Sheviis 7:4 — Incidental sales of forbidden things

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נושא · Topicשֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא אֻמָּנוּתוֹ בְכָךְIncidental sales of forbidden things
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ז׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 7:4
לָקַח בְּכוֹר לְמִשְׁתֵּה בְנוֹ אוֹ לָרֶגֶל וְלֹא צָרִיךְ לוֹ,
מֻתָּר לְמָכְרוֹ.
צָדֵי חַיָּה עוֹפוֹת וְדָגִים
שֶׁנִּזְדַּמְּנוּ לָהֶם מִינִים טְמֵאִין,
מֻתָּרִים לְמָכְרָן.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר,
אַף מִי שֶׁנִּתְמַנָּה לוֹ לְפִי דַרְכּוֹ,
לוֹקֵחַ וּמוֹכֵר,
וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא אֻמָּנוּתוֹ בְכָךְ.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹסְרִין:
[If] he bought a firstborn animal for his son's feast or for the festival, and does not need it,
he is permitted to sell it.
Trappers of wild animals, birds, and fish
who happened upon impure species,
are permitted to sell them.
Rabbi Yehuda says:
even one to whom [such a thing] came about in his ordinary course,
may buy and sell [it],
provided that this is not his trade.
But the Chachamim forbid [it]:
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Summary Chart
Incidental sales of forbidden things▾
CaseRulingReason
What if one bought a bechor for his son's wedding feast or for Yom Tov, and no longer needs it?Mutar to sell it—
May trappers of wild animals, birds, and fish sell the non-kosher species that chanced into their nets?Yes—
And what of one who is no trapper, but such a catch came his way?Rabbi Yehuda: He may buy and sell — provided it does not become his trade—
Chachamim: Assur—
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