קִיַּימְתָּ בָּנוּ רַבֵּינוּ ״וּמִשְׁלוֹחַ מָנוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים״.

You have fulfilled two mitzvot through us, our teacher: The mitzva of: “And sending portions one to another,” and the mitzva of: “And gifts to the poor,” as Rabbi Oshaya was poor and this was a substantial gift.

רַבָּה שְׁדַר לֵיהּ לְמָרֵי בַּר מָר בְּיַד אַבַּיֵי מְלֵא טַסְקָא דְּקַשְׁבָא, וּמְלֵי כָּסָא קִמְחָא דְּאַבְשׁוּנָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבַּיֵי: הָשְׁתָּא אָמַר מָרִי: אִי חַקְלָאָה מַלְכָּא לֶיהֱוֵי – דִּיקּוּלָא מִצַּוָארֵיהּ לָא נָחֵית.

The Gemara relates that Rabba sent Purim portions from the house of the Exilarch to Marei bar Mar in the hands of Abaye, who was his nephew and student. The Purim portions consisted of a sack [ taska ] full of dates [ kashva ] and a cupful of roasted flour [ kimḥa de’avshuna ]. Abaye said to him: Now, Mari will say the popular expression: Even if a farmer becomes the king, the basket does not descend from his neck. Rabba was named the head of the yeshiva in Pumbedita, and nevertheless, he continued to send very plain gifts, because he was impoverished.

הֲדַר שְׁדַר לֵיהּ אִיהוּ מְלֵא טַסְקָא דְּזַנְגְּבִילָא, וּמְלֵא כָּסָא דְּפִלְפַּלְתָּא אֲרִיכָא. אֲמַר אַבַּיֵי: הָשְׁתָּא אָמַר מָר: אֲנָא שְׁדַרִי לֵיהּ חוּלְיָא וְאִיהוּ שְׁדַר לִי חוּרְפָא.

Marei bar Mar sent back to him a sack full of ginger and a cupful of long peppers [ pilpalta arikha ], a much more expensive gift. Abaye said to him: The master, Rabba, will now say: I sent him sweet items and he sent me pungent ones.

אֲמַר אַבַּיֵי: כִּי נְפַקִי מִבֵּי מָר הֲוָה שָׂבַעֲנָא, כִּי מְטַאי לְהָתָם קְרִיבוּ לִי שִׁיתִּין צָעֵי דְּשִׁיתִּין מִינֵי קְדֵירָה, וַאֲכָלִי בְּהוּ שִׁיתִּין פְּלוּגֵי. וּבִישּׁוּלָא בַּתְרַיְיתָא הָווּ קָרוּ לֵיהּ צְלִי קֵדָר, וּבְעַאי לְמֵיכַס צַעָא אַבַּתְרָהּ.

In describing that same incident, Abaye said: When I left the house of the master, Rabba, to go to Marei bar Mar, I was already satiated. However, when I arrived there at Marei bar Mar’s house, they served me sixty plates of sixty kinds of cooked dishes, and I ate sixty portions from each of them. The last dish was called pot roast, and I was still so hungry that I wanted to chew the plate afterward.

אֲמַר אַבַּיֵי: הַיְינוּ דְּאָמְרִי אֱינָשֵׁי: כָּפֵין עַנְיָא וְלָא יָדַע. אִי נַמִי: רַוְוחָא לִבְסִימָא שְׁכִיחַ.

And in continuation Abaye said: This explains the folk saying that people say: The poor man is hungry and does not know it, as Abaye was unaware how hungry he had been in his master’s house. Alternatively, there is another appropriate, popular expression: Room in the stomach for sweets can always be found.

אַבַּיֵי בַּר אָבִין וְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא בַּר אָבִין מְחַלְּפִי סְעוּדָתַיְיהוּ לַהֲדָדֵי.

The Gemara relates that Abaye bar Avin and Rabbi Ḥanina bar Avin would exchange their meals with each other to fulfill their obligation of sending portions on Purim.

אֲמַר רָבָא: מִיחַיַּיב אִינִישׁ לִבְסוּמֵי בְּפוּרְיָא עַד דְּלָא יָדַע בֵּין אָרוּר הָמָן לְבָרוּךְ מָרְדֳּכַי.

Rava said: A person is obligated to become intoxicated with wine on Purim until he is so intoxicated that he does not know how to distinguish between cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordecai.

רַבָּה וְרַבִּי זֵירָא עֲבַדוּ סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי, אִיבַּסּוּם, קָם רַבָּה שְׁחַטֵיהּ לְרַבִּי זֵירָא. לִמְחָר בְּעֵי רַחֲמֵי וְאַחֲיֵיהּ. לְשָׁנָה אֲמַר לֵיהּ: נֵיתֵי מָר וְנַעֲבֵיד סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא בְּכָל שָׁעֲתָא וְשָׁעֲתָא מִתְרְחֵישׁ נִיסָא.

The Gemara relates that Rabba and Rabbi Zeira prepared a Purim feast with each other, and they became intoxicated to the point that Rabba arose and slaughtered Rabbi Zeira. The next day, when he became sober and realized what he had done, Rabba asked God for mercy, and revived him. The next year, Rabba said to Rabbi Zeira: Let the Master come and let us prepare the Purim feast with each other. He said to him: Miracles do not happen each and every hour, and I do not want to undergo that experience again.

אָמַר רָבָא: סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים שֶׁאֲכָלָהּ בַּלַּיְלָה לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ, מַאי טַעְמָא – ״יְמֵי מִשְׁתֶּה וְשִׂמְחָה״ כְּתִיב. רַב אַשִׁי הֲוָה יָתֵיב קַמֵּיהּ (דְּרַב כָּהֲנָא) נְגַהּ וְלָא אָתוּ רַבָּנַן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי טַעְמָא לָא אָתוּ רַבָּנַן – דִּלְמָא טְרִידִי בִּסְעוּדַּת פּוּרִים – אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְלָא הֲוָה אֶפְשָׁר לְמֵיכְלָה בְּאוֹרְתָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא שְׁמִיעַ לֵיהּ לְמָר הָא דַּאֲמַר רָבָא: סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים שֶׁאֲכָלָהּ בַּלַּיְלָה לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: (אֲמַר רָבָא הָכִי) [אֲמַר לֵיהּ אִין] תְּנָא מִינֵּיהּ אַרְבְּעִין זִימְנִין, וְדָמֵי לֵיהּ כְּמַאן דְּמַנַּח בְּכִיסֵיהּ:

Rava said: A Purim feast that one ate at night did not fulfill his obligation. What is the reason? “Days of feasting and gladness” (Esther 9:22) is written, i.e., days and not nights. The Gemara relates: Rav Ashi was sitting before Rav Kahana his teacher on Purim, and it grew dark and the Sages who usually came to study with him did not come. Rav Ashi said to him: What is the reason that the Sages did not come today? Rav Kahana answered: Perhaps they are preoccupied with the Purim feast. Rav Ashi said to him: Wasn’t it possible for them to eat the feast at night on Purim, instead of being derelict in their Torah study on Purim day? Rav Kahana said to him: Didn’t the master learn that which Rava said: A Purim feast that one ate at night did not fulfill his obligation? Rav Ashi said to him: Did Rava say that? Rav Kahana said to him: Yes. Rav Ashi then learned it from him forty times until he remembered it so well that it seemed to him as if it were placed in his purse.

מתני׳ אֵין בֵּין יוֹם טוֹב לְשַׁבָּת אֶלָּא אוֹכֶל נֶפֶשׁ בִּלְבָד.

The previous mishna concluded with the formula: The difference between…is only, thereby distinguishing between the halakhot in two different cases. The following mishnayot employ the same formula and distinguish between the halakhot in cases unrelated to Purim and the Megilla. The first is: The difference between Festivals and Shabbat with regard to the labor prohibited on those days is only in preparing food alone. It is permitted to cook and bake in order to prepare food on Festivals; however, on Shabbat it is prohibited.

גמ׳ הָא לְעִנְיַן מַכְשִׁירֵי אוֹכֶל נֶפֶשׁ – זֶה וְזֶה שָׁוִין.

The Gemara infers that with regard to the matter of actions that facilitate preparation of food, e.g., sharpening a knife for slaughter, this, Shabbat, and that, Festivals, are equal, in that actions that facilitate preparation of food are prohibited.

מַתְנִיתִין דְּלָא כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, דְּתַנְיָא: אֵין בֵּין יוֹם טוֹב לְשַׁבָּת אֶלָּא אוֹכֶל נֶפֶשׁ, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַתִּיר אַף מַכְשִׁירֵי אוֹכֶל נֶפֶשׁ.

The Gemara comments: If so, the mishna is not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, as it is taught in a baraita : The difference between Festivals and Shabbat is only is preparing food. Rabbi Yehuda permits even actions that facilitate preparation of food on Festivals.

מַאי טַעְמָא דְּתַנָּא קַמָּא – אָמַר קְרָא: ״הוּא״ – וְלֹא מַכְשִׁירָיו, וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה (אָמַר) ״לָכֶם״ – לָכֶם לְכָל צוֹרְכֵיכֶם.

The Gemara elaborates. What is the reason for the opinion of the first tanna ? It is as the verse states: “Except that which every person must eat, only that may be done for you” (Exodus 12:16). “That” is permitted, and not actions that facilitate it. And Rabbi Yehuda says: “For you” means for you, for all your needs.

וְאִידָךְ נַמִי, הָכְתִיב ״לָכֶם״! לָכֶם וְלֹא לְגוֹיִם, לָכֶם וְלֹא לִכְלָבִים.

The Gemara asks: And for the other, first, tanna too, isn’t it written: “For you”? The Gemara answers: He infers: For you, and not for gentiles; for you, and not for dogs. It is forbidden to perform labors for the sake of gentiles, or for animals, even if it is to feed them.

וְאִידָךְ נַמִי, הָא כְּתִיב ״הוּא״! כְּתִיב ״הוּא״ וּכְתִיב ״לָכֶם״, כָּאן – בְּמַכְשִׁירִין שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לַעֲשׂוֹתָן מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב, כָּאן – בְּמַכְשִׁירִין שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲשׂוֹתָן מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב:

The Gemara asks further: And for the other tanna , Rabbi Yehuda, too, isn’t it written: “That,” which is a restrictive term that limits the application of a particular halakha ? The Gemara answers: It is written: “That,” which is restrictive, and it is written: “For you,” which is inclusive. Rabbi Yehuda resolves the conflict between the two: Here, the word: “That,” is referring to actions that facilitate, in which it is possible to perform them on the Festival eve but which are prohibited on the Festival; there, the phrase: “For you,” is referring to actions that facilitate, in which it is impossible to perform them on the Festival eve and which are permitted even on the Festival.

מתני׳ אֵין בֵּין שַׁבָּת לְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים אֶלָּא שֶׁזֶּה זְדוֹנוֹ בִּידֵי אָדָם וְזֶה זְדוֹנוֹ בְּכָרֵת:

The difference between Shabbat and Yom Kippur with regard to the labor prohibited on those days is only that in this case, i.e., Shabbat, its intentional desecration is punishable at the hand of Man, as he is stoned by a court based on the testimony of witnesses who forewarned the transgressor; and in that case, i.e., Yom Kippur, its intentional desecration is punishable at the hand of God, with karet .

גמ׳ הָא לְעִנְיַן תַּשְׁלוּמִין – זֶה וְזֶה שָׁוִין.

The Gemara infers that with regard to the matter of payment of damages, both this, Shabbat, and that, Yom Kippur, are equal in that one is exempt in both cases. If one performs an action on Shabbat that entails both a prohibited labor and damage to another’s property, since his transgression is punishable by death, he is exempt from paying damages. Apparently, according to the mishna, the same halakha applies to Yom Kippur.

מַנִּי מַתְנִיתִין – רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה הִיא. דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה אֶת יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים כְּשַׁבָּת לְתַשְׁלוּמִין. מַה שַּׁבָּת מִתְחַיֵּיב בְּנַפְשׁוֹ וּפָטוּר מִן הַתַּשְׁלוּמִין – אַף יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מִתְחַיֵּיב בְּנַפְשׁוֹ וּפָטוּר מִן הַתַּשְׁלוּמִין.

The Gemara asks: According to whose opinion is the mishna taught? The Gemara answers: It is according to the opinion of Rabbi Neḥunya ben HaKana, as it is taught in a baraita : Rabbi Neḥunya ben HaKana would render Yom Kippur like Shabbat with regard to payment of damages. Just as in the case of one who intentionally desecrates Shabbat he is liable to receive the death penalty and is therefore exempt from the obligation of payment of damages caused while desecrating Shabbat, so too, in the case of one who intentionally desecrates Yom Kippur, he is liable to receive the death penalty and is therefore exempt from the obligation of payment of damages caused while desecrating Yom Kippur.

תְּנַן הָתָם: כָּל חַיָּיבֵי כְרִיתוֹת שֶׁלָּקוּ נִפְטְרוּ מִידֵי כְרִיתָתָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶיךָ״ – כֵּיוָן שֶׁלָּקָה הֲרֵי הוּא כְּאָחִיךָ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: חֲלוּקִין עָלָיו חֲבֵירָיו עַל רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָה בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל.

We learned there in a mishna ( Makkot 23a): All those liable to receive karet who were flogged in court were exempted from their karet , which is imposed by heaven. Most transgressors are liable to receive karet for violating prohibitions that are punishable by flogging. If they are flogged, they are exempt from karet , as it is stated with regard to one liable to receive lashes: “Then your brother shall be dishonored before you” (Deuteronomy 25:3), indicating that once he was flogged he is like your brother, and his sins have been pardoned; this is the statement of Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel’s colleagues disagree with him on this issue.

אָמַר רָבָא: אָמְרִי בֵּי רַב: תָּנֵינָא אֵין בֵּין יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לְשַׁבָּת אֶלָּא שֶׁזֶּה זְדוֹנוֹ בִּידֵי אָדָם וְזֶה זְדוֹנוֹ בְּהִיכָּרֵת. וְאִם אִיתָא – אִידִי וְאִידִי בִּידֵי אָדָם הִיא!

Rava said that the Sages of the school of Rav said: We learned: The difference between Yom Kippur and Shabbat is only that in this case, Shabbat, its intentional desecration is punishable at the hand of Man; and in that case, Yom Kippur, its intentional desecration is punishable with karet . And if the statement of Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel is so, in both this case, Shabbat, and that case, Yom Kippur, the punishment is at the hand of Man.

אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: הָא מַנִּי – רַבִּי יִצְחָק הִיא, דְּאָמַר: מַלְקוֹת בְּחַיָּיבֵי כְרִיתוֹת לֵיכָּא. דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי יִצְחָק אוֹמֵר: חַיָּיבֵי כְרִיתוֹת בִּכְלָל הָיוּ, וְלָמָּה יָצָאת כָּרֵת בַּאֲחוֹתוֹ – לְדוֹנָהּ בְּכָרֵת וְלֹא בְּמַלְקוֹת.

Rav Naḥman said: There is no proof from here that Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel’s colleagues disagree with him, as in accordance with whose opinion is this mishna taught? It is according to the opinion of Rabbi Yitzḥak, who said: There are no lashes in cases of those liable to receive karet , as it is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Yitzḥak says: All those liable to receive karet in cases of incest were included in the principle: “For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the persons that commit them shall be cut off from among their people” (Leviticus 18:29). And why was karet administered to one’s sister excluded from this verse and mentioned independently (Leviticus 20:17)? It is to sentence her to the punishment of karet and not to the punishment of lashes. This serves as a paradigm; wherever one is liable to receive karet , there are no lashes.

רַב אַשִׁי אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבָּנַן, זֶה – עִיקַּר זְדוֹנוֹ בִּידֵי אָדָם, וְזֶה – עִיקַּר זְדוֹנוֹ בְּהִיכָּרֵת.

Rav Ashi said: Even if you say that the mishna is according to the opinion of the Rabbis who disagree with Rabbi Yitzḥak and hold that there are lashes even in cases where there is liability for karet , there is no proof that Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel’s colleagues disagree with him. The mishna can be understood as follows: In this case, Shabbat, the primary punishment for its intentional desecration is at the hand of Man; and in that case, Yom Kippur, the primary punishment for its intentional desecration is with karet . If, however, he was flogged, he is exempt from karet .