*26.4 Makkos Daf 17 A (15 lines after spreads)*

*26.4 Makkos Daf 17 A (15 lines after spreads)**“Today when you come home, break the ice and make a beginning! Take a gemara and say the words of the gemara aloud for a few minutes! It will transform the atmosphere of your homes!”*A kohen who eats _bikkurim_ before the _parsha_ was read isliable for _malkos._ This mishna follows the opinion of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon.*Summary**Question: Where do we find Rabbi Shimon expressing this opinion?**Answer: In the following Beraisa* . _(Here Rabbi Shimon is expounding on a possuk, but he doesn’t go in the order of the possuk, he skips around and rearranges the possuk to best suit his exegeses).__[The possuk is a lav against eating a number of things “in your gates”, outside Yerushalayim.]_*Terumas Yadcha refers to _bikkurim_* [which is lifted up by the hand].*Rabbi Shimon:* What can this prohibition mean?It cannot mean that it may not be eaten outside of Yerushalayim, because *even the more lenient _maaser sheini_* may only be eaten inside Yerushalayim; we don’t need a _possuk_ for that.It must teach that *it cannot be eaten until the _parsha_ was read.**V’nidvosecha refers to todah and _shelamim_* [these are voluntary korbanos].*Rabbi Shimon:* What can this prohibition mean?It cannot mean that it may not be eaten outside of Yerushalayim, because *even the more lenient _maaser sheini_* may only be eaten inside Yerushalayim; we don’t need a _possuk_ for that.It must teach that *it cannot be eaten before _zerikas hadam._* See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate