PESACHIM 41 - Dedicated by Rabbi Dr. Eli Turkel of Raanana, l'Iluy Nishmas his mother, Golda bas Chaim Yitzchak Ozer (Mrs. Gisela Turkel) who passed away on 25 Av 5760. Mrs. Turkel accepted Hashem's Gezeiros with love; may she be a Melitzas Yosher for her offspring and for all of Klal Yisrael.
1)

DOES VINEGAR CAUSE OR IMPEDE CHIMUTZ?

(a)

(Rav Huna brei d'Rav Yehudah): The Halachah follows Chachamim.

(b)

Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak: Do you refer to Charoses or mustard?

(c)

Rav Huna: What difference does it make? (No one distinguishes between them!)

(d)

Rav Nachman: Rav Kahana distinguishes!

1.

(Rav Kahana): They argue about flour put into mustard - but all agree that if flour was put into Charoses it must be buried immediately.

(e)

Rav Huna: I disagree with Rav Kahana. (Tosfos - even though a Beraisa supports Rav Kahana, Rav Huna holds that the Mishnah is unlike him.)

(f)

(Rav Ashi): Presumably, Rav Kahana is correct, for Shmuel taught that the Halachah does not follow R. Yosi [who says that if barley is inflating one soaks it in vinegar to impede Chimutz].

1.

Suggestion: Vinegar does not impede Chimutz - rather, it is Mechametz!

(g)

Rejection: Perhaps it does not impede Chimutz, nor does it Mechametz.

2)

KORBAN PESACH MUST BE ROASTED

(a)

(Mishnah): One may not cook [Korban Pesach...]

(b)

(Beraisa) Question: "Ba'Mayim" forbids [cooking it in] water - what is the source to forbid other liquids?

(c)

Answer #1: A Kal va'Chomer teaches this:

1.

Water does not lose its taste to the meat, nevertheless it is forbidden - other liquids lose their taste, all the more so they are forbidden!

(d)

Answer #2 (Rebbi): We include other liquids from "U'Vashel Mevushal" - in any way.

(e)

Question: What is the difference between these answers?

(f)

Answer: They argue about Tzeli Kedar (meat cooked in a pot in its own juice. Tosfos - Chachamim forbid but do not lash for [eating] it; Rebbi lashes for it. Rashi - Chachamim permit; Rebbi forbids.)

(g)

Question: How do Chachamim expound "U'Vashel Mevushal"?

(h)

Answer (Beraisa): If one cooked the Pesach and then roasted it, or vice-versa, he is liable.

(i)

Question: We understand if he cooked it and then roasted it he is liable, for it was cooked;

1.

But if he roasted it and then cooked it, it is "Tzeli Esh" (roasted) - why is he liable?!

(j)

Answer #1 (Rav Kahana): The Beraisa is R. Yosi:

1.

(Beraisa - R. Meir): One is Yotzei [Matzah even] with a wafer that was soaked [in water], or if it was cooked but did not dissolve;

2.

R. Yosi says, one is Yotzei with a soaked wafer, but not if it was cooked, even if it did not dissolve (it is no longer considered baked - likewise, if Tzeli was cooked it is no longer considered roasted)!

(k)

Answer #2 (Ula): It is even like R. Meir - it says "U'Vashel Mevushal" to forbid if it was cooked at any time.

(l)

(Beraisa) Suggestion: Perhaps one is liable if it was fully (i.e. excessively) roasted!

1.

Rejection: "Al Tochlu Mimenu Na u'Vashel Mevushal ba'Mayim" - Na (partially roasted) and cooked are forbidden, fully roasted is not.

2.

Question: What is considered fully roasted?

3.

Answer (Rav Ashi): It was burned.

(m)

(Beraisa) Suggestion: Perhaps one is liable for eating a k'Zayis that is [totally] raw!

1.

Rejection: "Al Tochlu Mimenu Na u'Vashel Mevushal" - Na and cooked are forbidden, raw is not.

2.

Suggestion: Perhaps raw is permitted!

3.

Rejection: "Ki Im Tzeli Esh" (this is Lav shebi'Chlalos - the Tana exempts for it).

4.

Question: What is considered Na?

5.

Answer (Rav): This is what Persians call Avarnim.

(n)

Version #1 (Rav Chisda): One who cooks in hot spring water on Shabbos is exempt; if Pesach was cooked in such water [and one ate it], he is liable.

(o)

Question: Presumably, he is exempt regarding Shabbos because it is not cooked by fire - for the same reason he should be exempt regarding Pesach!

(p)

Answer (Rava): Indeed, he is liable for "Ki Im Tzeli Esh" [but not for "U'Vashel Mevushal"; Rav Chisda is Mechayev for Lav shebi'Chlalos. The next version agrees, just in it Rav Chisda explains himself more.]

(q)

Version #2 - Rav Chiya brei d'Rav Noson - (Rav Chisda): One who cooks in hot spring water on Shabbos is exempt; if Pesach was cooked in such water [and one ate it], he transgressed "[Ki Im] Tzeli Esh."

3)

LIABILITY FOR EATING PESACH THE WRONG WAY

(a)

(Rava): If one eats a Pesach partially roasted he is lashed twice [one set of 39 lashes for "Na," and one for "Ki Im Tzeli Esh;" if he eats it cooked, he is lashed twice [for "Mevushal" and "Ki Im Tzeli Esh"];

41b----------------------------------------41b
1.

If he eats [a k'Zayis] Na and [a k'Zayis] cooked, he is lashed three times.

(b)

(Abaye): One is not lashed for a Lav shebi'Chlalos (such as "Ki Im Tzeli Esh," which forbids many things, i.e. all other ways of cooking).

(c)

Version #1: Abaye exempts from additional lashes [for "Ki Im Tzeli Esh" when he is lashed for Na or Mevushal] - but he agrees that he is lashed once [for "Ki Im Tzeli Esh" when he is not lashed for Na or Mevushal, e.g. if it was cooked in hot spring water].

(d)

Version #2: Abaye always exempts from lashes, because it is unlike the Lav of muzzling [from which we learn about lashes - it forbids just one thing].

(e)

(Rava): If a Nazir ate grape pits; he is lashed twice; if he ate grape skins, he is lashed twice; if he ate grape skins and pits, he is lashed three times ("Al Tochlu" applies to "Me'Chartzanim," "v'Ad Zag," and "mi'Kol Asher Ye'aseh mi'Gefen ha'Yayin");

(f)

(Abaye): One is not lashed for a Lav shebi'Chlalos ("mi'Kol Asher Ye'aseh mi'Gefen ha'Yayin").

(g)

Version #1: Abaye exempts from additional lashes [if he ate grape skins or pits and is lashed for them], but he agrees that he is lashed once [if he ate grape leaves];

(h)

Version #2: Abaye always exempts from lashes, because it is unlike the Lav of muzzling.

(i)

(Beraisa #1): If during the day [on Erev Pesach] one ate a k'Zayis Na, he is exempt; if at night he ate a k'Zayis Na, he is liable.

(j)

[One may not eat Pesach in two places or in two groups - nevertheless,] if one ate a k'Zayis roasted during the day [this is not considered eating, so] he did not disqualify himself from eating [at night] with his group.

(k)

(Beraisa #2) Suggestion: Perhaps if one ate during the day a k'Zayis Na he is liable - a Kal va'Chomer supports this!

1.

At night, there is a Mitzvah to eat roasted, and one who eats Na is liable - during the day, there is no Mitzvah to eat roasted, all the more so one who eats Na should be liable!

2.

Or - perhaps [during the day] when there is no Mitzvah to eat roasted, there is a Lav not to eat Na - but [at night] when there is a Mitzvah to eat roasted, there is no Lav not to eat Na!

i.

This is not unreasonable - night is lenient, it is permitted to eat roasted then!

3.

Rejection: "Al Tochlu Mimenu Na u'Vashel Mevushal ba'Mayim Ki Im Tzeli Esh" - this is extra (it already says "Tzeli Esh...Yochluhu"), to teach that the Lav of Na applies only when there is an Ase to eat roasted.

(l)

Question (Rebbi): It could have said 'Bashel' - why does it say "Mevushal"?

(m)

Answer - Question: [Pesach is eaten at night, so] the primary Isur of Mevushal is at night - what is the source to forbid if it was cooked and eaten during the day (Maharsha - it was eaten at night)?

1.

Answer: We learn from "U'Vashel Mevushal".

2.

Question: Rebbi uses this to forbid Tzeli Kedar and cooking in other liquids!

3.

Answer: If the Torah only wanted to teach one matter (the method of cooking or the time), it would have written 'Bashel Bashel' or 'Mevushal Mevushal' - rather, it wrote "U'Vashel Mevushal" to teach both.

(n)

(Beraisa): If during the day one ate a k'Zayis roasted, he is liable; if at night he ate a k'Zayis Na, he is liable.

(o)

Inference: The Beraisa teaches roasted together with Na - just like a Lav forbids Na, a Lav forbids roasted [eaten during the day]!

(p)

Question: Granted, "Al Tochlu Mimenu Na" explicitly forbids Na - what is the Lav forbidding roasted [during the day]?

(q)

Answer: "V'Ochlu Es ha'Basar ba'Laylah ha'Zeh" - not during the day.

(r)

Question: This is a Lav inferred from an Ase, which is like an Ase!