משנה: אֵין שׁוֹרִין אֶת הַמּוּרְסָן לַתַּרְנְגוֹלִים אֲבָל חוֹלְטִין. הָאִשָּׁה לֹא תִשְׁרֶה אֶת הַמּוּרְסָן שֶׁתּוֹלִיךְ בְּיָדָהּ לַמֶּרְחָץ אֲבָל שָׁפָל הִיא בִּבְשָׂרָהּ יָבֵשׁ. לֹא יִלְעוֹס אָדָם חִטִּים וְיִתֵּן עַל גַּבֵּי מַכָּתוֹ בַפֶּסַח מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן מַחְמִיצוֹת: MISHNAH: One may not soak bran as chicken feed but one may parboil260Bran, the outer shell of wheat kernels, also may become leavened. Since leavened matter is forbidden for usufruct, it also is forbidden as animal feed. It is assumed that the bran becomes inert if parboiled in boiling water.. A woman may not soak bran to take it in her hand to the bath house but she may rub it dry on her skin261To be used as cleansing powder, even if applied to her wet body, since it will be washed off before it can become leavened.. A person may not chew wheat kernels to put on his wound since they become leavened262By the spittle..
הלכה: תַּנֵּי. רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֵּירִבִּי יוֹסֵי אָמַר מִשּׁוּם אָבִיו. אֵי זוֹ הִיא הַמְּעִיסָּה. הַנּוֹתֵן חַמִּין לְתוֹךְ קֶמַח. חֲלִיטָה. קֶמַח לְתוֹךְ חַמִּין. וְהָכָא בֵין חַמִּים לְתוֹךְ מוּרְסָן בֵּין מוּרְסָן לְתוֹךְ חַמִּין. HALAKHAH: It was stated263Tosephta Ḥallah 1:1; Yerushalmi Ḥallah 1:5 (Note 189). In Babli Pesaḥim37b, the definitions are switched.: “Rebbi Ismael ben Rebbi Yose said in his father’s name: What is parboiled? If one adds hot water to flour. Dumpling, flour into hot water.” But here either water into bran or bran into water264all cases it is forbidden..
בְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן שַׁמְנוּנִית. מָלוּגְמָא שֶׁנִּסְרְחָה. אִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. זָקוּק לְבָעֵר. וְאִית תַּנָּיֵי תַנֵּי. אֵין זָקוּק לְבָעֵר. מָאן דְּאָמַר. זָקוּק לְבָעֵר. בְּשֶׁנִּתְחַמְּצָה וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִסְרְחָה. וּמָאן דְּאָמַר. אֵינוֹ זָקוּק לְבָעֵר. בְּשֶׁנִּסְרְחָה וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִתְחַמְּצָה. If there is any fat in them266One is forbidden to chew wheat kernels for medical use if there is any moisture left in them, the moisture being called “fat” in Deut. 32:14. If the kernels are completely devoid of moisture, they are inert and may be chewed.. Unguent267Greek μάλαγμα The base of the unguent contains flour. which became putrid, there are Tannaim who state, he is required to eliminate; and there are Tannaim who state, he is not required to eliminate. He who said, he is required to eliminate, if it became leavened before becoming putrid; he who said, he is not required to eliminate, if it became putrid before becoming leavened268If the unguent becomes unu sable and worthless before Passover, or even on Passover but it was spoiled before showing signs of leavening, it is neither food nor valuable and not subject to the Passover prohibition..