a kosher animal. Ve'im lav, then if not, b'yado'a she'itamei. Then that's indicative that ultimately again the animal is coming over 32:41 she had care or as long as you know what a wild donkey looks like cuz apparently a donkey a wild donkey has the same type of muscle tone. Love you got you got to say but once again but once you say there's an exception to this rule maybe there are other exceptions as well. The master says give me the lack of the lack of we have a story of a tradition that there's no other animal like this. They have a boat they where on the animal should you check for this type of like 33:06 muscle structure. I'm going to buy camera of the comfy of guts underneath the tail. Underneath the tail it's incredible. So what do I say? We obviously have to see we have to see kind of which of these seem on and we incorporate my soul and which we don't. 33:22 Again we'll we'll we'll get into that in a sham we'll get into that in a little bit but in at least for now we're going to go ahead and and continue on. So it's the same so the >> [clears throat] >> explains Don't worry about it. Remember again so the mission spoke about see money be hema and see money higher. So the master said able to see money higher. These are the 33:45 the following see money of a higher. Higher the club animal see money. What do you say? What do you mean? What what did again this is this is the problem of the the mission says see money higher but the master said well one second higher in the Torah the Torah doesn't make a distinction between be hema and higher. The kind of groups them all together again split holes chewing its cut leaving us out all these other see money that the master brought in but why single out higher to which the master 34:09 says and the master said hey look I don't have see money higher. Higher the club animal see money. Higher is included with be hema when it comes to see money. I'm a zero I'm a base. Now this is important I'll tell you why it's 59 B. The master says la hema cuz remember again what we're both saying the big distinction between higher and be hema is the of the fat of a be hema ultimately 34:31 again is a sir but the chelev of a chaya is mutar. So the Gemara says, "V'achi kama?" This is what it means to say. "Eilu hein simanei chaya she'chelbah mutar." So the Gemara says it's very It's the Gemara itself. Look at top Rashi just a moment. "L'hachfir chelbo." "V'achi kama? Eilu simanei chaya l'eidah she'chelbah mutar." So the Gemara says, "We're asking it like this." It's not as much a din in consuming the 34:54 animal because for consuming livestock, we understand it's the same simanim. Split hooves, chewing its cud. We have a different shailah. "A chaya you're allowed to eat the chelev." So how do I know How do I know what animal is a is a chaya so that I can eat the chelev of that animal? "V'achi kama?" "Eilu hein simanei chaya she'chelbah mutar." The following are the simanim of a chaya that allow you to that that allow you to 35:18 know that it is a chaya and therefore you can eat its chelev. "Korshei sh'lo karnayim u'tzlafayim." Any animal that has horns and split hooves. So interestingly enough, so again about the It's not saying it doesn't have to chew its cud, but again, in addition to the split hooves, horns are indicative that it's a chaya and therefore again if it has horns, then you can eat the chelev. 35:38 Rebbi Dosa says, "Yeish lo karnayim v'ein lo tzalafayim." So ultimately Rebbi Dosa says, "If you know it has horns, you do not have to go ahead and look at the hooves." "Yeish lo tzalafayim v'ein lo karnayim." If ultimately again, you know that the halacha is it has tzalafayim. Now again, Rebbi Dosa actually points out that they're simanei prasus. These are more like pointed split hooves. "Sareiach at tzalafayim v'ein lo karnayim." So just 36:02 because you see the hooves, you still have to look at the horns. "V'cheresh?" What about the cheresh animal? Now again, Rebbi Dosa says, "Cheresh Rashi says over here is chaya." Cheresh is a type of a chaya. "Af al pi she'ein lo ela keren achas, mutar." Even though it has only one horn, ultimately again it's going to be mutar. "K'lalo?" So the Gemara says, "Is that a rule?" "V'harei ayil she'yeish lo karnayim u'tzlafayim 36:24 v'chelbah assur." Now again, so Rebbi wanted to make it sound like that if it has horns [clears throat] and it has split hoofs, then it's allowed to be eaten. So, that's indicative that it's a haya and you can eat it as kale. The Gamara says, "Is that true? What about a goat? A goat has horns. A goat has split hoofs, but yet a goat is considered to be a behema, not a haya. In which case, again, it's kale of it is also." The Gamara says, "The ashlo and mutlafin 36:48 is hollow also." To which the Gamara says, "Kruchos by non." No, no, it's not. So, again, the Gamara now is going to keep adding on criteria. It's not just enough that it has horns, but the horns ultimately again have to be layered. Rashi says, "Kruchos, guildy guildy klipa al klipa came carne ashar." Literally, again, one layer on top of the other. Okay? The Gamara says, "One second, the ashar the kruchos is hollow 37:11 also." A shar, an ox, has these type of layered horns, but yet a shar is a behema and therefore it's kale of it is also. To which the Gamara says, "Chalukos by non." It requires not only layered, but also grooved. Okay? So, Rashi says, "Maleos pegimos vecharitzin." It's got to have grooves to it. The Gamara says, "One second, the aze the chalukos is hollow also." But, one second, the goat has grooved horns, 37:36 but yet the horns right there but yet a goat is considered to be a behema and therefore it's kale of it is also. To which the Gamara says, "Mefutsalos by non." They have the the horns, literally Rashi says, "A very mefutsalos means that they're branched." They have to branch out. So, the Gamara says, "The haritz the mefutsalos is hollow also." A deer doesn't have branched out horns and yet ultimately it's a haya and it's kale of 38:00 it is also. To which the Gamara says, "Chadudos." Or, excuse me, "Chaduros." The Gamara says, Rashi says, "Agulos." They have to be rounded. They have to be rounded by non. Hilchach, therefore, "Echa the meftsala lo dina valo daina." Therefore, the Gamara says ultimately again where the horns are branched out, right, the Gamara says, "Lo dina valo daina." Meaning, Rashi says, "Hilchach, 38:23 kevan the eka mefutsalos the eika the love mefutzelos heicha the mefutzel Lodina of Lodina eik lamar eik harer laxer achasim acher shin pitzal bekarnei beheima." So apparently interesting enough the Gemara says if the horns branch out, that's indicative that it's a chaya. And once that once you have that siman, literally again says Lodina of Lodina means it doesn't require any further investigation, but it is clear 38:46 that such an animal is considered to be a chaya and therefore the chelev will be mutar. Heicha the lom futzala, but if the horns ultimately again are not branched out, then bayinan cruchos, chaduross, and charucos. So if they're not branched, then that's when you need all of these others all of these other criteria as well. 39:05 They have to be again cruchos, which means layered. They have to be chaduross, which means rounded. And they ultimately again have to be charucos, which means grooved. Okay. Vuhu the midla chirkayu. The Gemara gives one more piece over here and when we speak about this idea that they have to be grooved, that's only ultimately again if the grooves are kind of absorbed into the actual call it go into the actual body of the horn as well. Vahainu sfika 39:28 the eiza karkus. And ultimately again, this is exactly the issue that came up with this what they call the Gemara says uh the Gerashi Vainu sfika the eiza karkus she kind of chaduross vecharucos mesafkalan keivan dechaduross vecharucos chayu odilma keivan deshmol eiz mean beheimo. So actually they had this type of goat called the eiza karkus. That was the name of the goat. What was 39:52 interesting is it had horns that looked like a chaya's horn, but it was known as a goat. So the on one hand from the horn perspective, it clearly is a chaya and therefore the chelev is going to be mutar. But yet interestingly enough, from the name perspective, it was called the goat, in which case halacha l'maiseh should be a beheima and its chelev should be assur. Hai eiza karkus the Gemara tells the story. Hai eiza karkus dehavi beirish kalusa. 40:16 There was once this eiza karkus, this this karkus eiza, this karkus goat that was in the house of Reish Kalusa. They slaughtered it. The Akra Malcha said to the Rabbanan and they took out a whole basket full of cheilev from this animal. So, the shaila just is from a horn perspective, it looks like a chaya and therefore the and therefore the cheilev should be mutar. From a name perspective, it's called a goat and therefore it should be assur. So, what's the status? Rav Achai assur, Rav Shmuel 40:41 brei Rav Yevoh achal minay. Rav Achai said it's assur. Ultimately again because of the halacha l'maaseh, he said he said it's called a goat. So, therefore it's a beheima therefore the cheilev is assur. Rav Shmuel brei Rav Yevoh ate from it. Ate from it. Karya nafshay and Rav Shmuel brei Rav Yevoh said he said about himself, "Mipri pi ish tisba bitno." Literally again from the literally from from the fruits 41:04 of a man's mouth will his stomach be satiated. So, Rav Shmuel was saying because I pasken that ultimately again this animal is a is a is a chaya, therefore its cheilev is mutar. And because of my psak, I'll satiate my stomach. Shalach mitam but they sent from there hilchasa kavasay d'Shmuel brei Rav Yevoh. The halacha follows ultimately again Shmuel brei Rav Yevoh. The halacha 41:27 l'maaseh, interestingly enough that halacha the halacha follows Rav Achai Rav Shmuel brei Rav Yevoh that namely this this this type of goat is actually a chaya and therefore its cheilev is mutar. However, listen to this. "Yizaharu b'Rabeinu Achai sh'meir einay goluhu." But be careful with with with with Rav Achai. Why? Because Rav Achai illuminates the eyes of diaspora Jewry. 41:51 It's actually quite beautiful. Take a look at that shiyur. "V'yizaharu b'Rabeinu Achai l'min kol kavod." Because of what's remember just look what's happened over here. They have what's called this eiza karkus, right? This karkus goat. So, the shaila just is there was a machlokes. Is it a beheima or is it a chaya? The nafka mina of course is can you eat the cheilev? So, they slaughtered one they slaughtered one in the house of Reish Kalusa. Rav Achai would not eat it. He held it was a 42:13 bavel. Rav Shmuel said it's a chaya and he ate it. Turns out that the halacha is like Rav Shmuel, that in fact this is a chaya and therefore the and therefore the chelev is muttar. But amazingly enough they said but be very careful the way you treat Rav Achai. Rav Achai was he he his opinion was rejected. He was wrong. He was wrong. 42:31 But they said be careful about how you deal with him. Make sure again, okay so the halacha does first of all treat Rav Achai with respect and don't pasken don't pasken against him in his presence. Give it some time. He'll realize that the halacha doesn't follow him and then he'll follow suit. Mashu osi shmei in a gola. Why? Because ultimately again he does so much. He literally illuminates the eyes of the aspirational say. 43:00 There's such a beauty in this gemara, such a beauty in this. First of all that sometimes even if a person is wrong, they still have to be treated with respect. Right? Even if an opinion is rejected, ultimately again the individual still requires the highest level of derech eretz. We're just being careful over here. Rav Achai was wrong. Rav Achai the halacha doesn't follow him but yet make sure to take proper kavod. Make sure to give proper kavod. Give proper derech eretz. 43:24 Incredible. Incredible. I'm going to review the gemara goes like this. So the gemara is going to review the so keresh tavya d'vei ilai. If you take a look at [clears throat] Rashi keresh what what is a keresh? Remember the gemara quoted about this animal before, this keresh. What is a keresh? 43:41 Tavya d'vei ilai. Now tavya literally means a deer. It's a deer from a place called Bei Ilai. That's what a keresh is. Tigris, what is a tigris? Arye d'vei ilai. It's a lion from Bei Ilai. Okay? Rashi says shem ya'ar. Bei Ilai is actually a forest. A forest? So again therefore the gemara quoted about this keresh animal before about this keresh animal we'll talk about it in just a little bit. So a keresh is a deer that 44:04 comes from Bei Ilai. A tigris is a lion that comes from Bay Iluy. Amar of Kahana, "Tisha amasa chavi bein una l'una d'arye d'vei Iluy." Literally, again, there's nine amos between one ear and the other ear of the lion that comes from the Bay Iluy forest. That is one big lion. Amar Rebbi Yosi, "Shisha amasa 44:27 chavi mashchi d'tavya d'vei Iluy." And Rebbi Yosi said, literally again, "16 amos is the length of the deer that comes from Bay Iluy." Incredible. So, the Gemara is waiting. The Gemara says, "Well, you know what? Actually, we're going to stop over here for today. We'll stop over here. We're going to add it cuz this is actually is an incredible, incredible maiseh, but I want to leave it to me'iras Hashem to learn in person with you on Monday. And me'iras Hashem, so we'll stop over here. 44:52 I'm sorry again that I couldn't start the week with all of you, but I hope you all are well for good reasons, baruch Hashem, for simchas. Should be a week of simchas for all of us, a week of besuros tovos and brachos, yeshuos, and nechamos. Such a zchus to begin the week together. Shkoyach and have a great day.
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