Yevamot 73 - May 19, 18 Iyar

Study Guide Yevamot 73

Today’s daf is sponsored by Lori Schuldiner Schor on the occasion of the 50th yahrzeit of her father, Rafael ben Breindl v’Avraham Yaakov, and to celebrate the medical school graduation of her daughter, Dr. Shayna Schor.

Today’s daf is sponsored by Joanna Rom in honor of Adrienne’s birthday. “Happy special birthday to my cherished long-time friend, and now chavruta, Adrienne. May you continue to go from strength to strength.”

Rav Sheshet was asked whether an uncircumcised male can eat maaser sheni, the second tithe. Do we derive from Pesach that he cannot just as we learn from maaser to Pesach that an onen can't eat the Pesach sacrifice? Or do we only learn from maaser to Pesach as maaser is more lenient, but not from Pesach to maaser as Pesach is more stringent? Rav Sheshet brings a Mishna from Bikurim 2:1 which lists the differences between truma and bikurim on the one hand and maaser on the other - since an uncircumcised person doesn't appear on this list, it must be that he is forbidden to eat maaser just as he is forbidden to eat truma and bikurim. The Gemara rejects this answer as it is possible the tanna left it off the list. If such an argument is to be used, one needs to prove that other details were left off the Mishna as well. To show this, the Gemara quotes the next Mishna Bikurim 2:2 (which compares maaser and bikurim to truma) and adds two items that are left off that list. The Gemara delves into some of the cases brought in the Mishna and the ones not mentioned and explains the source of these laws and the issues that led to a debate about some of them. Rav Ashi adds two differences that were left off the first Mishna as well.