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Bava Kamma
Daf 11bדְּיֵשׁ מִקְצָת שִׁלְיָא בְּלֹא וָלָד, וּגְזֵירָה מִקְצָתָהּ אַטּוּ כּוּלָּהּ, קָא מַשְׁמַע לָן.
that there is a possibility that part of the afterbirth will emerge without part of the fetus inside, and the reason that the Sages forbid eating the afterbirth is due to a rabbinic decree prohibiting a case where part of an afterbirth emerges from the womb and part of it remains inside, due to the possibility that one may confuse it with a case where all of the afterbirth emerges. Therefore, Ulla teaches us that, in fact, part of the afterbirth does not emerge without part of the fetus inside.
וְאָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: בְּכוֹר שֶׁנִּטְרַף בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם – אֵין פּוֹדִין אוֹתוֹ.
The Gemara cites another halakha taught by Ulla, citing Rabbi Elazar: And Ulla
וְכֵן תָּנֵי רָמִי בַּר חָמָא, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״פָּדֹה תִפְדֶּה״, יָכוֹל אֲפִילּוּ נִטְרַף בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אַךְ״ – חִלֵּק.
And similarly, Rami bar Ḥama taught a baraita: Since it is stated: “Yet you shall redeem” (Numbers 18:15), one might have thought that even if a male firstborn child was mauled by an animal within thirty days of his birth one should redeem him. Therefore, the verse states “yet you shall redeem”; the addition of the word “yet” serves to differentiate and limit the requirement to redeem the firstborn male.
וְאָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: בְּהֵמָה גַּסָּה נִקְנֵית בִּמְשִׁיכָה.
The Gemara cites another halakha taught by Ulla, citing Rabbi Elazar: And Ulla says that Rabbi Elazar says: A large animal, such as a cow or a horse, is acquired by the buyer pulling the animal.
וְהָא אֲנַן תְּנַן: בִּמְסִירָה! הוּא דְּאָמַר כִּי הַאי תַּנָּא; דְּתַנְיָא, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: זוֹ וְזוֹ בִּמְשִׁיכָה, רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: זוֹ וְזוֹ בְּהַגְבָּהָה.
The Gemara asks: But didn’t we learn in a mishna (Kiddushin 25b): A large animal is acquired by passing the reins of the animal to the buyer? The Gemara explains: Rabbi Elazar states his opinion in accordance with the opinion of that tanna, i.e., the Rabbis, as it is taught in a baraita: And the Rabbis say: This and that, i.e., both large and small animals, are acquired through the buyer pulling
וְאָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: הָאַחִין שֶׁחָלְקוּ, מַה שֶּׁעֲלֵיהֶן – שָׁמִין, וּמַה שֶּׁעַל בְּנֵיהֶן וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶן – אֵין שָׁמִין.
The Gemara cites another halakha taught by Ulla, citing Rabbi Elazar: And Ulla says that Rabbi Elazar says: With regard to brothers who divide
אֲמַר רַב פַּפָּא: פְּעָמִים אַף מַה שֶּׁעֲלֵיהֶן אֵין שָׁמִין, מַשְׁכַּחַת לָהּ בִּגְדוֹל אַחֵי, דְּנִיחָא לְהוּ דְּלִשְׁתַּמְעוּן מִילֵּיהּ.
Rav Pappa said: Sometimes, it does not even appraise what- ever is upon the brothers. You find such a case with the eldest brother
וְאָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: שׁוֹמֵר שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר – פָּטוּר. וְלָא מִיבָּעֲיָא שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר, דְּעַלּוּיֵי עַלְּיֵיהּ לִשְׁמִירָתוֹ, אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ שׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם, דְּהָשְׁתָּא גָּרוּעֵי גָּרְעֵיהּ לִשְׁמִירָתוֹ – נַמִי פָּטוּר, שֶׁהֲרֵי מָסַר לְבֶן דַּעַת.
The Gemara cites another halakha taught by Ulla, citing Rabbi Elazar: And Ulla says that Rabbi Elazar says: In the case of a bailee who conveyed a deposit that was entrusted to him to another bailee, the first bailee is exempt for any occurrence for which he would have been exempt had he kept the deposit with him. The Gemara adds: And it is not necessary to state this in the case of an unpaid bailee who conveyed a deposit to a paid bailee, thereby increasing the level of its safeguarding, since the paid bailee has a greater level of accountability than an unpaid bailee. Rather, this is the halakha even in a case of a paid bailee who conveyed a deposit to an unpaid bailee, thereby decreasing the level of its safeguarding. In this case, the first bailee is exempt for any occurrence for which he would have been exempt had he kept the deposit with him, because he conveyed it to a mentally competent person and thereby fulfilled his responsibility to ensure the deposit is safeguarded.
רָבָא אָמַר: שׁוֹמֵר שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר – חַיָּיב; וְלָא מִיבָּעֲיָא שׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם, דְּגָרוּעֵי גָּרְעֵיהּ לִשְׁמִירָתוֹ, אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם שֶׁמָּסַר לְשׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר – חַיָּיב,
Rava said: With regard to a bailee who conveyed a deposit to another bailee,
דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ: אַתְּ מְהֵימַנְתְּ לִי בִּשְׁבוּעָה, הַאי לָא מְהֵימַן לִי בִּשְׁבוּעָה.
The reason he is liable is that the owner of the deposit can say to him: You are credible to me with regard to taking an oath,
וְאָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, הִלְכְתָא: גּוֹבִין מִן הָעֲבָדִים.
The Gemara cites another halakha taught by Ulla, citing Rabbi Elazar: And Ulla says that Rabbi Elazar says: The halakha is that one can collect from the debtor the slaves that he owns
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב נַחְמָן לְעוּלָּא: אֲמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אֲפִילּוּ מִיַּתְמֵי? לָא, מִינֵּיהּ. מִינֵּיהּ, אֲפִילּוּ מִגְּלִימָא דְּעַל כִּתְפֵיהּ!
Rav Naḥman said to Ulla: Did Rabbi Elazar say that this halakha applies even when collecting from a debtor’s orphans? A creditor can collect the debt from orphans only by taking the land the debtor bequeathed to his children. Rav Naḥman asked whether this also extends to collecting any slaves the children inherited. Ulla replied: No, a creditor collects a debt by taking slaves only when he collects directly from the debtor himself. Rav Naḥman challenges this: But when the creditor collects from him, he can collect the debt even from the cloak that is upon his shoulders, and therefore he can certainly also collect the debt by taking his slaves, so what is the novelty of this ruling?
הָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן – שֶׁעֲשָׂאוֹ אַפּוֹתֵיקִי; כִּדְרָבָא, דְּאָמַר רָבָא: עָשָׂה עַבְדּוֹ אַפּוֹתֵיקִי וּמְכָרוֹ – בַּעַל חוֹב גּוֹבֶה הֵימֶנּוּ, שׁוֹרוֹ אַפּוֹתֵיקִי וּמְכָרוֹ – אֵין בַּעַל חוֹב גּוֹבֶה הֵימֶנּוּ,
Ulla explains: With what are we dealing here? We are dealing with a case in which the debtor set aside his slave as designated repayment [appoteiki].
מַאי טַעֲמָא? הָא אִית לֵיהּ קָלָא, וְהָא לֵית לֵיהּ קָלָא.
The Gemara asks: What is the reason for this difference? The Gemara explains: The designation of this slave generates publicity,