daf bit: Pesachim 21

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The torah commands us not to eat leaven or have it in our possession during Pesach. A mishna on today's daf says that once the deadline before Pesach is reached one may not benefit from leaven. In the g'mara Hezekiah asks how we know this -- not eating is obvious, but how do we learn that we are forbidden to benefit in any way? R. Abbahu says that a prohibition on eating implies a prohibition on benefit unless told otherwise, citing the case of nebelah, an animal that dies by itself rather than being ritually slaughtered -- the torah tells us in that case that one may not eat it, but he may give it to the stranger in his gates or sell it to a foreigner. Since, in that case, the torah tells us that other benefits are permitted, it stands to reason that if the torah doesn't tell us other benefits are permitted, then they aren't. (21a mishna, 21b g'mara)

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And that's why I have to have at least one cent in my possession just before every Passover!