## Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia Chapter 5

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:1:1
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**אֵיזֶהוּ נֶשֶׁךְ.** שֶׁהוּא נוֹשֵׁךְ. דְּשָׁקַל מִנֵּיהּ מַאי דְלָא יָהֵיב לֵיהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
איזהו נשך שהוא נושך – that he took from him what he (i.e., the other) didn’t give him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:1:2
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**הַמַּרְבֶּה בְּפֵרוֹת.** הַמַּרְבֶּה שָׂכָר לְעַצְמוֹ בַּפֵּרוֹת. וּבֵין בְּהַלְוָאַת כֶּסֶף וּבֵין בְּהַלְוָאַת פֵּרוֹת הָוֵי רִבִּית. שֶׁהֲרֵי מִתְרַבֶּה מָמוֹנוֹ. אֶלָּא דִּבְסֵיפָא, רִבִּית דְּרַבָּנָן קָמְפָרֵשׁ, שֶׁהוּא דֶּרֶךְ מִקָּח וּמִמְכָּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המרבה בפירות – he increases the reward for himself with produce, and whether by the loan of money or whether by the loan of produce it is interest, for he increases his money. But the concluding part of the Mishnah deals with Rabbinic interest, as it explains – which through the means of commercial transactions.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:1:3
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**דִּינַר זָהָב.** עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה דִינְרֵי כֶסֶף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דינר זהב – twenty-five silver denars.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:1:4
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**וְכֵן הַשַּׁעַר.** כָּךְ הָיוּ נִמְכָּרִין בָּעִיר. וְהֻתַּר לוֹ לָתֵת מָעוֹת עַכְשָׁיו עַל מְנָת לִתֵּן לוֹ זֶה חִטִּין כָּל יְמוֹת הַשָּׁנָה בַּדָּמִים הַלָּלוּ כְּשִׁעוּר מְעוֹתָיו וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעַכְשָׁיו אֵין לוֹ חִטִּין, דִּתְנַן בְּפִרְקִין יָצָא הַשָּׁעַר פּוֹסְקִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין לָזֶה יֵשׁ לָזֶה, וְיָכוֹל הַמּוֹכֵר הַזֶּה לִקְנוֹתָם עַתָּה בַּמָּעוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכן השער – Such is how they were sold in the city, and it was permissible for him to give money now on the condition that he would give him the wheat all the days of the year with these monies according to the monetary rate, and even though that he doesn’t have the wheat right now. It is taught [in the Mishnah] of our chapter (Mishnah 7):, “when the market price is out, you may purchase, for although he (i.e., the seller) has not goods as yet, others have,” and this seller can purchase them now with these monies.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:1:5
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**עָמְדוּ חִטִּין בִּשְׁלֹשִׁים דִּינָרִין אָמַר לוֹ תֶּן לִי חִטַּי.** וְזֶה מֻתָּר אִם נָתַן לוֹ חִטִּין. אֲבָל אִם פָּסַק לָתֵת לוֹ בָּהֶן יַיִן, אָסוּר, שֶׁמָּא יוֹקִיר הַיַּיִן, הוֹאִיל וְאֵין לוֹ יַיִן. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁפּוֹסֵק עִמּוֹ כְּשַׁעַר הַיַּיִן שֶׁל עַכְשָׁיו וּכְבָר יָצָא הַשָּׁעַר, הוֹאִיל וְאֵינוֹ נוֹתֵן לוֹ דָּמִים שֶׁנּוּכַל לוֹמַר יָכוֹל הוּא לִקְנוֹת יַיִן בַּדָּמִים שֶׁקִּבֵּל אֶלָּא בָּא לַעֲשׂוֹת עָלָיו דְּמֵי הַחִטִּין חוֹב וְלִפְסֹק עַל הַחוֹב יַיִן, אָסוּר אִם יַיִן אֵין לוֹ. דְּאִי הֲוָה לֵיהּ יַיִן, הֲוֵי קָנוּי לוֹ מֵעַכְשָׁיו לְזֶה שֶׁבָּא לִפְסֹק עַל הַחוֹב יַיִן, וְכִי אַיְקַר בִּרְשׁוּתֵיהּ אַיְקַר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עמדו חטין בשלשים דינרים אמר לו תן לי חיטי – and this is permissible, if he gives him the wheat, but if he fixed a price to give him for them wine, it is prohibited, lest the wine become more expensive, for since he doesn’t have any wine. And even though he fixed a price with him according to the current market price of wine, and the market price had gone out. For since he doesn’t give him money that we would be able to say that he could purchase wine with these monies tha the received, but he makes the value of the wheat an obligation and to set a price on his obligation of wine, this is prohibited if he lacks wine. For if he had wine, it would be purchased to him from now to the person who comes to set a price on the obligation of wine, and when it went up in price, it was in his possession when it went up in price.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:2:1
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**מַרְבִּין עַל הַשָּׂכָר.** בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מְעוֹת הַשְּׂכִירוּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מרבים על השכר – the wages in money for waiting for the rental.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:2:2
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**וְאֵין מַרְבִּין עַל הַמֶּכֶר.** בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת הַמִּקָּח. וְטַעְמָא, מִשּׁוּם דִּשְׂכִירוּת אֵינָהּ מִשְׁתַּלֶּמֶת אֶלָּא לְבַסּוֹף, הִלְכָּךְ כִּי שָׁקֵיל מִנֵּיהּ סֶלַע בְּחֹדֶשׁ דַּהֲווּ לְהוּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה סְלָעִים אֵין זֶה שְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מָעוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא נִתְחַיֵּב לְשַׁלֵּם לוֹ שְׂכִירוּת עַד סוֹף הַחֹדֶשׁ, וְהַאי דְאָמַר לֵיהּ אִם עַכְשָׁיו תִּתֵּן לִי הֲרֵי הִיא שֶׁלְּךָ בְּעֶשֶׂר סְלָעִים, אִי הֲוָה מַקְדִּים לֵיהּ הֲוָה מָחֵיל לֵיהּ מִדְּמֵי הַשְּׂכִירוּת וּמוֹגַר לֵיהּ בְּפָחוֹת מִשָּׁוְיָהּ. אֲבָל גַּבֵּי מֶכֶר, מִשֶּׁמָּשַׁךְ הַמִּקָּח דִּינוֹ לִתֵּן הַמָּעוֹת, וְכִי אָמַר לֵיהּ אִם מֵעַכְשָׁיו תִּתֵּן הֲרֵי הִיא לְךָ בְּאֶלֶף זוּז, הֵן הֵן דָּמֵיהָ, וְכִי מַטְּפֵי עֲלַיְהוּ לַגֹּרֶן, שְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מָעוֹת הוּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מרבין על המכר – the wages in waiting for the sale. And the reason is that the rental is not completely paid off until the end; therefore, when he takes from a Sela per month which is twelve Selas [per year], this is not the wages in waiting for the monies, for he was not obligated to pay him the rent until the end of the month, and that which he said to him: “if you give it to me now, it is yours for ten Selas, if he would give it to him early, he would forgive him the cost of the rental and diminish it for him for less than its value. But regarding a sale, then you make use of the object and the law is to give the money, and when he (i.e., the seller) says to him (i.e., the buyer): “if from now you give me, it is yours for one-thousand zuz, which is its cost and if it has already been at the granary, it is the reward for waiting for the monies [and is forbidden, as interest].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:2:3
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**מָכַר לוֹ אֶת הַשָּׂדֶה וְכוּ'.** וְהוּא הַדִּין מִטַּלְטְלִין וְכָל סְחוֹרָה, אִם מָכַר לוֹ יוֹתֵר מִשָּׁוְיָהּ בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מָעוֹת, אָסוּר, וְהָוֵי אֲבַק רִבִּית מִדִּבְרֵיהֶם. וְכָל אֲבַק רִבִּית אִם נָתַן אֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּנִים. דְּאִלּוּ רִבִּית קְצוּצָה דְאוֹרַיְתָא יוֹצְאָה בְּדַיָּנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מכר לו את השדה – And the same law applies for movables, and all business, if he sold it to him for more than its worth with the wages for waiting for the monies, it is forbidden, for it is the dust of interest according to the Rabbis And all dust of interest (i.e., indirect interest), if he gave it, it is not reclaimed through judges, whereas stipulated/direct usury from the Torah, is reclaimed through judges [i.,e in court] (see Talmud Bava Metzia 61b).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:3:1
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**הָבֵא מָעוֹת וְטֹל אֶת שֶׁלְּךָ אָסוּר.** הָבֵא מוֹתַר מָעוֹת שֶׁעָלֶיךָ וְטֹל שָׂדֶה שֶׁלְּךָ, אָסוּר לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן. וּכְגוֹן שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ מוֹכֵר לַלּוֹקֵחַ לְכִי מַיְתֵית מוֹתַר הַמָּעוֹת קְנֵה מֵעַכְשָׁיו, לְפִיכָךְ אָסוּר לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן, שֶׁאִם יֹאכַל מוֹכֵר הַפֵּרוֹת בְּתוֹךְ כָּךְ, לִכְשֶׁיָּבִיא זֶה הַמָּעוֹת נִמְצָא שָׂדֶה זוֹ קְנוּיָה לוֹ מִיּוֹם הַמֶּכֶר, וְזֶה אוֹכֵל הַפֵּרוֹת בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מְעוֹתָיו. וְאִם יֹאכַל לוֹקֵחַ פֵּרוֹת מֵעַכְשָׁיו, שֶׁמָּא לֹא יָבִיא מוֹתַר הַמָּעוֹת וְיַחְזִיר לוֹ זֶה מַה שֶּׁקִּבֵּל וְנִמְצָא שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה שָׂדֶה קְנוּיָה לוֹ, דְּהָא לְכִי מַיְתֵית קְנֵי מֵעַכְשָׁיו אָמַר לֵיהּ, וְהָא לֹא אַיְתֵי, וּמָעוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת כְּמִלְוָה בְעָלְמָא הָיוּ אֵצֶל מוֹכֵר, וְזֶה אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹת בִּשְׂכָרוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הבא מעות וטול את שלך אסור – He who brings excess monies that are upon you [to bring] and take your field, it is forbidden to do this. As in such a case where the seller said to the purchase: Go bring me excess monies and you purchase it from now, therefore, it is forbidden to do this, for if the seller were to consume the produce during this period, when he (i.e., the purchaser) brings the money, it is found that this field was sold to him from the day of the sale, but this one (i.e., the seller) ate the produce as the reward while waiting for the monies. But if the purchaser would consume the produce from now, for perhaps he would not bring the excess monies and would return to him (i.e., the seller) what he had received and it would be that the field had not been sold to hm, for when he would bring it (i.e., the monies), it would be sold to him from now he told him, but he didn’t bring it, and the first monies are like a mere loan in regard to the seller, and he ate the produce with his payment.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:3:2
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**הֲרֵי הִיא שֶׁלּוֹ.** וּכְגוֹן דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ קְנֵי מֵעַכְשָׁיו אִם לֹא אָבִיא לְךָ מִכָּאן עַד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, דְּלָאו אַסְמַכְתָּא הִיא אֶלָּא קִנְיָן גָּמוּר, שֶׁעַל מְנָת מֶכֶר גָּמוּר הֶחְזִיק בָּהּ מֵעַכְשָׁיו בַּדָּמִים הַלָּלוּ וְאוֹזִילוּ אוֹזִיל גַּבֵּיהּ, וְזֶה קִבֵּל עָלָיו שֶׁאִם יַחֲזִיר לוֹ מְעוֹתָיו עַד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים יְקַבְּלֵם. וְהַפֵּרוֹת יִהְיוּ מֻנָּחִים בְּיַד שָׁלִישׁ, אִם יַחֲזִיר הַלֹּוֶה מְעוֹתָיו לַמַּלְוֶה עַד שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים יִתֵּן הַפֵּרוֹת לַלֹּוֶה, וְאִם לָאו יִתֵּן הַפֵּרוֹת לַמַּלְוֶה, שֶׁהָיְתָה הַשָּׂדֶה קְנוּיָה לוֹ מִשְּׁעַת הַלְוָאָה, וְאוֹתָהּ הַלְוָאָה דְּמֵי הַשָּׂדֶה הָיְתָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי היא שלו – in such a case as when he (i.e., the purchaser) said to him, buy it from now – if I don’t bring to you [the monies] from now until three years, it is not an Asmakhta (i.e., a collateral security with the condition of forfeiture beyond the amount to be secured – see Bava Batra 168a), but a complete purchase, for on the condition that he sold it completely, he would hold it from now with these monies and he would lower the price and sell (some of the movable goods in order to raise the money – see Bava Metzia 77a), and he who received it, if he would return him his monies within three years, would receive them, and the produce would be left in the hand of a third-party, and if the borrower returned his monies to the lender within the three years, he would release the produce to the borrower, and if not, he would give the produce to the lender, for the field was sold to him at the time of the loan, and that loan was the cost of the field.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:1
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**אֵין מוֹשִׁיבִין חֶנְוָנִי לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר.** לֹא יֹאמַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת לַחֶנְוָנִי הֲרֵי פֵּרוֹת נִמְכָּרִים בַּשּׁוּק אַרְבַּע סְאִין בְּסֶלַע וְאַתָּה מוֹכְרָן בַּחֲנוּת פְּרוּטָה פְּרוּטָה וּמִשְׂתַּכֵּר סְאָה, הֵילָךְ פֵּרוֹת וְשֵׁב וּמְכֹר בַּחֲנוּת וְהָרֶוַח נַחְלֹק. וְטַעְמָא דְמִלְּתָא, מִשּׁוּם דְּקַיְמָא לָן הַךְ עִסְקָא פַּלְגָּא מִלְוָה וּפַלְגָּא פִקָּדוֹן, סְתָם הַמְּקַבֵּל פְּרַקְמַטְיָא לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר מְקַבֵּל עָלָיו אַחֲרָיוּת חֲצִי הַקֶּרֶן בָּאֳנָסִים וְזוֹלָא, הִלְכָּךְ הַהִיא פַלְגָּא כֵּיוָן דְּמִחַיַּב בָּאֳנָסִים מִלְוָה הִיא אֶצְלוֹ שֶׁהֲרֵי הִיא שׁוּמָא אֶצְלוֹ בְּמָעוֹת בְּשַׁעַר הַשּׁוּק וְדִינוֹ לִטֹּל חֲצִי שָׂכָר, נִמְצָא מִתְעַסֵּק בְּחֶצְיוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת שֶׁהוּא פִקָּדוֹן אֶצְלוֹ בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מָעוֹת הַמַּלְוֶה, לְפִיכָךְ אָסוּר. אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן נוֹתֵן לוֹ שְׂכַר עֲמָלוֹ שֶׁהוּא עָמֵל בְּאוֹתוֹ הַחֵצִי כְּפוֹעֵל בָּטֵל שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ מְלָאכָה דְבָטֵל מִנַּהּ, אִם הָיָה נַגָּר אוֹ נַפָּח, כַּמָּה אָדָם רוֹצֶה לִטֹּל לִבָּטֵל מִמְּלָאכָה כְבֵדָה כָּזוֹ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת מְלָאכָה קַלָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מושיבין חנוני למחצית שכר – the owner shall not say to the storekeeper: “Behold produce is sold in the market at four Seah for a Sela, and you sell them for pennies in the store and profit a Sela . Here is produce; return and sell them in the store and the we will [equally] divide the profits.” And the reason for the matter is that we have established this business that half of it is a loan and half of it is a deposit. A regular person who receives goods for half of the earnings, takes upon himself the responsibility for half of the principal and for accidents and the risk of reduction of prices (see Bava Metzia 64b). Therefore, that one-half since he has taken liability for accidents, it is considered a loan with him, for it is an estimation with the monies according to the market rate and the decision is tha the make take half of the profit. It is found that when he is engaged with the half [of the investment] belonging to the owner which is a deposit with him with the reward of waiting of the monies of the loan, and therefore is prohibited, unless he (i.e., the owner) gives him the salary for his labors that he is engaged in with that half [of the monies – which is a loan] like an idle worker for that labor that he is [currently] idle from, if he is a carpenter or a blacksmith – how much he wants to take to be idle from heaven labor like this and to do easier work.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:2
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**אֵין מוֹשִׁיבִין תַּרְנְגוֹלִים לְמֶחֱצָה.** לָשׁוּם בֵּיצִים בְּדָמִים לְבַעַל הַתַּרְנְגֹלֶת לְהוֹשִׁיבָהּ עֲלֵיהֶם לְגַדֵּל אֶפְרוֹחִים לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר מַה שֶּׁיִּהְיוּ הָאֶפְרוֹחִים שָׁוִים יוֹתֵר עַל דְּמֵי הַבֵּיצִים, דְּהוֹאִיל וְזֶה מְקַבֵּל עָלָיו אַחֲרָיוּת חֲצִי דְּמֵי הַבֵּיצִים אִם יִתְקַלְקְלוּ אוֹ אִם יָמוּתוּ, הֲוָה לֵיהּ פַּלְגָּא מִלְוָה, נִמְצָא זֶה מְגַדֵּל אֶת חֶצְיָן הַשֵּׁנִי בִּשְׂכַר הַמְתָּנַת מְעוֹתָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מושיבין תרנגולים למחצה – to estimate the monetary value of the eggs for the owner of the chickens to have them is upon them to grow the chicks for one-half of the reward, when the chicks are worth more than the value of the eggs, for this person accepts the responsibility for half of the cost of the eggs, if they are ruined or if the chickens die. He has received half of monies as a loan, and he is therefore raising the second half as a salary in waiting for the monies.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:3
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**וּמְזוֹנוֹ.** מָזוֹן שֶׁהוּא מוֹצִיא בָּאֶפְרוֹחִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מזונו – the food that is produced with the chicks.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:4
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**וְאֵין שָׁמִין עֲגָלִים וּסְיָחִין לְמֶחֱצָה.** עַכְשָׁיו הֵם שָׁוִים כָּךְ וְכָךְ, קַבְּלֵם עָלֶיךָ לְגַדְּלָם שְׁנָתַיִם לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר, וּלְמַחֲצִית הֶפְסֵד אִם יָמוּתוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין שמין עגלים וסייחין למחצה – now they are worth such and such, and he accepted for you to raise them for two years for half of the profits, and for half of the loss if they die.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:5
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**אֲבָל מְקַבְּלִים עֲגָלִים וּסְיָחִים.** קְטַנִּים, בְּלֹא שׁוּמָא, שֶׁאִם יָמוּתוּ לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם כְּלוּם, וְאִם יִחְיוּ יְחַלְּקוּ בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אבל מקבלים עגלים וסייחם – small [calves and foals] without estimation, for if they should die, he would not have to pay anything , and if they live, they would divide [the profits] between them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:6
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**שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מְשֻׁלָּשִׁים.** פֵּרוּשׁ כְּשֶׁיַּעַמְדוּ עַל שְׁלִישׁ גִּדּוּלָן וְאָז יַחְלֹקוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושיהיו משולשים – which means that they have reached one-third of their growth, they are then divided up.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:4:7
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**וַחֲמוֹר עַד שֶׁתְּהֵא טוֹעָנֶת.** מַשְּׂאוֹי. כָּךְ הָיָה מִנְהָגָם לְגַדְּלָם קֹדֶם חֲלוּקָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובחמור עד שתהא טוענת – a burden. This was the custom to raise them prior to division.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:5:1
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**שָׁמִין פָּרָה.** גְּדוֹלָה, וַחֲמוֹר גָּדוֹל, שֶׁרְאוּיִין לִמְלָאכָה, וּמְלַאכְתָּן כֻּלָּהּ לַמְּקַבֵּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שמין פרה – a large [cow] or a large donkey, which are worthy for labor, and their work is all for the recipient [of their labor].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:5:2
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**לְמֶחֱצָה.** לַחְלֹק שֶׁבַח שֶׁיַּשְׁבִּיחוּ, בַּדָּמִים וּבַוְּלָדוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
למחצה – to divide the profit that they earn, in money and offspring


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:5:3
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**לַחֲלֹק אֶת הַוְּלָדוֹת מִיָּד.** כְּשֶׁתָּבֹא שְׁעַת חֲלֻקָּתָן, בִּבְהֵמָה דַקָּה שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם וּבְגַסָּה חֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לחלוק את הולדות מיד – when the time arrives for their division, which for a small animal is thirty days and for a large animal fifty days.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:5:4
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**שָׁמִין עֵגֶל עִם אִמּוֹ.** וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לִתֵּן עָמָל וּמָזוֹן לָעֵגֶל אֶלָּא לָאֵם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שמין עגל עם עמו – and it is not necessary to give work and food to a calf but rather [only] to the mother. But the Halakha is not according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:5:5
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**וּמַפְרִין עַל שָׂדֵהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן פָּרֵה וְרָבֵה. וְאִית דְּגָרְסֵי וּמַפְרִיז, בְּזַיִ"ן. לְשׁוֹן פְּרָזוֹת תֵּשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (זכריה ב). כְּלוֹמַר מַרְחִיב עַל שָׂדֵהוּ. וְהוּא שֶׁיֹּאמַר לוֹ [חוֹכֵר לַמַּחְכִּיר], אַתָּה רָגִיל לִקַּח בַּחֲכִירוּת שָׂדְךָ עֲשָׂרָה כּוֹרִין לְשָׁנָה, הַלְוֵינִי מָאתַיִם זוּז שֶׁאוּכַל לְהוֹצִיא לְזַבֵּל שָׂדֶה זוֹ וּלְזָרְעָהּ וּלְחָרְשָׁהּ, וַאֲנִי מַעֲלֶה לְךָ בַּחֲכִירוּתָהּ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כּוֹרִים לְשָׁנָה וְאַחְזִיר לְךָ מְעוֹתֶיךָ, זֶה מֻתָּר, דַּהֲוֵי כְאִלּוּ מַעֲדִיף לוֹ שְׁנֵי כוֹרִים הַלָּלוּ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁחוֹכֵר מִמֶּנּוּ שָׂדֶה טוֹבָה וּמְשֻׁבַּחַת שֶׁחֲכִירוּתָהּ יָפָה מֵחֲכִירוּת שָׂדֶה רָעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומפרין על שדהו – the language of “being fruitful and multiplying,” and there are those who read this as ומפריז with the letter “zayin” (instead of a final “nun”), in the language of (Zechariah 2:8): “Jerusalem shall be peopled as a city [without walls, so many shall be the men and cattle it contains],” that is to say, extend his field. And this is what he would tell him [the tenant on a fixed rent payable in kind to the landlord]: “You are accustomed to take your field in stipulated rent for ten Kors per year; lend me two hundred zuz that I can spend to manure this field, to sow it and to plough it and I will increase the stipulated rent to twelve Kors per year and I will return your monies” – this is permitted because it is as if he does more business him through these two Kors because he rents from him a good and praiseworthy field that his rental is better than the rental of a bad field.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:6:1
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**אֵין מְקַבְּלִין צֹאן בַּרְזֶל.** כָּל אַחֲרָיוּת הַנְּכָסִים עַל הַמְּקַבֵּל, וְשָׁם אוֹתָם עָלָיו בְּמָעוֹת, וְכָל זְמַן שֶׁאֵין נוֹתֵן לוֹ מְעוֹתָיו חוֹלְקִים הַשָּׂכָר. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּמִשְׁנָה יְתֵרָה הִיא, דְּהָא תָּנָא לֵיהּ לְעֵיל אֵין מוֹשִׁיבִים חֶנְוָנִי לְמַחֲצִית שָׂכָר מִשּׁוּם דִּמְקַבֵּל עֲלֵיהּ פַּלְגָּא בְּהֶפְסֵד, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן הָכָא דְּקִבֵּל כָּל הָאַחֲרָיוּת עָלָיו. נָקַט לֵיהּ מִשּׁוּם סֵיפָא, אֲבָל מְקַבְּלִים צֹאן בַּרְזֶל מִן הַנָּכְרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מקבלין צאן ברזל – all mortgaged property (or property which may be resorted to in case of non – payment) are upon the receiver, and he placed upon them (i.e., the property) his resources, and all the time that he (i.e., the borrower) does not give him his monies, they divide the profit/wages. And even though this is an extraneous Mishnah, for it is taught in the Mishnah above (Mishnah 4), that they do not set up a storekeeper for half the profit because he receives on it one-half with loss, all the more so, here, when he receives all the mortgaged property upon it. They took it (i.e., the language) because of the concluding section of the Mishnah: “but they do accept a flock on ‘iron terms’ from the heathens.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:6:2
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**מִדַּעַת הַנָּכְרִי.** כְּגוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁלָּוָה מָעוֹת מִנָּכְרִי בְּרִבִּית וּבִקֵּשׁ לְהַחְזִירָם לוֹ, מְצָאוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֵר וְאָמַר תְּנֵם לִי וַאֲנִי אֶעֱלֶה לְךָ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁאַתָּה מַעֲלֶה לוֹ. אִם הֶעֱמִידוֹ אֵצֶל נָכְרִי, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל נוֹתְנָם לוֹ בְּמִצְוַת הַנָּכְרִי, מֻתָּר. וְאִם לֹא הֶעֱמִידוֹ אֵצֶל נָכְרִי, אָסוּר. דְּהוּא נִיהוּ דְּקָא מוֹזִיף לֵיהּ בְּרִבִּית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מדעת הנכרי – such as the case where an Israelite borrowed money from a heathen at interest and he requested to return them to him. He found another Israelite and said: give them to me and I will credit you (see Bava Metzia 69b) in the manner that you credit him (as compensation). If he restored them (i.e., the monies) to the heathen, even though an Israelite gives them to him at the command of a heathen, it is permitted, but if he didn’t restore them to the heathen, it is forbidden, for he has lent him [money] at interest.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:1
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**הָיָה הוּא תְּחִלָּה לַקּוֹצְרִים.** וְיֵשׁ לוֹ גָּדִישׁ וַעֲדַיִן לֹא יָצָא הַשָּׁעַר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היה הוא תחלה לקוצרים – and he has a stack/heap of grain but the market price has not yet been published.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:2
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**פּוֹסֵק עִמּוֹ.** בְּאֵיזֶה שַׁעַר שֶׁיִּרְצֶה, דְּכֵיוָן דְּיֵשׁ לוֹ אֵין כָּאן רִבִּית, דְּמֵעַכְשָׁיו אוֹתוֹ גָּדִישׁ קָנוּי לוֹ. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּלֹא מָשַׁךְ, כֵּיוָן דְּכִי אֵין לוֹ נַמִּי לֹא הֲוָה אֶלָּא אֲבַק רִבִּית דְּרַבָּנָן, כִּי יֵשׁ לוֹ לֹא גָּזוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פוסק עמו – for whatever market price that he wants, and since he has it (i.e., pile of grain), there is no interest here, since from now that heap is acquired for him, and he though he did not take possession [by drawing or seizing], since he does not have it also, it is not other than the dust of interest of the Rabbis, but if he has it, a decree was not made.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:3
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**עַל הֶעָבִיט.** כְּלִי גָּדוֹל שֶׁצּוֹבְרִים בּוֹ אֶת הָעֲנָבִים לִפְנֵי דְרִיכָה וְהֵם מִתְחַמְּמִים לְהוֹצִיא יֵינָם יָפֶה. וְשֶׁל זֵיתִים קָרוּי מַעֲטָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על העביט – a large utensil that they collect/pile up the grapes before treading and they become heated to producer their wine well, and of olives, it is called a vat or pit where olives are packed until they form a viscid mass.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:4
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**עַל הַבֵּיצִים שֶׁל יוֹצֵר.** אִם הִכְנִיס עָפָר וַעֲשָׂאוֹ בֵּיצִים לַעֲשׂוֹת מֵהֶן קְדֵרוֹת, פּוֹסֵק עִמּוֹ עַל הַקְּדֵרוֹת בְּאֵיזֶה שַׁעַר שֶׁיִּרְצֶה, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא יָצָא הַשָּׁעַר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על הביצים של יוצר – if he brought in dust and made it eggs to make of them a dishes, he sets with him on the dishes for whatever price he wants, and even though the [official] price had not been publicized.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:5
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**וְעַל הַסִּיד.** פּוֹסֵק עִמּוֹ בְּאֵיזֶה שַׁעַר שֶׁיִּרְצֶה מִשֶּׁיְּשַׁקְּעֶנּוּ בְּכִבְשָׁן הָעֵצִים וְהָאֲבָנִים לִשְׂרֹף וְלַעֲשׂוֹת מֵהֶן סִיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל הסיד – he sets with him at whatever price that he wants from when he let them down into the kiln/furnace of wood and stones to burn them and make of them plaster.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:6
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**וַחֲכָמִים מַתִּירִין.** אִיכָּא בֵּין חֲכָמִים לְתַנָּא קַמָּא, דְּתַנָּא קַמָּא כָּל יְמוֹת הַשָּׁנָה קָאָמַר. וּפָלֵיג עֲלֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר לֹא שְׁנָא יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה וְלֹא שְׁנָא יְמוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים, עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ לְמוֹכֵר זֶבֶל בָּאַשְׁפּוֹת. וַחֲכָמִים מַתִּירִין דַּוְקָא בִּימוֹת הַחַמָּה, שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ, יֵשׁ לַאֲחֵרִים, שֶׁהַכֹּל יֵשׁ לָהֶן זֶבֶל, שֶׁכְּבָר נִרְקַב וְנִשּׁוֹף בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים. אֲבָל בִּימוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים לֹא. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וחכמים מתירין – there is a difference between the Sages and the first Tanna [of the Mishnah], for the First Tanna speaks of all the days of the year and Rabbi Yosi disagrees with him and says that there is no difference between the dry season (i.e., literally, the “days of sunshine) and the days of the rainy season until the seller has manure in the dung heaps, but the Sages permit specifically during the days of sunshine, for even if he doesn’t have [manure], others have it, for everyone has manure which has decayed and became crushed during the rainy season, but not during the rainy season itself. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:7
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**כְּשַׁעַר הַגָּבוֹהַּ.** אִם יִפְחֹת הַשַּׁעַר מִמַּה שֶּׁהוּא עַכְשָׁיו, תִּתֵּן לִי כְּשַׁעַר הַזּוֹל. גָּבוֹהַּ, הַיְנוּ בְּזוֹל, שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין פֵּרוֹת גְּבוֹהִים וְרַבִּים בְּדָמִים מֻעָטִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשער הגבוה – [according to the price at the height of the market – Bava Metzia 72b] – and if the market price became less than what it is now currently, give me according to the lowest market price. The height – that is the cheapest that when giving tall and much produce lesser costs.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:7:8
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**תֶּן לִי כָזֶה אוֹ תֶּן לִי מְעוֹתָי.** שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא מָשַׁךְ, וְיָכוֹל לַחֲזֹר בּוֹ, וַאֲפִלּוּ מִי שֶׁפָּרַע לֵיכָּא, הוֹאִיל וְלֹא נָתַן מְעוֹתָיו עַל מְנָת לְקַבֵּל עַכְשָׁיו אֶלָּא לְאַחַר זְמַן, וּבְתוֹךְ כָּךְ נִשְׁתַּנָּה הַשָּׁעַר, סְתָם דַּעְתֵּיהּ דֶּאֱינַשׁ אַתַּרְעָא זִילָא פָּסִיק. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
תן לי כזה או תן לי מעותי – for since he did not take possession (by pulling/seizing), he is able to retract, and even [the curse of] “He who punished [the generation of the Flood….will punish those who do not stand by his word (although the court cannot compel him) is not [applicable] , for he did not give his monies on the condition to receive [the produce] now, but rather later, and in the midst of things, the market price changed, it is the mere opinion of people of delighting in the cheap market price. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:8:1
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**חִטִּין בְּחִטִּין לְזֶרַע.** סְאָה בִּסְאָה מֻתָּר לְהַלְווֹת לְאָרִיס דַּוְקָא כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְזָרְעוֹ. וְטַעֲמוֹ, דִּבְאַתְרָא דְּאָרִיס הוּא שֶׁנּוֹתֵן הַזֶּרַע, אִם אֵין לוֹ זֶרַע לִזְרֹעַ הַשָּׂדֶה יְסַלְּקֶנּוּ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, וּכְשֶׁלָּוָה הָאָרִיס מִבַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְזוֹרֵעַ וּכְשֶׁיּוֹקִירוּ חִטִּין יִתֵּן חִטִּין, אֵין זוֹ הַלְוָאָה, אֶלָּא הֲרֵי הוּא כְּיוֹרֵד לְתוֹכָהּ מֵעַכְשָׁיו עַל מְנָת שֶׁיִּטֹּל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת הַזֶּרַע תְּחִלָּה מֵחֵלֶק שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ לָאָרִיס וְהָאָרִיס יִטֹּל הַשְּׁאָר שְׂכַר טִרְחוֹ, וְעַל מְנָת כֵּן יָרַד, שֶׁיִּטֹּל פָּחוֹת מִשְׁאָר אֲרִיסִין כְּשִׁעוּר הַזֶּרַע, וְאֵין כָּאן רִבִּית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
חטין בחטין לזרע – It is permissible to lend to a tenant farmer (who tills the owner’s ground for a certain share in the produce, as opposed to a certain rent in kind/חכיר, irrespective of the yield of the crops) a Seah for a Seah (even though this is normally forbidden) specifically when he wants to sow with them, and the reason for this is that in the place where the tenant farmer is, when he gives the seed, if he didn’t have seed to sow the field, the owner would remove him, and when the tenant farmer borrows from the owner, and he sows [the field], when the wheat go up in price, he gives back wheat, this is not a loan, but rather for the tenant farmer, it is like he goes down into it (i.e., the field) from this moment, on the condition that the owner will take the seed first from the part that will arrive to the tenant farmer, and the tenant farmer will take the rest as the payment for his trouble, and on this condition, he will take less that the other tenant farmers according the measure of the seed, and there is no interest here.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:8:2
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**שֶׁהָיָה רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל.** כְּלוֹמַר, לְכָךְ הֻצְרַךְ לִשְׁנוֹת מִשְׁנָה זוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מַחְמִיר שֶׁאִם הוּזְלוּ נוֹטֵל כְּשַׁעַר הַזּוֹל, וְאַשְׁמְעִינַן מַתְנִיתִין לֹא שֶׁהֲלָכָה כֵן אֶלָּא שֶׁרָצָה לְהַחְמִיר עַל עַצְמוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהיה רבן גמלאל – that is to say, for this purposes, it was necessary to teach this Mishnah, for Rabbi Gamaliel was more stringent, for if thing became cheaper, he would take according the cheaper set price, and our Mishnah comes to teach us not the Halakha is as such, but rather that he wished to be more stringent upon himself.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:9:1
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**הַלְוֵינִי עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא בְנִי.** דְּכֵיוָן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ, שַׁפִּיר דָּמֵי. דְּלֹא גָזוּר רַבָּנָן אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁאֵין לוֹ. וַאֲפִלּוּ אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא סְאָה אַחַת, לֹוֶה עָלֶיהָ כַּמָּה כוֹרִין, דְּכָל חֲדָא וַחֲדָא אָמְרִינַן זוֹ תְּהֵא תַּחְתֶּיהָ, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינָהּ קְנוּיָה לַמַּלְוֶה וּבְיַד הַלֹּוֶה לְמָכְרָהּ וּלְאָכְלָהּ, וּכְשֶׁלֹוֶה כָּל אַחַת וְאַחַת לֹוֶה בְּהֶתֵּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הלויני עד שיבוא בני – because he has it (i.e., a Kor of wheat), it is all right. For the Rabbis did not make the decree other than when he didn’t have i. And if he didn’t have it other than one Seah, he would lend upon it several Kors, and on each one we would say, “this is in its place,” for it is not purchased/acquired by the lender, and it is in the hand of the borrower to sell it or to consume, and when he lends it ech one of them, he is lending with legal permission (i.e., it is a legitimate action).


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**וְכֵן הָיָה הִלֵּל אוֹמֵר לֹא תַלְוֶה אִשָּׁה.** וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְהִלֵּל. אֶלָּא הֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים שֶׁאוֹמְרִים לֹוִין סְתָם וּפוֹרְעִין סְתָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכן היה הלל אומר לא תלוה אשה – but the Halakha is not according to Hillel, but rather the Halakha is according to the Sages who say that we lend undefined and collect debts undefined.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:10:1
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**נַכֵּשׁ עִמִּי.** הַיּוֹם וַאֲנַכֵּשׁ עִמְּךָ לְמָחָר. נִכּוּשׁ הוּא עֲקִירַת הָעֲשָׂבִים הָרָעִים הַגְּדֵלִים בַּתְּבוּאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נכש עמי – [weed with me] today, and I will weed with you tomorrow. Weeding is the removal of bad grasses that grow in the grain.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:10:2
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**עֲדֹר.** חֲפֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עדור – dig


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**לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ נַכֵּשׁ עִמִּי וְאֶעְדֹּר עִמָּךְ.** פְּעָמִים שֶׁזּוֹ קָשָׁה מִזּוֹ, וְיֵשׁ כָּאן אֲגַר נָטַר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא יאמר לו נכש עמי ואעדור עמך – sometimes this one is harder than that one, and there is here compensation for waiting (i.e., advancing the money to the seller – see Bava Metzia 63b).


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**כָּל יְמֵי גָרִיד אֶחָד.** וְלֹא חָיְשִׁינַן אִם יוֹם אֶחָד גָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ. וְכֵן כָּל יְמֵי רְבִיעָה אֶחָד. וּמֻתָּר לוֹמַר עֲדֹר עִמִּי יוֹם זֶה שֶׁל גָּרִיד, וַאֲנִי אֶעֱדֹר עִמְּךָ יוֹם אַחֵר שֶׁל גָּרִיד. וְכֵן בָּרְבִיעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל ימי גריד אחד – and we are not troubled if one day is greater than its neighbor (i.e., during the dry season/summer); and similarly, all the days of rainfall [in the autumn] are one, and it is permissible to say, hoe/dig with me on this day of the dry season/days of sunlight and I hoe/dig with you one day of the dry season/days of sunlight, and similarly with the days of rainfall.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:10:5
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**גָּרִיד.** יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גריד – days of the sunlight.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:10:6
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**רְבִיעָה.** יְמוֹת הַגְּשָׁמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רביעה – days of rainfall.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:10:7
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**וַאֲנִי אֶחֱרֹשׁ עִמְּךָ בָּרְבִיעָה.** שֶׁיְּמֵי רְבִיעָה קָשִׁים לַמְּלָאכָה שֶׁבַּשָּׂדוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואני אחרוש עמך ברביעה – for the days of rainfall are more difficult for the work in the fields


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 5:11:1
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**עוֹבְרִים מִשּׁוּם לֹא תִתֵּן וְכוּ'.** מַלְוֶה עוֹבֵר בְּכֻלָּן. לֹוֶה עוֹבֵר מִשּׁוּם בַּל תַּשִׁיךְ, שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן מַפְעִיל לַאֲחֵרִים, לֹא תִגְרֹם שֶׁאָחִיךָ יִשּׁוֹךְ, וְעוֹבֵר עַל (דברים כג) וּלְאָחִיךָ לֹא תַשִׁיךְ, וְלִפְנֵי עִוֵּר לֹא תִתֵּן מִכְשׁוֹל. עָרֵב וְעֵדִים עוֹבְרִים עַל לֹא תְשִׂימוּן עָלָיו נֶשֶׁךְ בִּלְבַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עוברים משום לא תתן וכו' – the lender transgresses in all of them; the borrower transgresses (Deuteronomy 23:20): “You shall not deduct interest from loans to your countrymen,” which is the language of activating others, that you should not cause that your brother will lend at interest, and he violates(Deuteronomy 23:21): “Do not deduct interest from loans to your countrymen”, and (Leviticus 19:14): “or place a stumbling block before the blind.” The guarantor and the witnesses transgress only on (Exodus 22:24):“Exact no interest from them.”