Tuesday 11 December 2018

Chullin 14: Preparing/Sacrificing on Shabbat

We learn a new Mishna that is short and sweet: If one sacrifices on Shabbat or Yom Kippur, it is permitted after the fact though one should be put to death for those prohibitions.

The Gemara notes that an animal must be prepared before these days to be consumed on those days.  Even if given to the dogs, a carcass must be prepared before Shabbat/ Yom Kippur begins.  It also considers wine that might be untithed and joining boundaries on Shabbat.  Some rabbis compare the prohibitions around preparation on Shabbat with those that apply to moving a broken vessel.

Our daf ends with a conversation about foods that are set aside, specifically, those that are squeezed.  It is prohibited to eat foods that might have leaked juice inadvertently simply because one might believe that squeezing fruit on Shabbat is permitted.   Further, once something is set aside, it stays in that state until after Shabbat.  Rabbis argue about whether or not a dirty lamp might be moved on Shabbat; its repugnance would keep it from being transferred to another place.  

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