Daf Yomi Limericks

A limerick for each day of Daf Yomi

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Chullin 82

"If one eats both the right and left gid, (Though he's warned before each, paid no heed), Forty lashes mete out; Which gid's banned is in doubt. Yet that's all of the warning we need."

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Chullin 81

Said Rav Shimon, "One shechting a ram The same day as he slaughtered its dam, But then found one unfit: The court must acquit." But chazal said, "Nope, still in a jam."

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Chullin 80

"A koy's not a deer-and-goat child," Nachman said, "but a ram which is wild, A new type altogether. Yet I still don't know whether As beheimah or chayah it's filed."

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Chullin 79

If a girl-goat makes eyes at a boy That's a deer, then their offspring's a koy. Because of the doubt, Yom Tov shechita's right out; Look elsewhere for holiday joy.

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Chullin 78

We know the halachas forbid Killing Mom the same day as her kid. Shechting calves with their Dad Isn't nearly as bad -- There's no problem at all if you did.

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Chullin 77

If the flesh 'round a break, in a ring, Isn't there, is it treif? Here's the thing: Such a wound can still heal, If it's scraped (not with steel, 'Cause infection is what that will bring).

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Chullin 76

This is the rule Rav's spoken: "Above the leg joint, a bone which is broken, With its flesh not intact, Renders treifah in fact, Both the limb and beast by the same token."

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Chullin 75

"Mated fetuses (Mama was shechted) Make a bloodline, if duly protected, Which makes endless meat curry," Says Shimon Shezuri, "And shechitah need ne'r be effected."

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Chullin 74

In a mother cow (shechted) is found A live calf which then jumps to the ground. It grows up, pulls a plow; You can eat it right now. It's pre-shechted; You're good all around.

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Chullin 73

What's the state, once the animal's dead, Of a leg hanging on by a thread? Was it shechted? Then, fine: Upon it go dine. Else it's "limb from one living" instead.

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Chullin 72

Suppose, upon shechting a cow, You discover it's injured somehow; Even though it is treif, To touch its corpse is still safe. The same can't be said of a sow.

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Chullin 71

If one swallowed a tumah-filled ring, Then immersed, they're now clean. Here's the thing: While inside and secure, It can't make them impure; But it will if they cough up that bling.

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Chullin 70

Touch a fetus that's dead in the womb, You're impure now, it's safe to assume? Said Rav Yosef haGlili, "Ewe or cow? Then not really. But a sow, yeah, you've caught tumah gloom."

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Chullin 69

"A calf born with non-cloven feet," Said Rav Shimon, "ain't one we can eat; But when still in its mama, There is no cause for drama -- It's considered just part of her meat."

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Chullin 68

An in utero calf thrusts a limb From his mom; Ere she's shechted with vim, The calf's leg does retreat. Though that leg we can't eat, We can gnaw the remainder of him.

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Chullin 67

"...[F]ins and scales in the rivers and seas" With specifications like these, Take a drink from a pool In a cave -- Let no school Made of scaleless things cause you unease.

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Chullin 66

Fins are found on all fish that have scales; Why'd the Torah supply both details? Using one means it could Have been misunderstood. Plishtim mail shows your reasoning fails.