Beitzah 25A

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חוץ לתחום ⁠— אסור. והבא בשביל ישראל זה ⁠— מותר לישראל אחר.

If, however, the gift was brought from outside the limit, it is prohibited. And an item that came from outside the limit for one Jew is permitted to another Jew. No prohibition applies to the second recipient, as the non-Jew’s intention was not fulfilled. Since the halakha of limits is a rabbinic prohibition, the rabbis decreed that the object is prohibited only to the one on behalf of whom it was brought, but not to others.

אמר רבה בר רב הונא אמר רב: הסוכר אמת המים מערב יום טוב, ולמחר השכים ומצא בה דגים ⁠— מותרין.

§ The Talmud continues its discussion about trapping animals on a Festival. Rabba bar Rav Huna said that Rav said: If one dammed a water channel that was used to irrigate a field on the eve of a Festival, and the following day he arose and found fish in it, they are permitted. These fish presumably arrived with the water before the Festival and were unable to escape, as the channel had been obstructed. Therefore, the fish are considered as having been prepared before the Festival.

אמר רב חסדא, מדברי רבינו נלמוד: חיה שקננה בפרדס ⁠— אינה צריכה זמון. אמר רב נחמן: נפל חברין, ברברבתא. איכא דאמרי: אמר רבה בר רב הונא, מדברי רבינו נלמוד: חיה שקננה בפרדס ⁠— אינה צריכה זמון. אמר רב נחמן: נפל בר חברין ברברבתא.

Rav Ḥisda said: From this statement of our teacher, Rav, we learn that an undomesticated animal that nested in an orchard near one’s house does not require special designation but is considered prepared. Rav Naḥman said in response to this conclusion: Our colleague, Rav Ḥisda, has fallen upon a great matter, i.e., an issue that is not at all straightforward but is the subject of various disagreements. Some say a slightly different version of this statement, that Rabba bar Rav Huna said: From this statement of our teacher, Rav, we learn that an undomesticated animal that nested in an orchard does not require special designation, and with regard to this statement, Rav Naḥman said that Rabba, son of our colleague, Rav Huna, has fallen upon a great matter. Rav Huna was a contemporary of Rav Naḥman’s, and they were both students of Rav; consequently, Rav Naḥman referred to Rav Huna as his colleague and called Rabba the son of his colleague.

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