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Rosh Hashanah 6a

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Rosh Hashanah 6a

Rosh Hashanah 6a. The full printed text of this folio side — 19 numbered segments, about 410 words — with the classic commentaries printed on the page.

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Segment 1

מִדְּבֶן עַזַּאי נָפְקָא, דְּתַנְיָא: בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר: ״אוֹתוֹ״

as this halakha is derived from that which ben Azzai said, as it is taught in a baraita that ben Azzai says: The verse states: “And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offering be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it, it shall be piggul ” (Leviticus 7:18).

Segment 2

מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״לֹא תְאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמוֹ״, שׁוֹמֵעַ אֲנִי אַף מְאַחֵר נִדְרוֹ בְּ״בַל יֵרָצֶה״, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אוֹתוֹ״ — אוֹתוֹ בְּ״לֹא יֵרָצֶה״, וְאֵין מְאַחֵר נִדְרוֹ בְּ״לֹא יֵרָצֶה״,

For what purpose does the verse state the word “it”? Since elsewhere it states: “When you shall vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay paying it; for the Lord your God will surely require it from you, and it would be sin in you” (Deuteronomy 23:22), I might have interpreted from this verse that even one who is late in paying his vow is included in: It shall not be accepted. Therefore, the verse states “it.” It, an offering disqualified by improper intention [ piggul ], is included in the halakha of: “It shall not be accepted,” but the animal of one who is late in paying his vow is not included in the halakha of: “It shall not be accepted.”

Segment 3

אֶלָּא: ״בְּךָ חֵטְא״ — וְלֹא בְּאִשְׁתְּךָ חֵטְא.

The Gemara rejects what was said above; rather, the explanation of the verse is as follows. The phrase: “And it would be sin in you” comes to teach that there would be a sin in you, but there would not be a sin in your wife.

Segment 4

סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: הוֹאִיל וְאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וְאִי תֵּימָא רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אֵין אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם מֵתָה אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן מְבַקְּשִׁין מִמֶּנּוּ מָמוֹן וְאֵין לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אִם אֵין לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ״, אֵימָא בְּהַאי עָוֹן דְּ״בַל תְּאַחֵר״ נָמֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ מֵתָה, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

It was necessary to say that the lateness is not imputed to the other members of one’s household for the following reason: It might enter your mind to say: Since Rabbi Yoḥanan said, and some say that it was Rabbi Elazar who said: A person’s wife dies only because others demand of him money and he does not have means with which to pay, as it is stated about one who commits himself to guarantee a loan: “If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?” (Proverbs 22:27). The verse warns one who takes a loan that incurring debt may result in one losing the very sheets that he sleeps on to his creditor. The Gemara understands this homiletically: Why should you cause God to take away your wife, i.e., she who shares your bed, so that she dies? Consequently, you might say that one’s wife also dies for this transgression of the prohibition: You shall not delay, in that one fails to fulfill his commitment. Therefore, the verse teaches us that this is not so. Rather, this sin is imputed to him alone.

Segment 5

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ״ — זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה, ״תִּשְׁמוֹר״ — זוֹ מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, ״וְעָשִׂיתָ״ — אַזְהָרָה לְבֵית דִּין שֶׁיְּעַשּׂוּךְ, ״כַּאֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ״ — זֶה נֶדֶר, ״לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ״ — אֵלּוּ חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת עוֹלוֹת וּשְׁלָמִים, ״נְדָבָה״ — כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, ״אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ״ — אֵלּוּ קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת, ״בְּפִיךְ״ — זוֹ צְדָקָה.

§ The Sages taught in a baraita : The verse states: “That which is gone out of your lips you shall keep and do; as you have vowed as a gift to the Lord your God, which you have promised with your mouth” (Deuteronomy 23:24). “That which is gone out of your lips”; this is a positive mitzva. “You shall keep”; this is a prohibition, as the phrase “you shall keep” is a warning to keep oneself from sinning. “And do”; this is an admonition to the court to make you fulfill your vow. “As you have vowed”; this is referring to a vow-offering. “To the Lord your God”; this is referring to sin-offerings, guilt-offerings, burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings, teaching that one must keep his word and bring them. “As a gift”; this is understood in its literal sense to be referring to a gift-offering. “Which you have promised”; this is referring to objects consecrated for Temple maintenance. “With your mouth”; this is referring to vows of charity, to which one commits himself with his mouth.

Segment 6

אָמַר מָר: ״מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ״ — זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה. לְמָה לִי? מִ״וּבָאתָ שָּׁמָּה... וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה״ נָפְקָא! ״תִּשְׁמוֹר״ — זוֹ מִצְוַת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה. לְמָה לִי? מִ״לֹּא תְאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמוֹ״ נָפְקָא!

The Gemara clarifies the details mentioned in this baraita . The Master said: “That which is gone out of your lips”; this is a positive mitzva. Why do I need this derivation? Isn’t the positive mitzva derived from the verse: “And there you shall come; and there you shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and your vows, and your gift-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock” (Deuteronomy 12:5–6)? The baraita continues: “You shall keep”; this is a prohibition. Why do I need this derivation; this is derived from the verse: “You shall not delay paying it” (Deuteronomy 23:22).

Segment 7

״וְעָשִׂיתָ״ — אַזְהָרָה לְבֵית דִּין שֶׁיְּעַשּׂוּךְ. לְמָה לִי? מִ״יַּקְרִיב אוֹתוֹ״ נָפְקָא, דְּתַנְיָא: ״יַקְרִיב אוֹתוֹ״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ. יָכוֹל בְּעַל כׇּרְחוֹ — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״לִרְצוֹנוֹ״, הָא כֵּיצַד? כּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר ״רוֹצֶה אֲנִי״.

“And do”; this is a warning to the court to make you fulfill your vow. Why do I need this derivation? This rule is derived from the verse: “He shall offer it” (Leviticus 1:3), as it is taught in a baraita : The verse states: “He shall offer it,” which teaches that he must be forced to bring his offering. One might have thought that he may be forced to bring his offering even against his will. Therefore, the verse states: “In accordance with his will” (Leviticus 1:3). How so? The court coerces him until he says: I want to bring the offering. Now, since all of these halakhot are already known from other sources, what is the point of this repetition?

Segment 8

חַד, דַּאֲמַר וְלָא אַפְרֵישׁ, וְחַד, אַפְרֵישׁ וְלָא אַקְרֵיב.

The Gemara answers: One set of verses is referring to a case where one said that he vowed to bring an offering but did not yet set aside a specific animal for his vow, and one set of verses is referring to a case where he set aside a specific animal for his vow but did not yet sacrifice it on the altar.

Segment 9

וּצְרִיכָא, דְּאִי אַשְׁמְעִינַן אֲמַר וְלָא אַפְרֵישׁ, מִשּׁוּם דְּלָא קַיְּימֵיהּ לְדִיבּוּרֵיהּ, אֲבָל אַפְרֵישׁ וְלָא אַקְרֵיב, אֵימָא: כֹּל הֵיכָא דְּאִיתֵיהּ — בֵּי גַזָּא דְּרַחֲמָנָא אִיתֵיהּ. צְרִיכָא.

And it is necessary to teach the halakha in both cases, as had the Torah taught us only about the halakha of the case where one said that he vowed to bring an offering but did not yet set aside a specific animal for his vow, one might have said that only in this case has he transgressed because he did not keep his word; however, if he set aside a specific animal for his vow but did not yet sacrifice it on the altar, one might say that anywhere that it is, it is in the treasure house of the Merciful One, as the world and everything in it belongs to God, and therefore it makes no difference if he delays in bringing it to the Temple. Therefore, it is necessary to teach that even when one has set aside a specific animal he transgresses the prohibition.

Segment 10

וְאִי אַשְׁמְעִינַן אַפְרֵישׁ וְלָא אַקְרֵיב, דְּקָא מַשְׁהֵי לֵיהּ גַּבֵּיהּ, אֲבָל אָמַר וְלָא אַפְרֵישׁ, אֵימָא דִּיבּוּרָא לֹא כְּלוּם הוּא. צְרִיכָא.

And had the Torah taught us only about the case where one set aside a specific animal for his vow but did not yet sacrifice it on the altar, one might have said that only in this case has he transgressed because he is keeping the animal for himself. But if he said that he vowed to bring an offering but did not yet set aside a specific animal for his vow, one might say that his mere speech is nothing, and there is no transgression provided he has not actually set aside an animal. Therefore, it is necessary to teach the halakha in both cases.

Segment 11

וּמִי מָצֵית אָמְרַתְּ דְּאָמַר וְלָא אַפְרֵישׁ? וְהָא נְדָבָה כְּתִיבָא, וּתְנַן: אֵי זֶהוּ נֶדֶר — הָאוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי עָלַי עוֹלָה. וְאֵי זוֹ הִיא נְדָבָה — הָאוֹמֵר: הֲרֵי זוֹ עוֹלָה.

The Gemara raises a difficulty: How can you say that the Gemara is dealing with a case where one merely said that he vowed to bring an offering but did not yet set aside a specific animal? Isn’t a gift-offering mentioned in the verse, and we learned in a mishna: What is a vow- offering? It is an offering brought by one who says: It is incumbent upon me to bring a burnt-offering. And what is a gift-offering? It is an offering brought by one who says, concerning a particular animal: I undertake to bring this animal as a burnt-offering.

Segment 12

וּמָה בֵּין נֶדֶר לִנְדָבָה? נֶדֶר, מֵת אוֹ נִגְנַב — חַיָּיב בְּאַחְרָיוּתוֹ. נְדָבָה, מֵתָה אוֹ נִגְנְבָה — אֵינוֹ חַיָּיב בְּאַחְרָיוּתָהּ.

And what is the difference between a vow- offering and a gift-offering? With regard to vow- offerings, if the animal died or was stolen, the one who took the vow is obligated to pay restitution for it. He undertook to bring a burnt-offering without specifying the animal, and therefore until he brings that offering he is not absolved of his obligation. With regard to a gift-offering, however, if the animal died or was stolen, he is not obligated to pay restitution for it because he undertook to bring a specific animal, and that is no longer possible. In the case of a gift-offering, then, a specific animal must have already been set aside as an offering.

Segment 13

אָמַר רָבָא: מַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ, כְּגוֹן דְּאָמַר: הֲרֵי עָלַי עוֹלָה עַל מְנָת שֶׁאֵינִי חַיָּיב בְּאַחְרָיוּתָהּ.

Rava said: You can find a case of a gift-offering where a specific animal has not yet been set aside; for example, where one said: It is incumbent upon me to bring a burnt-offering on the condition that after I set an animal aside in fulfillment of my vow, I will not be liable to replace it should the animal die or be stolen.

Segment 14

״בְּפִיךְ״ — זוֹ צְדָקָה. אָמַר רָבָא: וּצְדָקָה — מִיחַיַּיב עֲלַהּ לְאַלְתַּר. מַאי טַעְמָא — דְּהָא קָיְימִי עֲנִיִּים.

§ The baraita stated: “With your mouth”; this is referring to vows of charity. Rava said: In the case of vows of charity, one is liable immediately if he is late in distributing the charity that he had promised to give. What is the reason for this halakha ? It is that poor people to whom the charity may be given exist in all places, and so the charity can be distributed to them immediately, unlike an offering, which must be brought to the Temple.

Segment 15

פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: כֵּיוָן דִּבְעִנְיָינָא דְּקׇרְבָּנוֹת כְּתִיבָא, עַד דְּעָבְרִי עֲלַהּ שְׁלֹשָׁה רְגָלִים כְּקׇרְבָּנוֹת, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן: הָתָם הוּא דִּתְלִינְהוּ רַחֲמָנָא בִּרְגָלִים, אֲבָל הָכָא לָא — דְּהָא שְׁכִיחִי עֲנִיִּים.

The Gemara asks: It is obvious that charity must be given to the poor without delay. The Gemara explains: Lest you say that since the halakha pertaining to vows of charity is written in the passage dealing with offerings, perhaps one does not transgress the prohibition against delaying until three Festivals have passed, as is the halakha with regard to offerings, therefore Rava teaches us that this is not so. Rather, there, with regard to the offerings, the Merciful One made the timing of the transgression dependent upon the time of the Festivals, when one must go on pilgrimage to the Temple. However, here, with regard to charity vows, this is not so because poor people who are ready to accept charity are found in all places.

Segment 16

אָמַר רָבָא: כֵּיוָן שֶׁעָבַר עָלָיו רֶגֶל אֶחָד — עוֹבֵר בַּעֲשֵׂה.

Rava said: Although, according to most opinions one transgresses the prohibition against delaying only after three Festivals have elapsed, once even one Festival has passed and he has not sacrificed the offerings that he vowed to bring, he immediately violates a positive mitzva.

Segment 17

מֵיתִיבִי: הֵעִיד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְרַבִּי פַּפְּיָיס עַל וָלָד שְׁלָמִים שֶׁיִּקְרַב שְׁלָמִים. אָמַר רַבִּי פַּפְּיָיס: אֲנִי מֵעִיד שֶׁהָיְתָה לָנוּ פָּרָה שֶׁל זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים וַאֲכַלְנוּהָ בַּפֶּסַח, וְאָכַלְנוּ וְלָדָהּ שְׁלָמִים בֶּחָג.

The Gemara raises an objection from the following mishna: Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Papeyyas testified about the offspring of peace-offerings. They said that if the mother animal was consecrated before it conceived or during its pregnancy, the offspring, too, must be sacrificed as a peace-offering. Rabbi Papeyyas said: I testify that we once had a cow that was sacrificed as a peace-offering, and we ate it on Passover [ beFesaḥ ], and we ate its offspring as a peace-offering on the Festival [ beḤag ], i.e., on Sukkot .

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בִּשְׁלָמָא בְּפֶסַח לָא אַקְרְבוּהּ, אֵימוֹר דִּמְחוּסָּר זְמַן הֲוָה. אֶלָּא וַלְדַּהּ בַּעֲצֶרֶת הֵיכִי מַשְׁהִי לֵהּ וְעָבְרִי עֲלֵיהּ בַּעֲשֵׂה!

The Gemara clarifies the details of this story: Granted, on Passover itself Rabbi Papeyyas and his family did not sacrifice the offspring, as one can say that the animal was lacking the requisite time, i.e., it was less than eight days old, and it is prohibited to sacrifice such a young animal. But how could they delay and not sacrifice the offspring on Shavuot , the first Festival after Passover, if, according to Rava, they would violate a positive mitzva as soon as the first Festival passed?

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אָמַר רַב זְבִיד מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא: כְּגוֹן

Rav Zevid said in the name of Rava: For example, this occurs

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