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(Created page with " Mesechtas Beitzah is a tractate dealing with the laws of Yom Tov, containing approximately 5 chapters and 39 pages in the Gemara. At the conclusion of the tractate, it states that "we do not water or slaughter wild animals," meaning that although slaughtering is permitted, one may not slaughter wild animals, but we may water and slaughter domesticated animals. The Gemara asks about the lengthy expression "watering and slaughtering," and explains that the innovation is...") |
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==== The Chasam Sofer's Resolution ==== | ==== The Chasam Sofer's Resolution ==== | ||
The Rebbe asks: just as they permitted melachos for food preparation on Yom Tov, they should also permit the prohibition of techumin. He brings the Chasam Sofer's resolution that the prohibition of techumin is not included in the category of melacha, but rather is a new and separate prohibition, and therefore the permission of food preparation does not apply to it. | The Rebbe asks: just as they permitted melachos for food preparation on Yom Tov, they should also permit the prohibition of techumin. He brings the [[Rabbi Moshe Sofer - The Chasam Sofer|Chasam Sofer]]'s resolution that the prohibition of techumin is not included in the category of melacha, but rather is a new and separate prohibition, and therefore the permission of food preparation does not apply to it. | ||
The Rebbe further asks that apparently the prohibition of techumin was stated regarding Shabbos - "Let no man leave his place on the seventh day" - so from where do we know that it exists on Yom Tov as well? The Rebbe explains the Chasam Sofer's reasoning: since this verse was stated regarding the manna, which did not fall on Yom Tov either, necessarily "the seventh day" is not specific. | The Rebbe further asks that apparently the prohibition of techumin was stated regarding Shabbos - "Let no man leave his place on the seventh day" - so from where do we know that it exists on Yom Tov as well? The Rebbe explains the Chasam Sofer's reasoning: since this verse was stated regarding the manna, which did not fall on Yom Tov either, necessarily "the seventh day" is not specific. | ||