Sukkah 35b Part 1/3

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the Mishnah say a Kohen should not take an esrog of terumah tehorah l'chatchila, when it has a heter achila? Rav Ami and Rav Asi give two reasons: either the esrog is made susceptible to tumah, or its value is ruined. We learn where the two reasons differ, how Rashi finds a heter achila even for a Yisrael, and why Beis Hillel's esrog of demai counts as lechem.

Key points

• The Gemara explains terumah temeiah is pasul since it lacks a heter achila, the minimum both views demand.
• Rashi explains machshira: the lulav, kept fresh in water, wets the esrog and prepares it for tumah.
• Mafsida means the handling rubs off the esrog's outer shell, which loses value over Succos.
• Terumah declared without its outer shell shows the difference: still machshira, but no longer mafsida.
• Beis Hillel counts demai as lechem because a person could make his nechassim hefker and become an ani.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Esrog of terumah temeiah
2. 1:42Terumah tehorah: machshira or mafsida
3. 5:40Difference between Rav Ami and Rav Asi
4. 8:29Rashi on a Yisrael's esrog of terumah
5. 10:30Rashi on redeeming terumah
6. 14:02Heter achila and din mamon
7. 15:49Esrog of demai
8. 23:20Mishnah on ani and achsanya

Topics

• Esrog
• Terumah
• Demai
• Lechem