Commentary for Shabbat 9:7

הַמּוֹצִיא קֻפַּת הָרוֹכְלִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ מִינִין הַרְבֵּה, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא חַטָּאת אֶחָת. זֵרְעוֹנֵי גִנָּה, פָּחוֹת מִכַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא אוֹמֵר, חֲמִשָּׁה. זֶרַע קִשּׁוּאִין, שְׁנַיִם. זֶרַע דְּלוּעִין, שְׁנַיִם. זֶרַע פּוֹל הַמִּצְרִי, שְׁנַיִם. חָגָב חַי טָהוֹר, כָּל שֶׁהוּא. מֵת, כַּגְּרוֹגֶרֶת. צִפֹּרֶת כְּרָמִים, בֵּין חַיָּה בֵּין מֵתָה, כָּל שֶׁהוּא, שֶׁמַּצְנִיעִין אוֹתָהּ לִרְפוּאָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף הַמּוֹצִיא חָגָב חַי טָמֵא, כָּל שֶׁהוּא, שֶׁמַּצְנִיעִין אוֹתוֹ לְקָטָן לִשְׂחֹק בּוֹ:

If one takes out a spice-peddler's box, even if there are many varieties in it, he is liable for only one sin-offering, [it being one act of carrying.] Garden seed, less than a fig. [Even though the quantity for all foods is the size of a fig — with these, since they are to be sown, there is liability even for less than the size of a fig.] R. Yehudah b. Betheira says (that there is liability with) five (garden seeds.) [The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah b. Betheira.] Cucumber seed, two. Gourd seed, two. Egyptian bean seed, two. [Cucumber seed is superior to most garden seed, and so gourd seed and Egyptian bean seed.] A live hopper, any size [For it is secreted for children to play with]; a dead one, the size of a fig [as with all foods]. Tziporeth k'ramim [a bird found among young palms], whether alive or dead, any size, for it is used for healing [of the mind]. R. Yehudah says: Also one who takes out a live unclean hopper (is liable) for any size, for it is secreted for children to play with. [And the first tanna holds that an unclean hopper is not secreted for a child, for he might find it and eat it. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.]

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