Beitzah 7a-b: Are eggs laid only by day?

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July 17 2014
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Gemara:
Beitza 
Halacha:
Yom Tov 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Beitza 2014

References: Beitza: 7a ,  Beitza: 7b  

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The assumption that a chicken lays eggs only during daylight hours, and its practical halachic ramifications. And the gemara's practice of assuming that a particular event happened in a very unlikely way, rather than believe that it violated a trusted principle.

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