Beitzah 3: Fruit and Eggs

Talking Talmud · Sep 3, 2021 · 17m

[Edited to add: My apologies - I thought this posted hours ago, and was surprised to discover it pending still. -AG] What makes the egg that is laid on yom tov problematic? Well, perhaps it compares to other decrees - for example, to not pick fruit in violation of the prohibited labors on Shabbat/yom tov. But the cases are not entirely parallel to begin with - and the decree wasn't in place on both eggs and fruit equally. Maybe this issue is the liquid that seeps out from fruit... But how parallel is that seeping liquid from fruit really parallel to an egg? Or maybe there are other ways that…