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ISSUR HANAH BY GID HANASHE

The Rambam holds that it is permitted to have benefit from Gid Hanashe. The Tosfos and Rabeinu Yona have the opinion that it is forbidden. The Gemara in Pesachim seems to follow the latter's opinion. The Gemara brings down those that say that unless the Torah specifically permits it, we assume an Issur exists not to have benefit from anything where the Torah states "You may not eat". Nevaila is an example of something which is permitted to derive benefit from since the Torah permits it to be sold to a Goy.

SWEARING NOT TO EAT GID HANASHE

When a person swears that he will not eat any type of food, the Shiur for this personal Issur is a Kazayis. Non-food items are different. The Gemara in Shvuos 22b relates the case of someone who swears that he will not eat dirt, he is Chayiv for eating even the smallest amount. Since dirt is inedible, the person is not doing it to eat it for enjoyment like food. His intent is to prohibit any amount.

EATING A KAZAYIS OF GID HANASHE

The Gemara in Chulin states that normally Issurim do not need to be eaten
all at once to be Chayiv. To be Chayiv, Issurim must be eaten within the
time frame of "K'dai Achilas Pras." Still, for someone to transgress
eating a Kazayis of Aver Min Hachai, he needs to eat it in one swallowing.
The Torah here wants to tell us that the whole Issur of Aver Min Hachai is a
Chidush since even inedible parts of the limb, like the bones and sinew,
combine to make the Shiur of Kazayis. Now, since we don't want to make the
Chidush even greater than what the Torah tells us, it's enough that we
Michayiv him if he ate it in one swallowing and not "K'dai Achilas Pras."

The Minchas Chinuch applies this logic to the case of Gid Hanashe.

Limud Torah

ISSUR HANAH BY GID HANASHE

SWEARING NOT TO EAT GID HANASHE

EATING A KAZAYIS OF GID HANASHE

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