1)

CHAZAL'S DECREE ABOUT BUYING ANIMALS (Yerushalmi Ma'aser Sheni Perek 1 Halachah 2 Daf 6a)

[ãó å òîåã à] àîø øáé éåçðï âæøå òì ð÷éáä áòìú îåí îôðé ååìãä âæøå òì æëø áòì îåí îôðé ð÷éáä áòìú îåí.

(a)

(R. Yochanan): They decreed against buying a female blemished animal with Ma'aser Sheni money, lest it's offspring be used for a sacrifice (thereby causing Ma'aser Sheni not to be consumed, as its Eimorim will be burned on the altar). And they also decreed against buying a male blemished animal on account of a female blemished animal.

åàîøéï áùí øáé éåçðï àôéìå úîéîä âæéøä.

(b)

(Said in the name of R. Yochanan): They also made the decree against buying an unblemished animal to consume, as the Baraisa teaches...

áøàùåðä äéå àåîøéï ìå÷çéï áäîä ìáùø úàåä åäéå áøéçéï àåúå îòì âáé äîæáç çæøå ìåîø ìà é÷çå àôéìå çéä àôéìå òåôåú

1.

Originally they would say that (with Ma'aser Sheni money) one may buy an animal to consume (even though it is a Mitzvah to buy for a Shelamim offering). Everyone was buying animals for consumption rather than to be used for Shelamim offerings. They then said that one may not even buy a beast or a bird (for consumption).

[ãó è òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] ëäãà ãúðé àçã ùáéòéú åàçã îòùø ùðé îçììéï àåúå òì ð÷éáä áòìú îåí åòì ùàø áäîä çéä åòåó áéï çééï áéï ùçåèéï ãáøé øáé îàéø åçëîéí àåîøéí àéï îçììéï àìà òì äùçåèéï áìáã.

(c)

It's like the Baraisa that taught - Both Sheviis and Ma'aser Sheni money may have their Kedushah transferred onto a female blemished animal or onto another animal, bird or beast, whether alive or slaughtered. These are the words of R. Meir, but the Chachamim said that one may only redeem onto slaughtered animals.

øáé éøîéä áùí øáé ùîåàì áø øá éöç÷ âæøå àåúï ùìà éøòå àåúï òãøéí òãøéí.

(d)

(R. Yirmiyah citing R. Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak): They decreed that they should only buy slaughtered animals so that they shouldn't hold onto them and breed flocks from them.

÷í øáé éøîéä òí øáé æòéøà. à''ì òã ëãåï øáé ùîåàì áø øá éöç÷ ÷ééí åàúåï úìéåï áéä îøèåèéáï. åäà àîøéï áùí øáé éåçðï àôéìå úîéîä âæéøä.

(e)

R. Yirmiyah met up with R. Zeira and R. Zeira said to him, "R. Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak is still alive and you are hanging rags on him!'' (You are quoting him as saying something with baseless reasoning, as that was not the reason for their decree.) "As they say in the name of R. Yochanan that they even decreed about an unblemished animal (where breeding flocks is not relevant)''.

ãéìîà ìà àéúàîøà àìà òì äùáéòéú.

(f)

(R. Yirmiyah to R. Zeira): Perhaps that reason was said about Sheviis (where avoiding bringing it as a sacrifice is not relevant).

àùëç úðé òì äùáéòéú:

(g)

They discovered a Baraisa that taught that it was in fact said about Sheviis.