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Why does the Torah (תורה) need two separate verses to teach that hotza'ah on Shabbos (שבת) is prohibited - one for a poor person and one for a wealthy person? Tosafot explains that hotza'ah is a melacha g'ruah, meaning the cases have different structural requirements that prevent deriving one from the other. The poor person's case lacks hanacha since he remains in the public domain, while the wealthy person's case requires all three components.
This shiur examines a fundamental question in Masechta Shabbos (שבת) 2a regarding the melacha of hotza'ah (carrying out) on Shabbos. Rabbi Zweig focuses on Tosafot's analysis of why the Torah (תורה) provides two separate verses - one for hotza'ah performed by a poor person (ani) and another for hotza'ah by a wealthy person (ba'al bayis). Tosafot explains this is because hotza'ah is a melacha g'ruah (deficient melacha), meaning one cannot derive the halachic details of one case from the other through standard Talmudic reasoning. The shiur explores what constitutes melacha g'ruah, with Tosafot holding that it refers to cases where there is no practical difference between carrying from private domain to public domain versus from private domain to private domain. Other Rishonim offer different definitions, such as the varying physical effort required in different types of carrying. Rabbi Zweig analyzes a parallel Tosafot passage and identifies an apparent contradiction in Tosafot's reasoning about when separate verses are needed. The discussion includes examination of the practical differences between hotza'ah performed by different people - according to Rashi (רש"י), both cases require the three components of akira (lifting), hotza'ah (carrying), and hanacha (placing down), while according to Rambam (רמב"ם), a poor person's hotza'ah does not require hanacha since he remains standing in the public domain. This distinction potentially resolves why the cases cannot be learned from each other. The shiur also addresses the parallel question regarding hachnasa (bringing in), where the Mishkan had an example of hachnasa by a poor person, yet we still need a separate limud for hachnasa by a wealthy person. Rabbi Zweig suggests this follows the same logic - the different structural requirements of each type of carrying prevent learning one from the other, even after explicit Torah verses establish both as prohibited.
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