- Simanim ףד מ ו – Daf 46

1. Travelling up to 4 mil For a hired – לבגל ו יפתל הל ו יטנל תל םידי העברא ימ ל י ן ,Rebbe Abahu said in the name of Rebbe Shimon ben Lakish kneader, and for tefillah, and for netilas yadayim, there is an obligation to travel up to four mil. Rashi explains that the case of the hired kneader is one who is hired to knead the customer’s dough in the customer’s , which are tamei. The question is how far must the hired kneader travel to immerse the keilim so that the dough will be kneaded in a state of taharah? Tefillah is referring to someone travelling and wants to retire for the night. How far must he travel in order to daven in a shul with a minyan? Netilas yadaim is also referring to someone travelling. Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said it was Aivu who said this, not Rebbe Abahu, and also that he included a fourth case, saying that animal skins which are considered edible and mekabel tumah, must be tanned for the amount of time it takes to walk four mil, in order for the skins to be no longer considered food.

Rebbe Yose b’Rebbe Chanina said that the said four mil only in regard to travelling the distance ahead of the person, but in regard to travelling behind him, he does not even have to travel the distance of a mil. Rav Acha says that this implies that one must travel less than a mil.

דציכ ןישירפמ הלח האמוטב .2 How does one separate from tamei dough that – דציכ ןישירפמ הלח האמוטב יב םו בוט ,The next Mishnah asks is baked on the Yom Tov of Pesach? Rashi explains that this tamei dough cannot be baked for a Kohen, since he is not permitted to eat tamei challah. It also cannot be set aside and burned after Yom Tov, since it might become יא ן chametz in the interim. To destroy the challah by burning it or feeding it to an animal, is also forbidden because .it is forbidden to burn sacred food on Yom Tov - וש יפר ן םישדק ב י םו וט ב טם יד ןירו

The woman baking it should not designate a portion as challah – אל ארקת הל םש דע הפאתש ,Rebbe Eliezer says She should put the challah in cold water, since this prevents the – טת י ל ב צ ו נ ן ,until after it is baked. Ben Beseira says challah from becoming chametz. Rebbe Yehoshua says that this is not the category of chametz that one since he is not considered the owner of this chametz. Once the challah is separated , לב י האר ו לב י אצמ transgresses it is considered the collective property of the Kohanim. Rather, he should separate it and set it aside until the .and if it leavens it leavens – םאו הצימחה הצימחה ,evening

ליאוה .3 The Gemara seeks to define the point of disagreement between Rebbe Yehoshua in the Mishnah, who says that one is not responsible for challah that has leavened, and Rebbe Eliezer, who says that one must bake the dough from which the challah will be taken, so that it will not become chametz. The Gemara first suggests that they are if the benefit that the owner retains by being able to select which Kohen to give the , תבוט האנה וממ ן arguing if challah, and even the right to accept money from a friend or relative of the Kohen, is considered equity in the challah. Rebbe Eliezer would hold that it is and Rebbe Yehoshua would say that it is not.

and that the machlokes is regarding the , תבוט האנה יא הנ וממ ן The Gemara says that perhaps everybody agrees that since. Rebbe Eliezer holds that "since" he can go to a Chochom to annul his designation of – יאוה ל principle of and therefore it is not , יאוה ל challah, it is considered his property even now, and Rebbe Yehoshua does not say considered his property, and therefore he can keep it in his possession.

Siman – Cow The dough kneader and minyan seeker who rented cows for a four-mil journey, met someone along the way who couldn’t figure out how to separate challah from tamei dough on Pesach, and didn’t know the Chochom behind him could annul his designation of challah.

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