משנה: הַמּוֹצִיא קוּפַּת הָרוֹכְלִין אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ מִינִין הַרְבֵּה אֵינוֹ חַייָּב אֶלָּא חַטָּאת אֶחָת. זֵרְעוֹנֵי גִינָּה פָּחוֹת מִכַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא אוֹמֵר חֲמִשָּׁה. זֶרַע קִשּׁוּאִין שְׁנַיִם. זֶרַע דְּלוּעִין שְׁנַיִם זֶרַע פּוֹל מִצְרִי שְׁנַיִם. חָגָב חַי כָּל־שֶׁהוּא. מֵת כַּגְּרוֹגָרֶת. צִפֹּרֶת כְּרָמִים בֵּין חַיָּה בֵּין מֵתָה כָּל־שֶׁהוּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁמַּצְנִיעִין אוֹתָהּ לִרְפוּאָה. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אַף הַמּוֹצִיא חָגָב חַי טָמֵא כָּל־שֶׁהוּא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁמַּצְנִיעִין אוֹתוֹ לַקָּטָן לִשְׂחֹק בּוֹ׃ MISHNAH: One who takes out a peddler’s bag, even though it contains many kinds, is liable only for one purification sacrifice25Since it is a single act.. Garden seeds less than the volume of a dried fig; Rebbi Jehudah ben Bathyra said, five. Green melon26Cf. Kilaim1:2, Note 38. In modern Hebrew the word means “zucchini”. seeds two, squash seeds two, Egyptian bean seeds two. A live locust in any amount, dead in the volume of a dried fig. A vineyard bird27A kind of locust; according to Sifra Šemini Pereq 5(9), permitted as food. either live or dead in any amount since one keeps it as medicine. Rebbi Jehudah says, also one who brings out a dead locust28A locust forbidden as food. in the most minute amount since one keeps it as a toy for children.
הלכה: ז. וְקַשְׁיָא. אִילּוּ הוֹצִיא וְהוֹצִיא בְהֶעֱלֵם אֶחָד כְּלוּם הוּא חַייָב אֶלָּא אֶחָד. לְמִי נִצְרְכָה. לְרִבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר. מִינִים הַרְבֶּה יֵיעָשׂוּ בְּהֶעֱלֵימוֹת הַרְבֶּה וִיהֵא חַייָב עַל כָּל־ אַחַת וַָאַחַת. לָפוּם כֵּן צָרַךְ מֵימַר. אֵינוֹ חַייָב אֶלָּא אַחַת. HALAKHAH: 7. It is difficult. If he continues to bring out in one forgetting, is he not liable only once137This refers to the statement in Mishnah 7 that taking out a pedlar’s box creates only one liability. Since only one item was taken out, even if it contains many kinds, it is difficult to see why the statement is needed.? For whom is it necessary? For Rebbi Eliezer138Who in Mishnah Keritut 3:10 states that repeated identical acts in one period of oblivion may trigger many liabilities. Cf. Chapter 7, Note 48 ff.. That you should not say, many kinds should be treated like as many forgettings and he would be liable for each single one. Therefore it was necessary to say that he is liable only once.
זֵרְעוֹנֵי גִינָּה פָּחוֹת מִכַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא אוֹמֵר. חֲמִשָּׁה. מָה טַעֲמָא דְרִבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא. שֶׁכֵּן דַּרְכָּן לְהִיזָּרַע בָעֲרוּגָה. “Garden seeds less than the volume of a dried fig; Rebbi Jehudah ben Bathyra said, five.” What is Rebbi Jehudah ben Bathyra’s reason? Because this is what one usually sows in a garden bed.
זֶרַע קִישּׁוּאִין שְׁנַיִם. זֶרַע דִּילוּעִין שְׁנַיִם. זֶרַע פּוֹל מִצְרִי שְׁנַיִם. תַּנֵּי. חִטִּים מָדִיּוֹת שְׁתַּיִם. רִבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בְשֵׁם רִבִּי זְעִירָא. חִיטִּין עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהֵן חֲבִיבוֹת עָשׂוּ אוֹתָן כִּשְׁאַר זֵירְעוֹנֵי גִינָּה שֶׁאֵינָן נֶאֱכָלִין. “Green melon26Cf. Kilaim1:2, Note 38. In modern Hebrew the word means “zucchini”. seeds two, squash seeds two, Egyptian bean seeds two.” It was stated: Median wheat two139Chapter 7, Note 225. The paragraph also is copied in Chapter 12, Note 55 (13).. Rebbi Samuel in the name of Rebbi Zeˋira: Because wheat was so much in esteem they treated it like garden vegetables which are not eaten.
חָגָב חַי כָּל־שֶׁהוּא. מֵת כַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. הָדָא דָאַתְּ אָמַר. בְּטָהוֹר. אֲבָל בְטָמֵא כִּמְלוֹא פִי הַכֶּלֶב. “A live locust in the most minute amount, dead in the volume of a dried fig..” That means, if it is pure140Permitted as food, Lev. 11:22.. But if it is impure, a dog’s mouthful.
צִפֹּרֶת כְּרָמִים בֵּין חַיָּה בֵּין מֵתָה כָּל־שֶׁהִיא. שֶׁמַּצְנִיעִין אוֹתָהּ לִרְפוּאָה. אָמַר רִבִּי אָחָא. שֶׁכֵּן אִשָּׁה סְטִיפָה מוֹשֶׁחֶת מִמֶּנָּהּ וְהִיא מִתְרַפָּא. תַּמָּן אָֽמְרִין. מָאן דְּבָעֵי נִיפְרוֹשׁ מִן דֶּרֶךְ הָאָרֶץ אֲכִיל פַּלְגָּא וּשְׁבִיק פַּלָגָּא. שֶׁלִּשְׂמֹאל אָסוּר וְשֶׁלִּימִין מוֹתָּר. אָבַד כָּל־שֶׁהוּא חָסֵר כָּל־שֶׁהוּא אֵין לוֹ תְקָנָה עוֹלָמִית. כֵּיצַד הוּא עוֹשֶׂה. אָמַר רִבִּי יוּסֵי בֵּירִבִּי בּוּן. יְהַב לָהּ גַּו צְלוֹחִית דְּבַשׁ. “A vineyard bird27A kind of locust; according to Sifra Šemini Pereq 5(9), permitted as food. either live or dead in any amount since one keeps it as medicine.” Rebbi Aḥa said, for a woman with rough skin rubs in with it and she is healed. There, they said, a person who wants to renounce sexual activity eats half of it and keeps half of it. The left hand part is forbidden, the right hand part is permitted. If anything was lost or missing he has no recourse ever141He can never regain his potency.. What should he do? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, he preserves it142He has to preserve the other part permanently. Probably eating this other part would restore his potency. Babylonian medical instructions are not of the rational kind. in a honey flask.
רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אַף הַמּוֹצִיא חָגָב חַי טָמֵא כָּל־שֶׁהוּא. הָא טָהוֹר בֵּין חַי בֵין מֵת כַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה כְדַעְתֵּיהּ. דְּרִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר. אוֹכְלִין טְהוֹרִין אֵין מְשַׂחֲקִין בָּהֶן. וְהָא כְתִיב הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּ֖וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר. לֹא הֵיתֵר מִן כְּלָל אִיסּוּר הוּא. וְהָא כְתִיב כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר. אָמַר רִבִּי מַתַּנְיָה. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁהִיא מְחוּסֶּרֶת שְׁחִיטָה כִּטְמֵיאָה הִיא. “Rebbi Jehudah says, also one who brings out a dead locust28A locust forbidden as food. in the most minute amount.” Therefore pure in the amount of a dried fig whether alive or dead143He disagrees with the anonymous statement earlier in the Mishnah.. Rebbi Jehudah follows his own opinion since Rebbi Jehudah says one does not play with pure food. But is there not written144Job 40:29, speaking of the Behemoth., would you play with him as with a bird? Is it not permitted out of a prohibition145It is indeterminate whether the Behemoth is pure or impure.? But is it not written, as with a bird146There is an opinion that צִפּוֹר in general means an edible bird, cf. Nazir 1:1, Note 29.? Rebbi Mattaniah said, since it is lacking slaughter it is as if impure147Any animal or bird is forbidden as food unless it is known that it was slaughtered correctly (Babli Ḥulin 9a)..