## Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia Chapter 7

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:1
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**הַשּׂוֹכֵר אֶת הַפּוֹעֲלִים.** אֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי לְכוֹפָן. וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּטְפָא לְהוּ אַאַגְרַיְהוּ מִשְּׁאָר פּוֹעֲלִים, לֹא מָצֵי אָמַר לְהוּ הַאי דִּטְפַאי לְכוּ אַאַגְרַיְכוּ אַדַּעְתָּא דִּמְקַדְּמִיתוּ וּמְחַשְּׁכִיתוּ בַּהֲדַאי, דְּאָמְרֵי לֵיהּ הַאי דִּטְפַאת לָן אַדַּעְתָּא דְּעָבְדִינַן לָךְ עוּבַדְתָּא שַׁפִּירְתָּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
השוכר את הפועלים. אינו ראשי לכופן – and even though he increase their wages from other works, he can say to them: “this that I have increased your wages, with the knowledge that you will rise up earlier [to work] and stay later for me, for they can say to him: “this that you have increased for us [our wages] is with the knowledge that we provide for you outstanding/better labor.” (see Bava Metzia 83a).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:2
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**בִּמְתִיקָה.** לִפְתָּן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
במתיקה – for their bread


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:3
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**הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה.** הַכֹּל לַאֲתוֹיֵי דוּכְתֵּי דִּנְהִיגֵי פוֹעֲלִים לְמֵיכַל וּלְמִשְׁתֵּי בְּצַפְרָא בְּבֵיתוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת קֹדֶם שֶׁיֵּצְאוּ לִמְלַאכְתָּם, דְּאִי אָמַר לְהוּ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת קַדִּימוּ לַעֲבִידְתַּיְכוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה וְאָבִיא לָכֶם מַאֲכַלְכֶם שָׁם, אָמְרֵי לֵיהּ, לֹא, אֶלָּא עַתָּה נֹאכַל בַּבַּיִת קֹדֶם שֶׁנֵּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה, כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הכל כמנהג המדינה – everything which includes the places where workers customarily eat and drink in the morning in the house of the owner before they go out to work. For if the owner had said to them – go early to your work in the field and I will bring to you your food there, they would say to him, “no,” but rather now let is eat in the house prior to our going out to the field, according to the custom of the province.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:4
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**מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן מַתְיָא.** בַּגְּמָרָא מְפֹרָשׁ דַּחֲסוּרֵי מִחַסְּרָא וְהָכִי קָתָנֵי, וְאִם פָּסַק לָהֶם מְזוֹנוֹת, מְזוֹנוֹת רִבָּה לָהֶם, כְּלוֹמַר, כֵּיוָן דְּלֹא הֲוָה צָרִיךְ לְאַתְנוּיֵי שֶׁהֲרֵי מִמִּנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה הָיוּ אוֹכְלִים, וְאַתְנֵי בַּהֲדַיְהוּ לִתֵּן לָהֶם מְזוֹנוֹת, מְזוֹנֵי יְתֵרֵי קָאָמַר, וּמַעֲשֶׂה נַמִּי בְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן וְכוּ':

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מעשה ברבי יוחנן בן מתיא – In the Gemara (Bava Metzia 86a-b): The Mishnah is deficient and should be read as follows: If he stipulated to provide them food, he thereby increases his hood to them, that is to say, since it was not necessary to teach this since it was the custom of the province that they would eat, and it was taught explicitly to give them food, more food was mentioned. And there is the story of Rabbi Yohanan etc [as specified in the Mishnah proper].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:5
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**בִּשְׁעָתוֹ.** בְּעֵת מַלְכוּתוֹ. דְּמֶלֶךְ וְהֶדְיוֹט הֲוָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בשעתו – at the time of his kingdom, when he was a king and a commoner.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:6
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**שֶׁהֵם בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב.** וּסְעוּדָתוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם גְּדוֹלָה מִשֶּׁל שְׁלֹמֹה, דְּאִלּוּ אַבְרָהָם שְׁלֹשָׁה פָרִים לִשְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים, וּבִסְעוּדַת שְׁלֹמֹה יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל רַבִּים כְּחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהם בני אברהם יצחק ויעקב – and the meal of Abraham was larger than that of Solomon, for Abraham had three cows for three people (the “people” were the angels, described in the story of Genesis, chapter 18, when Abraham rose up while recovering from his circumcision to welcome his “guests.”). And at the meal of Solomon, Judah and Israel were large like the sands that were on the sea shorte.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:7
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**עַד שֶׁלֹּא יַתְחִילוּ בַמְּלָאכָה.** דְּאֵין כָּאן אֶלָּא דְּבָרִים. דְּאִלּוּ מִשֶׁיַּתְחִילוּ לֹא תוּכַל לַחֲזֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שלא יתחילו במלאכה – there is nothing here other than words, for once they had begun, they cannot return.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:1:8
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**רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר וְכוּ'.** וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר וכו' – And the Halakha is according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:2:1
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**וְאֵלּוּ.** פּוֹעֲלִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואלו – workers.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:2:2
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**אוֹכְלִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה.** בְּמַה שֶּׁעוֹסְקִין בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אוכלים מן התורה – in what they are engaged with.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:2:3
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**גְּמַר מְלָאכָה.** כְּשֶׁתּוֹלְשִׁין אוֹתוֹ. דִּכְתִיב (דברים כד) וְאֶל כֶּלְיְךָ לֹא תִתֵּן, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה נוֹתֵן לְכֵלָיו שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת אַתָּה אוֹכֵל, דְּהַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁתּוֹלְשִׁין אוֹתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גמר מלאכה – when they detach it, as it is written (Deuteronomy 23:25): “[When you enter another man’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want, until you are full,] but you must not put any in your vessel.” At the time when you put [them] into the vessels of the owner, you may eat, which is when you tear/detach them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:2:4
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**וּבְתָלוּשׁ מִן הַקַּרְקַע.** וְאִם מִתְעַסֵּק בְּדָבָר הַתָּלוּשׁ אוֹכֵל בְּאוֹתוֹ דָּבָר עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ לְמַעֲשֵׂר, אִם הוּא בַּר מַעֲשֵׂר. אוֹ עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ לְחַלָּה, אִם הוּא בַּר חַלָּה. דְּאָמַר קְרָא (שם כה) לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישׁוֹ, וְמִדְּלֹא קָאָמַר לֹא תָדוּשׁ בַּחֲסִימָה, שְׁמַע מִנַּהּ לְאַקּוּשֵׁי חוֹסֵם לְנֶחְסָם וְנֶחְסָם לְחוֹסֵם, מַה נֶּחְסָם שֶׁהוּא שׁוֹר אוֹכֵל בַּתָּלוּשׁ כְּשֶׁעוֹשֶׂה בּוֹ מְלָאכָה, כָּךְ חוֹסֵם שֶׁהוּא אָדָם אוֹכֵל בַּתָּלוּשׁ כְּשֶׁעוֹשֶׂה בּוֹ מְלָאכָה, וּמַה חוֹסֵם וְכוּ'‏. וּמַה דַּיִשׁ מְיֻחָד, דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא גִדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע וְלֹא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ לְמַעֲשֵׂר וּבִשְׁעַת גְּמַר מְלָאכָה פּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בּוֹ, אַף כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא גִדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע וְלֹא נִגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתּוֹ לְמַעֲשֵׂר כְּשֶׁהוּא בִּשְׁעַת גְּמַר מְלָאכָה פּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בּוֹ. יָצָא הַחוֹלֵב וְהַמְחַבֵּץ וְהַמְגַבֵּן, שֶׁאֵינָן גִּדּוּלֵי קַרְקַע. וְיָצָא הַמַּבְדִּיל הַתְּמָרִים וְהַגְּרוֹגָרוֹת הַמְּחֻבָּרִים יַחַד, שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מְלַאכְתָּם לְמַעֲשֵׂר. וְיָצָא הַמְּנַכֵּשׁ בְּשׁוּמִים וּבִבְצָלִים, שֶׁמֵּסִיר הַקְּטַנִּים שֶׁאֵינָן גְּדֵלִים לְעוֹלָם מִבֵּין הָאֲחֵרִים לְהַרְחִיב מָקוֹם לַגְּדוֹלִים, שֶׁאֵין זוֹ שְׁעַת גְּמַר מְלָאכָה. שֶׁכָּל אֵלּוּ וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן אֵין פּוֹעֵל אוֹכֵל בָּהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובתלוש מן הקרקע – and if you are engaging in things that are detached, you may eat of that thing as long as you have not completed the work required [to make them liable] for tithing, if it is something that is tithed, or as long as you have not completed the work required [to make them liable] for Hallah, if it is something that is given as Hallah, for as Scripture stated (Deuteronomy 25:4): “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing,” and since it is doesn’t say that you should not thresh while muzzling, we learn from it to make a juxtaposition between one who muzzles and that which is muzzled, and that which is muzzled to the one who muzzles. Just as the muzzled is an ox which eats that which is detached while it is engaged in work, so to the muzzle, who is a person, eats what is detached while engaged in work. And just as the one who muzzles, etc. And just as threshing is special, that which grows in the ground and its work has not been completed [to make it liable] for tithing and at the time when the work is completed , the worker can eat of it, so similarly all things that grow in the ground and whose work has not been completed [to make it liable] for tithing, and when it is at the time when the work is completed, the work eats of it, excluding the milking of animals and the presses thick milk in a bag to let the fluid run out (see Rashi to Shabbat 95a) and who makes cheese, which are not things that grow in the ground, and it excludes [also] one who separates the fruit of the date-palm and the dried figs that are attached together when their labor is completed [to become liable] for tithing , and excluding weeding garlic and onions , where he removes the small ones which have not grown from among the others to widen the space for the larger ones, for this is not the time of the end of the work. For all of these and ones similar to them, the worker does not eat them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:3:1
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**עַד שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה בְיָדָיו וְרַגְלָיו.** מַה שּׁוֹר בְּיָדָיו וּבְרַגְלָיו, אַף פּוֹעֵל בְּיָדָיו וּבְרַגְלָיו, דְּהָא אִתַּקַּשׁ חוֹסֵם לְנֶחְסָם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שיעשה בידיו ורגליו – Just as the ox with his hands and with its feet, so also the worker with his hands and with his feet, just as there is a juxtaposition between the one who muzzles and the muzzled [animal]. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi B’Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:4:1
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**מִפְּנֵי הָשֵׁב אֲבֵדָה לַבְּעָלִים.** שֶׁלֹּא יִבָּטֵל מִמְּלַאכְתּוֹ וְיֹאכַל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מפני השב אבדה לבעלים – so that he will not be idle from his labor.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:4:2
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**אָמְרוּ, פּוֹעֲלִים אוֹכְלִים בַּהֲלִיכָתָן מֵאֻמָּן לְאֻמָּן.** כְּשֶׁגָּמְרוּ שׁוּרָה זוֹ וְהוֹלְכִים לְהַתְחִיל בַּחֲבֶרְתָּהּ. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא לָאו שְׁעַת מְלָאכָה הִיא, נִיחָא לֵיהּ לְבַעַל הַבַּיִת בְּהָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אמרו פועלים אוכלים בהליכתן מאומן לאומן – when they have finished this row and walk to begin its neighbor, and even though at that hour, it is not the time of work, it is pleasing to the owner with this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:4:3
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**וַחֲמוֹר כְּשֶׁהִיא פוֹרָקֶת.** בַּהֲלִיכָתָהּ אוֹכֶלֶת מִמַּשְּׂאוֹי שֶׁעַל גַּבָּהּ עַד שֶׁתְּהֵא פוֹרֶקֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וחמור כשהיא פורקת – while it is walking, it eats from the burden that is on its back until she unloads.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:5:1
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**אֲפִלּוּ בְדִינָר.** אֲפִלּוּ הִיא שָׁוָה דִינָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אפילו בדינר – even if it is worth the equivalent of a denar.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:5:2
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**לֹא יֹאכַל פּוֹעֵל יָתֵר עַל שְׂכָרוֹ.** דְּאָמַר קְרָא כְּנַפְשְׁךָ, כִּשְׂכִירוּתוֹ, שֶׁעָלָיו הוּא מוֹסֵר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ לַעֲלוֹת בַּכֶּבֶשׁ וְלִתָּלוֹת בָּאִילָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא יאכל פועל יותר על שכרו – as Scripture states, “until you are full,” while he is hired, for it is upon him as he obligates himself to ascend the ramp or to hang in the tree.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:5:3
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**מְלַמְּדִין.** אוֹמְרִים לוֹ דֶּרֶךְ עֵצָה הוֹגֶנֶת. וְתַנָּא קַמָּא פָּלֵיג אַחֲכָמִים וְאָמַר אֵין מְלַמְּדִין. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מלמדין – we say to him via advice that is appropriate, but the first Tanna disputes the Sages and states that we don’t teach him, and Halakha is according to the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:5:4
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**וִיהֵא סוֹתֵם אֶת הַפֶּתַח.** שֶׁיִּמָּנְעוּ מִלְּשָׂכְרוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ויהא סותם את הפתח – and they will be prevented from hiring him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:6:1
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**קוֹצֵץ.** לִטֹּל מָעוֹת וְלֹא יֹאכַל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קוצץ – he will take money and not eat.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:6:2
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**עַל יְדֵי עַצְמוֹ.** בִּשְׁבִיל עַצְמוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על ידי עצמו – for himself


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:6:3
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**מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶן דָּעַת.** וְיַדְּעֵי וְקָא מַחֲלֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מפני שיש בהן דעת – and they know and they pardon/forgive.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:7:1
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**נֶטַע רְבָעִי.** פֵּרוֹת שֶׁל אִילָן בַּשָּׁנָה הָרְבִיעִית, שֶׁאֵינָן נֶאֱכָלִין אֶלָּא בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, אוֹ פּוֹדֶה אוֹתָן וּמַעֲלֶה הַדָּמִים לִירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נטע רבעי – fourth-year fruit of the tree, which are not eaten other than in Jerusalem or one redeems them and brings their monetary value (plus twenty percent) to Jerusalem.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:7:2
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**נִתְפָּרְסוּ עִגּוּלָיו.** עִגּוּלֵי דְּבֵלָה שֶׁנִּתְפָּרְדוּ וְשָׂכַר פּוֹעֲלִים לְחַבְּרָן, אוֹ חָבִיּוֹת שֶׁנִּפְתְּחוּ וְשָׂכַר פּוֹעֲלִים לְסָתְמָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נתפרסו עיגוליו – cakes of figs that became separated and works were hired to combine them, or jugs that opened up and workers were hired to seal them closed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:7:3
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**הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לֹא יֹאכְלוּ.** שֶׁכְּבָר נִגְמְרוּ מְלַאכְתָּם וְהֻקְבְּעוּ לְמַעֲשֵׂר וַהֲרֵי הֵן טֶבֶל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי לאו לא יאכלו – because their work had been completed and they were ready for tithing as they had become eatables forbidden pending the separation of sacred gifts.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:8:1
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**שׁוֹמְרֵי פֵרוֹת.** שׁוֹמְרֵי גִּתּוֹת וַעֲרֵמוֹת וּפֵרוֹת תְּלוּשִׁים. אֲבָל שׁוֹמְרֵי גִּנּוֹת וּפַרְדֵּסִים, אֵין אוֹכְלִים לֹא מֵהִלְכוֹת מְדִינָה וְלֹא מִן הַתּוֹרָה, דְּשׁוֹמֵר לָאו כְּעוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂה דָּמֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שומרי פירות – those who guard vats and piles and detached produce, but those who guard gardens and orchards, we do not consume, neither from the laws of the province, nor from the Torah, for a bailee is not like someone doing anything.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:8:2
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**מֵהִלְכוֹת מְדִינָה.** שֶׁכְּבָר נָהֲגוּ כֵן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מהלכות מדינה – that already was practiced as such.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:8:3
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**נִשְׁבַּע עַל הַכֹּל.** עַל כָּל הַמְּאֹרָעוֹת הַכְּתוּבוֹת בִּשְׁאָר שׁוֹמְרִים לְחִיּוּב, נִשְׁבַּע שֶׁכָּךְ עָלְתָה לוֹ וּפָטוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נשבע על הכל – on all of the events that are written with the other bailees for liability, he takes an oath that such has happened to him and he is exempt.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:8:4
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**מְשַׁלֵּם אֶת הַכֹּל.** גְּנֵבָה וַאֲבֵדָה וְאֳנָסִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משלם את הכל – theft, and loss and unavoidable accidents.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:8:5
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**נוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר וְכוּ'.** וְכֻלְּהוּ נָפְקָא לָן מִקְּרָאֵי פָּרָשַׁת וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים. פָּרָשָׁה רִאשׁוֹנָה כִּי יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ וְגוֹ'‏ נֶאֶמְרָה בְּשׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם, שֶׁכֵּן פָּטַר בּוֹ גְּנֵבָה וַאֲבֵדָה. שְׁנִיָּה, כִּי יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ חֲמוֹר אוֹ שׁוֹר אוֹ שֶׂה, נֶאֶמְרָה בְּשׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר, שֶׁכֵּן חִיֵּב בּוֹ גְּנֵבָה וַאֲבֵדָה, דִּכְתִיב בָּהּ אִם גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב מֵעִמּוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם לִבְעָלָיו, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא גְּנֵבָה, אֲבֵדָה מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אִם גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב, מִכָּל מָקוֹם. וְעוֹד, קַל וָחֹמֶר, וּמַה גְּנֵבָה שֶׁקְּרוֹבָה לְאֹנֶס חַיָּב, אֲבֵדָה שֶׁקְּרוֹבָה לִפְשִׁיעָה לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן. וְשׂוֹכֵר, כֵּיוָן שֶׁאֵין כָּל הֲנָאָה שֶׁלּוֹ דִּינוֹ כְּשׁוֹמֵר שָׂכָר. וְהַשּׁוֹאֵל, מְפֹרָשׁ בְּפָרָשָׁה שְׁלִישִׁית וְכִי יִשְׁאַל אִישׁ מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ וְנִשְׁבַּר אוֹ מֵת בְּעָלָיו אֵין עִמּוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נושא שכר וכו' – and all of these are derived from Biblical verses in the portion of “V’Eleh Mishpatim”/”And these are the ordinances”. The first portion (Exodus 22:6) “When a man gives [money or goods] to another” is stated regarding the unpaid bailee. The second (Exodus 22:9): “When a man gives to another an ass, an ox, a sheep…” is stated [with regard] to a paid bailee, for he is liable for theft and loss, as it is written (concerning it) (Exodus 22:11): “But if [the animal] was stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.” I don’t have anything other than “theft,” from where to I learn “loss?” The inference teaches (Exodus 22:11): “But if [the animal] was stolen…” in any case. And further, an inference from the weaker to the stronger (i.e., a fortiori), Just as theft is close to an unavoidable accident, one is liable, loss, which is close to negligence, is it not obvious? And the renter, since not all the benefit is his, the law is like the paid bailee. And the borrower is explained in the third section (Exodus 22:13): “When a man borrows [an animal] from another and it dies or is injured, its owner not being with it, he must make restitution.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:9:1
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**זְאֵב אֶחָד אֵינוֹ אֹנֶס.** וְנוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר וְשׂוֹכֵר חַיָּבִין עָלָיו. דִּכְתִיב הַטְּרֵפָה לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם, יֵשׁ טְרֵפָה שֶׁהוּא מְשַׁלֵּם וְיֵשׁ טְרֵפָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
זאב אחד אינו אונס – and a paid bailee and a renter are liable for it, as it is written (Exodus 22:12): “…he need not replace what has been torn by beasts.” There is something torn by beasts that he does pay, and there is something torn by beasts that he does not pay.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:9:2
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**בִּשְׁעַת מִשְׁלַחַת זְאֵבִים.** כְּשֶׁחַיָּה רָעָה מְשֻׁלַּחַת קוֹפֶצֶת הִיא עַל אָדָם אֶחָד. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה וְלֹא כְּיַדּוּעַ הַבַּבְלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשעת משלחת זאבים – when an evil beast is sent away, it jumps upon another person. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda and is not known in the Babylonian Talmud.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:9:3
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**הַלִּסְטִים.** חַד לִסְטִים הֲרֵי זֶה אֹנֶס:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הלסטים – one robber – this is an unavoidable accident.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:10:1
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**סִגְּפָהּ.** עִנָּה אוֹתָהּ בָּרָעָב אוֹ שֶׁהוֹשִׁיבָהּ בַּקַּיִץ בַּחַמָּה וּבַחֹרֶף בַּצִּנָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
סגפה – caused her privation with hunger or placed her in the heat in the summer or in the cold during the winter.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:10:2
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**עָלְתָה לְרָאשֵׁי צוּקִין.** שֶׁתְּקָפַתּוּ וְעָלְתָה לְרָאשֵׁי הָרִים גְּבוֹהִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עלתה לראשי צוקין – she overpowered him and went up to the top of high mountains.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:10:3
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**מַתְנֶה שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם לִהְיוֹת פָּטוּר מִשְּׁבוּעָה.** וְהַאי לָאו מַתְנֶה עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה הוּא, אֶלָּא שֶׁאוֹמֵר לוֹ אִי אֶפְשִׁי לִהְיוֹת שׁוֹמֵר לְךָ אֶלָּא בְּכָךְ. וְשׁוֹמֵר לֹא נָחִית לַשְּׁמִירָה עַד דְּמָשִׁיךְ לַבְּהֵמָה, וְהַאי כִּי מָשַׁךְ כְּבָר פֵּרֵשׁ עַל מְנָת שֶׁאֵין לוֹ עָלָיו שְׁבוּעָה, וְלֹא שִׁעְבֵּד נַפְשֵׁיהּ לֵירֵד בְּתוֹרַת שׁוֹמְרִין אֶלָּא לְמִקְצָת, וּלְמַה שֶּׁיָּרַד יָרַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתנה שומר חנם להיות פטור משבועה – that is not making a stipulation contrary to what is written in the Torah, but when he says to him: “It is impossible for me to be your bailee other than with this. And the bailee does not go down to his guarding until he pulls the animal. And this when he pulls the animal he has already explained on the condition that he has no oath upon him, nor has mortgaged himself to go down in the law of the bailee, other than in part. And for what he went down, he went down.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:11:1
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**כָּל הַמַּתְנֶה עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה תְּנָאוֹ בָטֵל.** כֻּלָּהּ מַתְנִיתִין רַבִּי מֵאִיר הִיא דְּסָבַר הַמַּתְנֶה עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה אֲפִלּוּ בְּדָבָר שֶׁבְּמָמוֹן תְּנָאוֹ בָּטֵל. וְאֵינָהּ הֲלָכָה. אֶלָּא בְּדָבָר שֶׁבְּמָמוֹן אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁהִתְנָה עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה, תְּנָאוֹ קַיָּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל המתנה על מה שכתוב בתורה תנאו בטל – The entire Mishnah is [according to] Rabbi Meir, who holds that a person who makes a stipulation against what is written in the Torah, even in a manner of money, his condition is null/void, and is not the Halakha. But in a manner of money, even after he stipulated against what was written in the Torah, his condition is valid.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:11:2
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**כָּל תְּנַאי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה מִתְּחִלָּה.** שֶׁהִקְדִּים מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁיֵּשׁ עָלָיו לַעֲשׂוֹת לִתְנַאי שֶׁהוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ, כְּגוֹן הֲרֵי מַעֲשֶׂה זֶה שֶׁלְּךָ אִם תַּעֲשֶׂה דָבָר פְּלוֹנִי, דְּלֹא דָּמֵי לִתְנַאי בְּנֵי גָּד וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן אִם יַעַבְרוּ וּנְתַתֶּם הַיְנוּ תְּנַאי קוֹדֵם לַמַּעֲשֶׂה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל תנאי שיש בו מעשה מתחלה – that he advanced the act that he has do to the stipulation that he requests from him, such as “behold this act is yours if you will do a certain thing, and it is not similar to the condition stipulation of the children of Gad and the children of Reuven (Numbers 32:29): “if [every shock-fighter among the Gadites and the Reubenites] crosses…you shall give them [the land of Gilead as a holding],” which is a stipulation prior to an action.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:11:3
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**תְּנָאוֹ בָטֵל.** וְהָוֵי מַעֲשֶׂה קַיָּם וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא קִיֵּם בַּעַל הַתְּנַאי אֶת הַתְּנַאי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
תנאו בטל – the action is valid and even though the person who made the stipulation did not fulfill the stipulation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:11:4
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**וְכָל שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לְקַיְּמוֹ בְסוֹפוֹ.** וְהָיָה תְנַאי קוֹדֵם לַמַּעֲשֶׂה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכל שאפשר לו לקיימו בסופו – and the stipulation was prior to the action.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia 7:11:5
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**תְּנָאוֹ קַיָּם.** אֲבָל אִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לְקַיְּמוֹ, הַתְּנַאי בָּטֵל וְהַמַּעֲשֶׂה קַיָּם, שֶׁאֵינוֹ אֶלָּא כְּמַפְלִיג בִּדְבָרִים, שֶׁאֵין בְּלִבּוֹ לְשׁוּם תְּנַאי אֶלָּא לְהַקְנִיט בְּעָלְמָא מַרְחִיק וְדוֹחֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ בִּדְבָרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
תנאו קיים – but it is impossible for him to fulfill it, the stipulation is null/void and the action is fulfilled, for it is not other than an evasive reply, for it is not in his heart to make a stipulation other than to merely annoy him, distancing and putting off his fellow with words.