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Rabbi Meir: An animal cannot be used as a sukkah wall. Rabbi Yehuda: It may be used.

Rabbi Meir’s reasoning: Abayye: The animal might die.

Challenge: Abayye resolved the disparity between a mishna and a beraisa by explaining that one follows Rabbi Meir who is “not concerned about death” and the other follows Rabbi Yehuda who is “concerned about death” — as we learn in a beraisa: Rabbi Meir holds that one can designate Terumah without separating it and we’re not concerned that the keg may break and Rabbi Yehuda is concerned that the keg may break!

Summary

Resolution: Abayye resolved the disparity differently: The mishna follows Rabbi Yehuda who is “not concerned about death” and the beraisa follows Rabbi Meir who is “concerned about death” — as we learn in a beraisa (20.2):

If one stationed an animal on one side of the sukkah to use it as a wall:

Rabbi Meir: It is possul.

Rabbi Yehuda: It is kosher.

Challenge: If Rabbi Meir is concerned about death, why is he not concerned that the keg may break?

Resolution: Death is frequent but the keg will not necessarily break if guarded properly.

Challenge: And if Rabbi Yehuda is not concerned about death, why is he concerned that the keg may break?

Resolution: Rabbi Yehuda is actually not concerned that the keg may break. The reason he holds that one cannot designate terumah without separating it is because he doesn’t agree with the principle of breirah.

Challenge: But that beraisa goes on to state:

Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Yosi and Rabbi Shimon to Rabbi Meir: Don’t you agree that the keg may break, and he will have turned out retroactively to be drinking tevel!

Rabbi Meir: [I will deal with that question] when it will break. [He wasn’t concerned about the prospect of the keg breaking].

So Rabbi Yehuda obviously was concerned about the keg breaking!

Resolution: Rabbi Yehuda was saying, “The terumah is surely not valid because I don’t subscribe to breirah. But even if you hold of breirah, perhaps the keg may break?! [After all, regarding sukkah you’re worried that the animal may die].” This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate