Sunday, August 29, 2010

I hate eating with Harry.... Pesachim 89b

The gemara discusses a very practical issue on this page. Eating the Passover sacrifice was a communal meal. What if one person tends to be a bit, well, piggish with the Paschal lamb? How do you make sure everyone gets a share? Maimonides summarizes the issue nicely:

In the case of a communal group where one member eats a tremendous amount habitually, the rest of the group has the right to tell that member, 'Take your entire share [now] and go eat it by yourself. '

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