The gemara (Shabbos 74a) makes an incredibly enigmatic statement. It says, “If you have in front of you types of food: separate and eat, separate and put down. And don’t separate. And if you separate, you are chayav chatas”, that is to says that you violated a Biblical prohibition. The gemara immediately asks, “What does this mean?” This statement seems to be self-contradictory!
The gemara brings five different explanations of this statement. In order to start to understand borer, we must discuss each of the five explanations, where they differ, and how they answer the questions that are asked against them. After discussing this, we will discuss some other issues that are raised in this statement, as well as a few other cases discussed in the gemara in various places.
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