Sukkah 35b Part 2/3

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does Beis Hillel count an esrog of demai as lechem when it cannot be eaten? The Gemara answers that a person could be mafkir his nechasim and become an ani, and a Mishnah in Demai lets an ani eat demai. Beis Shammai, in a beraisa Rav Huna taught, holds that Chazal gave an ani no dispensation for demai. The Gemara then fits the Mishnah on maaser sheni to the views requiring heter achila alone or also din mamon.

Key points

• The Gemara shows that lacking a heter achila d'Rabbanan already keeps an esrog from being lechem.
• A fleishig person facing milchig food can still eat it later, so the food counts as edible now.
• Holding a wet lulav against the esrog on purpose counts as wanting the water, so it becomes susceptible to tumah.
• Perhaps maaser sheni outside Yerushalayim differs from demai, which is edible right where one stands.
• Rashi counts feeding a grandson who is a Kohen as a heter achila.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Beis Hillel on an esrog of demai
2. 5:37Beis Shammai and Rav Huna's beraisa
3. 10:06Maaser sheni l'chatchila and b'dieved
4. 11:55Question on wanting the water
5. 13:47Maaser sheni outside Yerushalayim
6. 15:55Rashi on feeding a grandson
7. 17:11Heter achila versus din mamon
8. 20:51Why the Gemara leaves the names out

Topics

• Demai
• Maaser Sheni
• Lechem