Pesahim 41 – Many methods of cooking

Mishnah

A. Flour in water/acidic mix

B. Pesah in juice

C. Baker’s water

A. Flour in mustard may eat. What about flour in haroset?

Rav Kahana – must burn acc. to all

Shmuel – may eat acc. to sages

B1. Pesah in juice – liable, derivation

In a pot with no water

roasted and then boiled - liable

2. Burnt Pesah - not liable

3. Raw - not liable, undercooked - liable

4. Boiling without fire – liable

Violated prohibition against eating without roasting

Multiple prohibitions for improper cooking & for nazir

5. Eating undercooked before sunset – not liable

6. boiling before sunset

7. roasted before sunset

C. Water regulations

שמות יב, ח-ט

וְאָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֖ר בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־מְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃

They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs.

אַל־תֹּאכְל֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙

נָ֔א

וּבָשֵׁ֥ל מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל בַּמָּ֑יִם

כִּ֣י אִם־צְלִי־אֵ֔שׁ רֹאשׁ֥וֹ עַל־כְּרָעָ֖יו וְעַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃

Do not eat any of it raw, or cooked in any way with water, but roasted—head, legs, and entrails—over the fire.

במדבר ו, ד

כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י נִזְר֑וֹ מִכֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵעָשֶׂ֜ה מִגֶּ֣פֶן הַיַּ֗יִן

מֵחַרְצַנִּ֛ים

וְעַד־זָ֖ג לֹ֥א יֹאכֵֽל׃

Throughout his term as nazirite, he may not eat anything that is obtained from the grapevine, even seeds or skin.

Pesahim 40 – Changing Minds

A. Roasting Wheat

And then Boiling

Scalding sufficiently

Fruit juice – Rava ok

Abaye changed his mind

B. Soaking

Problem if splits

Rava’s changed his mind

Prohibited to permitted to commanded

C. Stumbling block

Rava changed his mind

D. Vinegar first?

A’. Boiling after Baking

Pesahim 38

A. Maaser Sheni

R. Meir – holy property -> patur from hallah

ng for matza nor etrog

Sages – private property -> liable in hallah

ok for matza and etrog

לחם <-> לחם

or

במדבר טו, כ-כב

(כ) רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ:

(כא) מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ לַייָ֖ תְּרוּמָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם: ס

B. Maaser Sheni + Halah

ng – cannot be eaten everywhere

ok – “since if” principle

C. Halah purchased w/ Maaer Sheni money acc/ to R. Yehudah

ng – need to burn it

ok – two “since if” principles

Rava – all ok

D. Holy loaves ng – why?

Must be guarded as matza

Must have potential to be eaten for 7 days

לחם עוני – in mourning and not in joy

Cannot be eaten everywhere

Ok if for public sale – why?

Pesahim 37 – Varieties of Baking Methods

A. Thick Matza

One tefah like face bread (asur)

Large batch of bread

B. Shaped Matza (asur)

C. Taking Halah from Pan-fried bread

Resh Lakish – exempt

R. Yohanan – required

1. Challenge to Resh Lakish

2. Challenge to Resh Lakish from half-baked matza

Minimum amount of baking to be bread

3. Challenge to R. Yohanan

Story of Rabbah -> R. Zeira -> Ulah

Pesahim 36 -

Second Tithe

First fruits

Boiled matsa

Pesahim 35

Stringencies of holiness – 3 examples

Five grains

Rice?

Fruit juice?

Various requirements that maza be permissible

Pesahim 34 – Does Recycled Material Retain Original Status?

A. Can kohen use impure terumah wheat kernels as fuel?

Rav Huna – no

R. Yohanan  - yes

B. onions that were impure terumah and then replanted

become pure, but inedible: to whom?

Kohen – why inedible if it’s pure?

1. Non-Kohen – Rabbah – remains terumah

2. Kohen – Rav Sheshet – diverted attention

R. Yohanan – because of impurity

Resh Lakish – inherent disqualification

Challenge from hole for birds

Challenge from sprinkled blood

3. Kohen – Resh Lakish – stringency of holiness

Does it apply even to oral designation of holiness?

Pesahim 33

A. Three explanations of the Sifra:

1. Meilah smaller minimum size

2. Meilah liable for unintended

3. Meilah liable even if unaware

B. Can’t Give Hames as Terumah – 2 sources

C. How to transform impure grapes into pure wine