that are fertile —

<<who [has them]?

<<They gave

<<him

<<eggs

<<of a slaughtered [hen].

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabbi Ami;

<<he said to them:

<<a purchase

<<in error

<<it is,

<<and it is returned.

Obviously!

<<Lest you say:

<<this one

<<for eating

<<wants them,

<<and this

<<that he said

<<‘fertile’

<<is because

<<they are firm —

<<the practical difference being

<<to give

<<him

<<[a price] in between —

<<it teaches us [otherwise].

A certain one

<<who said

<<to them:

<<eggs

<<of a male —

<<who [has them]?

<<eggs

<<of a male —

<<who [has them]?

<<They gave

<<him

<<eggs

<<that [a hen] conceived

<<from the ground.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabbi Ami;

<<he said to them:

<<a purchase

<<in error

<<it is,

<<and it is returned.

Obviously!

<<Lest you say:

<<this one

<<for eating

<<wants them,

<<and this

<<that he said

<<‘of a male’

<<is because

<<they are fatter

<<more —

<<the practical difference being

<<to give

<<him

<<[a price] in between —

<<it teaches us [otherwise].

And if you wish, say:

<<what is

<<‘with

<<its emergence

<<it is completed’?

<<With

<<the emergence of

<<most of it

<<it is completed,

<<and in accordance with Rabbi Yochanan,

<<for Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<an egg

<<that emerged,

<<most of it,

<<on the eve of Yom Tov

<<and went back —

<<it is permitted

<<to eat it

<<on Yom Tov.

And some say:

<<what is

<<‘with

<<its emergence

<<it is completed’?

<<With

<<the emergence of

<<all of it

<<it is completed.

<<With

<<the emergence of

<<all of it,

<<yes;

<<but

<<most of it,

<<no —

<<to exclude [the view]

<<of Rabbi Yochanan.

The matter itself:

<<one who slaughters

<<a hen

<<and found

<<in it

<<eggs

<<fully formed —

<<they are permitted

<<to eat them

<<with milk.

<<Rabbi Yaakov

<<says:

<<if

<<they were

<<attached

<<by sinews,

<<they are prohibited.

Who

<<taught

<<this

<<that the Rabbis taught:

<<one who eats

<<from the carcass of

<<a bird

<<that is kosher —

<<from

<<the string

<<of

<<eggs,

<<from

<<the bones,

<<or from

<<the sinews,

<<or from

<<the flesh

<<that was torn

<<from a living [bird] —

<<is pure;

from

<<the cluster

<<of

<<eggs,

<<from

<<the gizzard

<<or the intestines,

<<or

<<who melted

<<the fat

<<and swallowed it —

<<is impure.

Who is

<<the tanna [who holds]

<<from

<<the string

<<of

<<eggs

<<is pure?

<<Rav Yosef said:

<<not

<<like Rabbi Yaakov.

<<For if

<<like Rabbi Yaakov,

<<he said:

<<if

<<they were

<<attached

<<by sinews,

<<they are prohibited!

Abaye said to him:

<<from where [do you know]?

<<Perhaps

<<until here

<<does not

<<say

<<Rabbi Yaakov

<<there

<<except

<<with regard to

<<prohibition,

<<but

<<with regard to

<<impurity,

<<no.

And if you say

<<with regard to

<<impurity

<<too

<<let us decree —

<<increasing

<<impurity

<<it is,

<<and increasing

<<impurity

<<by rabbinic decree

<<we do not increase.

And some say:

<<who is

<<the tanna [who holds]

<<from

<<the cluster

<<of

<<eggs

<<is impure?

<<Rav Yosef said:

<<Rabbi Yaakov

<<it is,

<<who said:

<<if

<<they were

<<attached

<<by sinews,

<<they are prohibited.

<<Abaye said to him:

<<from where [do you know]

<<that ‘cluster’ means

<<those

<<that hang

<<on the cluster?

<<Perhaps

<<the cluster

<<itself.

And if you say:

<<the cluster

<<itself —

<<what [need is there]

<<to say it?

<<It is just as

<<it is

<<with the gizzard

<<and the intestines,

<<that even though

<<flesh

<<they are,

<<since

<<there are

<<people

<<who do not

<<eat them,

<<it was necessary

<<to teach us;

<<here

<<too,

<<since

<<there are

<<people

<<who do not

<<eat it,

<<it was necessary

<<to teach us.

The Rabbis taught:

<<any [creature]

<<whose mating is

<<by day

<<gives birth

<<by day;

<<any

<<whose mating is

<<at night

<<gives birth

<<at night;

<<any

<<whose mating is

<<both

<<by day

<<and

<<at night

<<gives birth

<<both

<<by day

<<and

<<at night.

<<Any

<<whose mating is

<<by day

<<gives birth

<<by day —

<<this is

<<a hen.

<<Any

<<whose mating is

<<at night

<<gives birth

<<at night —

<<this is

<<a bat.

<<Any

<<whose mating is

<<both

<<by day

<<and

<<at night —

<<a person

<<and all

<<that resemble him.

The Master said:

<<any

<<whose mating is

<<by day

<<gives birth

<<by day —

<<this is

<<a hen.

<<What is the practical difference?

<<For that of Rav Mari son of Rav Kahana,

<<for Rav Mari son of Rav Kahana said:

<<if he checked

<<the nest

<<of

<<chickens

<<on the eve of Yom Tov

<<and did not

<<find

<<in it

<<an egg,

<<and the next day

<<he rose early

<<and found

<<in it

<<an egg —

<<it is permitted.

But did he not

<<check!

<<Say

<<he did not

<<check

<<thoroughly.

<<And even

<<if he checked

<<well,

<<say:

<<emerged

<<most of it

<<and went back

<<it did,

<<and in accordance with Rabbi Yochanan.

Is that so?

<<But

<<Rabbi Yosei ben Shaul said in the name of Rav:

<<if he checked

<<the nest

<<of

<<a hen

<<on the eve of Yom Tov

<<and did not

<<find

<<in it

<<an egg,

<<and the next day

<<he rose early

<<and found

<<in it

<<an egg —

<<it is prohibited!

<<There,

<<where [the hen] conceived

<<from the ground.

If so,

<<[in the case] of Rav Mari

<<too,

<<say

<<from the ground

<<it conceived!

<<Where there is

<<a male

<<with it.

<<Where there is

<<a male

<<too,

<<say

<<from the ground

<<it conceived!

<<Ravina said:

<<we have a tradition:

<<wherever

<<there is

<<a male,

<<it does not

<<conceive

<<from the ground.

And up to how long?

<<Rav Gamada said in the name of Rav:

<<wherever