## Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim Chapter 15

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:1
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**כְּלֵי עֵץ.** מִשְׁנָה זוֹ שְׁנוּיָה לְמַעְלָה בְּפֶרֶק ב', וַהֲדַר תַּנְיָא הָכָא מִשּׁוּם דִּינָא דִכְלֵי עֵץ וּכְלֵי עוֹר דְּבָעֵי לְאוֹרוּיֵי בְהוּ בְהָנָךְ פִּרְקִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כלי עץ – this Mishnah is taught above in Chapter 2 [of Tractate Kelim, Mishnah 1], and it teaches it once again here because of the law of wooden vessels/utensils and leather vessels/utensils that is necessary to teach about them in this chapter.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:2
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**הַשִּׁדָּה.** כְּמִין אָרוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
השידה (chest/strong box) – like an ark/chest.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:3
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**וְהַתֵּבָה.** תֵּבַת הַשֻּׁלְחָנִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והתיבה – the chest of the money-changers.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:4
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**וְהַמִּגְדָּל.** בֵּית הָאוֹצָר שֶׁל עֵץ. בְּלַעַ"ז ארמריא"ו, וּבַעֲרָבִי אלמנס"ר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והמגדל (and the tower/turret/cupboard) – a wooden treasure/store house, ARMREEOV in the foreign language and ALMNSAR in Arabic.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:5
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**וְכַוֶּרֶת הַקַּשׁ.** חֲשׁוּבָה כִּכְלִי עֵץ, לְפִי שֶׁעֲשׂוּיָה מִזַּנְבוֹת הַשִּׁבֳּלִין שֶׁהֵן קָשִׁין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כוורת הקש (receptacle made of straw or weeds) – it is considered like a wooden vessel, because it is made from the tails of ears of grain which are hard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:6
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**וּבוֹר סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית.** סְפִינָה גְדוֹלָה שֶׁפּוֹרְשִׁין בָּהּ לַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל, קְרוּיָה סְפִינָה אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִית, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין פּוֹרְשִׁים בַּיָּם מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַאֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּא אֶלָּא בִסְפִינָה גְדוֹלָה. וּמִפְּנֵי שֶׁמֵּי הַיָּם מְלוּחִים וְאֵין רְאוּיִין לִשְׁתִיָּה, עוֹשִׂים בִּסְפִינוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת כְּעֵין בּוֹר שֶׁל עֵץ וּמְמַלְּאִים אוֹתוֹ מַיִם מְתוּקִין הָרְאוּיִין לִשְׁתִיָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ובור ספינה אלכסנדרית (tank of sweet water in Alexandrian merchantmen) – a large ship that sets sail on the Mediterranean Sea which is called the Alexandrian ship, because one does not set sail on the sea from the land of Israel to Alexandria other than in a large ship. But because the waters are salty, and are not appropriate for drinking, they make a kind of wooden tank on large ships and fill it with sweet water that is appropriate for drinking.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:7
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**שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהֶם שׁוּלַיִם.** שֶׁאֵין תַּחְתֵּיהֶן חַד מִלְּמַטָּה, אֶלָּא רָחָב וְיוֹשֵׁב עַל הַקַּרְקַע:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שיש להם שולים – that their bottoms are not sharp from the bottom, but rather wide and sits on the ground.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:8
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**כּוֹרַיִם.** שִׁשִּׁים סְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כורים – sixty Seah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:9
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**בְּיָבֵשׁ.** כְּגוֹן הַתְּבוּאָה וְזֵרְעוֹנִים וּפֵרוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ביבש – as for example grain and rows of plants in one bed/seeds and produce.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:10
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**טְהוֹרִין.** דְּאִתַּקַּשׁ כְּלֵי עֵץ וּכְלֵי עוֹר, לְשַׂק הַמִּטַּלְטֵל מָלֵא וְרֵיקָן, וְזֶה אֵינוֹ מִטַּלְטֵל מָלֵא לְפִי שֶׁגָּדוֹל יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי, וְאִם יְטַלְטְלוּהוּ מָלֵא יִשָּׁבֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טהורין – and there is an analogy made [based upon being in close proximity in the same verse – see Leviticus 11:32) regarding wooden vessels and leather vessels, to a sack that is carried full or empty, and this is not carried full, because it is too large, for if it were carried full, it would break.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:11
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**בֵּין מְקַבְּלִים בֵּין שֶׁאֵינָן מְקַבְּלִים.** בֵּין שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִין יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים סְאָה, בֵּין שֶׁאֵין מְקַבְּלִין אֶלָּא פָּחוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בין מקבלים בין שאינן מקבלים – whether they hold more than forty Seah, whether they don’t hold other than less [than forty Seah].carry


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:12
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**דַּרְדּוּר עֲגָלָה.** חָבִית שֶׁל עֵץ עֲגֻלָּה עֲשׂוּיָה לוּחוֹת, כְּעֵין אוֹתָן שֶׁעוֹשִׂין בְּאֶרֶץ רוֹמִ"י. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא גְדוֹלָה, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִיא לַעֲגָלָה, מִטַּלְטֶלֶת מְלֵאָה וְרֵיקָנִית, דְּסָבַר הַאי תַּנָּא טִלְטוּל עַל יְדֵי שְׁוָרִים שְׁמֵיהּ טִלְטוּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
דרדור עגלה (a water tank on wheels) – a round wooden barrel that is made in tablets, like those that they make in the land of Rome. But even though it is large, since it is for a wagon, it is carried full or empty, for this Tanna/teacher (i.e., Rabbi Yehuda) holds that carrying by bulls/oxen is called carrying.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:13
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**וְקֻסְטוֹת הַמְּלָכִים.** כְּמִין מִגְדָּל שֶׁל עֵץ עָשׂוּי חֲדָרִים חֲדָרִים, שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים בּוֹ מִינֵי מַאֲכָל וְכֵלִים שֶׁל מַשְׁקֶה. וְהַמְּלָכִים מוֹלִיכִין אוֹתוֹ בַעֲגָלָה שֶׁהוֹלְכִים בָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
וקסטות המלכים (the provision boxes of kings) – like a kind of wooden turret/chest made into various rooms, and they place in it kinds of foods and drinking vessels. And the kings bring it on the wagon tat they travel in.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:14
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**וַעֲרֵבַת הָעַבְּדָנִים.** עֲרֵבָה שֶׁל עֵץ שֶׁהָעַבְּדָנִים שׁוֹרִין בָּהּ עוֹרוֹתֵיהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ועריבת העבדנים (trough used by tanners) – a wooden trough that the tanners soak in it their skins.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:15
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**אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִין, טְמֵאִין.** כְּלוֹמַר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִין אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה אוֹ יוֹתֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אע"פ שמקבלין טמאים – that is to say, even though it holds forty Seah or more.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:16
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**טְמֵאִין.** כְּדִמְפָרֵשׁ טַעֲמָא, שֶׁאֵין מִטַּלְטְלִים אֶלָּא בְמַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָן, כְּשֶׁהֵן מְלֵאִים דַּרְכָּן לִטַּלְטֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמאין, they are ritually impure. As it explains the reason that they do not carry other than what is within them, when they are full, it is their custom to be carried.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:1:17
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**עֲרֵבַת בַּעַל הַבָּיִת.** לְרַבִּי מֵאִיר טְמֵאָה, דְּהוּא טְהוֹרִין קָחֲשִׁיב, לְמֵימְרָא דְהָנֵי דַוְקָא טְהוֹרִין, וְהַשְּׁאָר טְמֵאִין. לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה טְהוֹרָה, דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה טְמֵאִים קָחֲשִׁיב, לְמֵימְרָא דְהָנֵי דַוְקָא טְמֵאִין, וְהַשְּׁאָר טְהוֹרִין. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
עריבת בעל הבית – according to Rabbi Meir it is ritually impure, for it is considered ritually pure, to state that these are specifically pure, but the rest are ritually impure. According to Rabbi Yehuda, they are ritually pure, for Rabbi Yehuda considers them impure, to say that these specifically are impure, but the rest are ritually pure. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:1
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**אֲרוּבוֹת שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִים.** לוּחוֹת שֶׁהַנַּחְתּוֹמִים עוֹרְכִים עֲלֵיהֶן אֶת הַלֶּחֶם. וְאִית סְפָרִים דְּגָרְסֵי עֲרֵבוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ארובות של נחתומים (long ranging boards used by the bakers) – boards that the bakers arrange the bread upon. And there are books that have the reading עריבות/troughs.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:2
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**טְמֵאוֹת.** לְפִי שֶׁעֲשׂוּיִין בְּצוּרַת כְּלִי. וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּפְשׁוּטֵי כְלֵי עֵץ נִינְהוּ, טְמֵאוֹת מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמאות – because they are made in the shape of a vessel, and even though they are flat wooden vessels, they are ritually impure from the words of the Scribes.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:3
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**שֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים טְהוֹרוֹת.** שֶׁאֵין עֲלֵיהֶן צוּרַת כְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ושל בעלי בתים טהורות – that they don’t have the shape of a vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:4
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**סֵרְקָן.** יִפָּן בִּסְרִיקוֹן. וְהוּא שָׁשַׁר בִּלְשׁוֹן מִקְרָא. וּמָשׁוֹחַ בַּשָּׁשַׁר (ירמיה כב). בַּעֲרָבִי זנגפו"ר. וּבְלַעַ"ז מיני"ו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
סרקן (painted/colored them red) – beautify them with red paint, and it is ששר/red paint, vermillion in the language of Scripture, and "משוח בששר"/painted with vermillion (Jeremiah 22:14). In Arabic it is ZANGPOR and in the foreign language it is MINIV.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:5
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**כִּרְכְּמָן.** צְבָעָן בְּכַרְכֹּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כרכמן – colored them saffron.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:6
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**דַּף שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִין.** דַּף שֶׁל מַתֶּכֶת. דְּאִלּוּ דַף שֶׁל עֵץ, פְּשׁוּטֵי כְלֵי עֵץ אֵין מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּטָמֵא מִדְּרַבָּנָן, כְּשֶׁקְּבָעוֹ בַכֹּתֶל טָהוֹר לְדִבְרֵי הַכֹּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
דף של נחתונים (baker’s board) – a metal board, for if it were a wooden board, plain wooden boards are not susceptible to receive ritual impurity. But even though they are impure according to the Rabbis, when it is affixed on the wall, it is ritually pure according to the words of all.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:7
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**רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַהֵר.** וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ר' אליעזר מטהר – but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:8
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**סְרוֹד.** הִיא סְרֵידָא דִתְנַן לְעֵיל בְּכַמָּה דוּכְתֵי. וְהִיא עֲרֵבָה קְטַנָּה שֶׁהַנַּחְתּוֹם מִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהּ. כְּדִמְתַרְגְּמִינַן אֶת בִּגְדֵי הַשְּׂרָד (שמות לא) יַת לְבוּשֵׁי שִׁמּוּשָׁא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
סרוד (frame) it is סרידה/the coarse web or matting/stuffed matting used for stoppers of stoves as is taught in the Mishnah above (see Tractate Kelim, Chapter 8, Mishnah 3, Chapter 9, Mishnah 7 and Chapter 10, Mishnah 7) in several places, and it is a small trough that the bakers use, as it we translate in Aramaic for "את בגדי השרד" /”the service/plaited vestments”(Exodus 31:10) ית לבושי שימושא/the clothing that is used in service/ministration.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:9
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**גִּפְּפוֹ.** עָשָׂה לוֹ מִסְגֶּרֶת סָבִיב. תַּרְגּוּם וַיְחַבֵּק, וְגַפֵּיף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
גיפפו (to attach a rim) – he made for him a rim around it. It is the Aramaic translation of ויחבק וגפיף/to embrace/surround.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:10
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**אִם הִתְקִינוֹ.** לַסְּרוֹד שֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אם התקינו – for the frame of house-owners.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:11
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**לִהְיוֹת קוֹרֵץ עָלָיו.** כְּלוֹמַר לַחְתֹּךְ עָלָיו הַבָּצֵק. לְשׁוֹן מֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי (איוב לג):

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
להיות קורץ עליו – that is to say, to make an incision of the dough on it. It is the language of (Job 33:6): “I too was nipped from clay.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:2:12
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**טָמֵא.** דִּסְבִירָא לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, מִפְּנֵי מָה סְרוֹד שֶׁל נַחְתּוֹמִים טָמֵא, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁקּוֹרֵץ עָלָיו אֶת הַבָּצֵק וּמוֹלִיךְ עָלָיו מִקְרָצוֹת לַתַּנּוּר, וְשֶׁל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים נַמִּי אִם הִתְקִינוֹ לִהְיוֹת קוֹרֵץ עָלָיו אֶת הַבָּצֵק וּלְהוֹלִיךְ עָלָיו מִקְרָצוֹת לַתַּנּוּר, טָמֵא. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמא – for Rabbi Shimon holds because just as the frame of the baker is ritually impure that they nip upon it the dough and cast upon it from that which is nipped to the oven, also of those belonging to house-owners, if they arranged it so that he would be separating upon it the dough and to carry up on it from that which is nipped to the oven, it would be ritually impure. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:3:1
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**יַם נָפָה.** יְרִיעָה אֲרוּגָה מִשֵּׂעָר לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַסֹּלֶת נָקִי מִן הַסֻּבִּין. וּלְפִי שֶׁיֶּשׁ סְבִיב הַיְרִיעָה זֵר שֶׁל לוּחַ גָּבֹהַּ, נִקְרָא יָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֶּשׁ סְבִיב הַיָּם יַבָּשָׁה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ים נפה (receiver of flour at sifting or in the mill) – a woven curtain from the gate to remove the clean fine flour from the bran flour. But because there is surrounding the curtain a crown of a tall board, it is called a ים/a receiver of flour at sifting, like there is dry land surrounding the sea.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:3:2
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**שֶׁל סִלָּתִים.** בּוֹרְרִים הַסֹּלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
של סלתים – they sift the fine flour.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:3:3
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**גּוֹדֶלֶת.** הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁגּוֹדֶלֶת וְקוֹשֶׁרֶת שְׂעַר הַנָּשִׁים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
גודלת (sieve-like receptacle of the hair-dresser) – the woman who dresses and ties the women’s hair.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:3:4
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**מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַבָּנוֹת.** הַנְּעָרוֹת בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁגּוֹדְלוֹת רֹאשָׁן מוֹשִׁיבוֹת אוֹתָן בְּתוֹךְ יַם נָפָה, לְקַבֵּל שָׁם מַה שֶּׁיִּפֹּל מֵרֹאשָׁן מִן הָעַפְרוּרִית וְעִרְבּוּבִיתָא דְרֵישָׁא. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מפני שהבנות – the young women who have their heads dressed they place them within the receiver of flour at sifting or in the mill, to receive what might fall from their heads from the sandy matter in grain and the tangles and scabs of the head formed through uncleanliness. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:4:1
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**כָּל הַתְּלוֹיִים.** הָעֲשׂוּיִין לַכְּלִי לִתְלוֹתוֹ בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כל התלויין – that are made for a utensil/vessel to hang upon it. כברת גרנות


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:4:2
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**טְמֵאִין.** דַּהֲווּ חִבּוּר לַכְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמאין – because they are an attachment to the vessel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:4:3
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**כִּבְרַת גְּרָנוֹת.** עֲשׂוּיָה לְהוֹצִיא הַחִטִּים וְלִקְלֹט הַמֹּץ, וּמַנִּיחִים הַכְּבָרָה עַל שְׁנֵי עֵצִים וּמְנַהֲלִין, וּכְשֶׁהֵן יְגֵעִים מַכְנִיסִים יְדֵיהֶן בַּתְּלוֹי שֶׁלָּהּ וּמְנַהֲלִין, וְהַיְנוּ דְקָתָנֵי דִמְסַיְּעִין בִּשְׁעַת מְלָאכָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כברת גרנות (large sieve of the threshing floor) – that is made to remove the wheat and to retain the chaff, and they place the sieve on two pieces of wood and sift it, and when they are tired, they put their hands on its hanger and sift, which is what it teaches [in the Mishnah] that they assist at the time of work.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:4:4
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**מַקֵּל הַבַּלָּשִׁין.** הַמְחַפְּשִׂין בְּתוֹךְ הַכֵּלִים לִרְאוֹת אִם יֵשׁ בּוֹ דָבָר שֶׁרָאוּי לִתֵּן מִמֶּנּוּ מֶכֶס לַמֶּלֶךְ. תַּרְגּוּם וַיְחַפֵּשׂ, וּבְלַשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מקל הבלשין (the commissioner’s pointed staff) – that he searches within the vessels to see if there is something appropriate to give from it as a taxes to the king. The Aramaic translation of “and he searches” is ובלש/and he searches, examines [for concealed goods].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:4:5
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**שֶׁהֵם מְסַיְּעִים בִּשְׁעַת מְלָאכָה.** מַכְנִיסִין יְדֵיהֶם בַּתְּלוֹי כְּשֶׁרוֹצִים לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בַּכְּלִי, וּמִסְתַּיְּעִים בּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלַאכְתָּן. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שהם מסייעים בשעת מלאכה – they bring their hands in on something hanging when they want to use a vessel, and they support with it to perform their work. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:1
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**רַחַת.** שֶׁזּוֹרִים בָּהּ תְּבוּאָה וְקִטְנִיּוֹת. בַּעֲרָבִי אלרח"ה, וּבְלַעַ"ז פאל"א:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
רחת (shovel) – that they winnow the grain and beans with. In Arabic it is ALRAKHA, and in the foreign tongue PALA.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:2
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**הַגָּרוֹסוֹת.** הָעוֹשִׂים גְּרִיסִים שֶׁל פּוֹל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הגרוסות (grist-grinders) – that make pounded beans.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:3
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**טְמֵאָה.** לְפִי שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהּ בֵּית קִבּוּל וַעֲשׂוּיָה לְהַכְנִיס בָּהּ לָרֵחַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמאה – because it has a receptacle and is made to be entered into millstone.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:4
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**וְשֶׁל אוֹצָרוֹת.** עֲשׂוּיָה לִלְקֹט בָּהּ הַחִטָּה שֶׁהִיא מִן הַצְּדָדִים מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן. וּלְנַקּוֹתָהּ שֶׁתִּתְיַשֵּׁב בָּאוֹצָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ושל אוצרות (and of storerooms) – made to collect in it the wheat which is from the sides from here and there, and to cleanse it when it settles in the storeroom.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:5
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**וְשֶׁל גִּתּוֹת.** לְהַשְׁלִיךְ הַחַרְצַנִּים וְהַזָּגִין חוּץ מִן הַגַּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ושל גיתית (and of winepresses) – to cast off the shells of grapes and the pomace of grapes outside of the winepress.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:5:6
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**לְכִנּוּס.** מִמְּקוֹם פְּזוּרָן, אֲבָל לֹא לְקַבֵּל בְּתוֹכוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
לכינוס (for gathering) – from the place of their scattering, but not to receive into it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:1
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**נִבְלֵי הַשָּׁרָה.** נְבָלִים שֶׁמְּשׁוֹרְרִים בָּהֶם. לְשׁוֹן נֵבֶל וְכִנּוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
נבלי השירה – harps that they sing with them. The language of lyre and harp (i.e., secular music).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:2
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**טְמֵאִין.** שֶׁהַנְּבָלִים וְהַכִּנּוֹרוֹת חֲלוּלִים הֵם וּמְנֻקָּבִים לְצַד הַנִּימִין לְהַשְׁמִיעַ קוֹל הַנִּגּוּן, וְדֶרֶךְ הַמְנַגְּנִים לְהַנִּיחַ בְּתוֹכָן הַמָּעוֹת שֶׁמְּקַבְּצִין מִבְּנֵי אָדָם הַבָּאִים לִשְׁמֹעַ, וְהָוֵי לֵיהּ מִטַּלְטֵל מָלֵא וְרֵיקָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמאין – that the lyres and harps are profane and are perforated to the side of the strings in order to produce the sound of the melody. And it is the manner of those of play to leave within them the money that they collect from people who come to listen. And it is carried both full and empty.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:3
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**נִבְלֵי בְנֵי לֵוִי.** הַמְּנַגְּנִים עַל הַדּוּכָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
נבלי בני לוי – who play on the platform [of the Temple].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:4
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**טְהוֹרִין.** שֶׁאֵינָן עֲשׂוּיִין לָתֵת בְּתוֹכָן מָעוֹת, וְאֵין עֲשׂוּיִין לְקַבֵּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טהורין – they are not made to place money in them, and they are not made to receive anything.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:5
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**כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין טְמֵאִין.** כָּל אֶחָד מִשִּׁבְעָה מַשְׁקִין, שֶׁהֵן, מַיִם יַיִן שֶׁמֶן דְּבַשׁ חָלָב דַּם טַל, מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה, וּמַכְשִׁירִין הַזְּרָעִים לְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כל המשקין טמאין – each one of the seven liquids which are water, wine, oil, honey, milk, blood [and] dew, are susceptible to receive ritual defilement, and make fit the seeds to receive ritual defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:6
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**וּמַשְׁקֵה בֵית מַטְבְּחַיָּא.** הַמַּיִם וְהַדָּם שֶׁבְּבֵית הַמִּטְבָּחַיִם שֶׁבָּעֲזָרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ומשקה בית מטבחיא – the water and the blood that are in the slaughterhouse that is in the Temple courtyard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:7
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**טְהוֹרִין.** שֶׁהֵם אֵינָם מְקַבְּלִין טֻמְאָה, וְלֹא מַכְשִׁירִין הָאֳכָלִים לְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:8
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**כָּל הַסְּפָרִים מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָּדַיִם.** לְפִי שֶׁבִּתְחִלָּה הָיוּ מַצְנִיעִים אֳכָלִים שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה אֵצֶל סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, דְּאָמְרֵי הַאי קֹדֶשׁ וְהַאי קֹדֶשׁ, כֵּיוָן דְּחָזוּ דְקָאָתוּ סְפָרִים לִידֵי פְסֵידָא, שֶׁהָעַכְבָּרִים שֶׁהָיוּ מְצוּיִין אֵצֶל הָאֳכָלִים הָיוּ מַפְסִידִים אוֹתָן, גָּזְרוּ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הַסְּפָרִים כָּל כִּתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ פּוֹסְלִים אֶת הַתְּרוּמָה בְמַגָּעָן, וְגָזְרוּ עוֹד שֶׁהַיָּדַיִם הַנּוֹגְעוֹת בַּסְּפָרִים יִהְיוּ שְׁנִיּוֹת לַטֻּמְאָה וּפוֹסְלוֹת אֶת הַתְּרוּמָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
כל הספרים מטמאין את הידים – because at the outset, they would hide the food of the heave-offering with the Torah scrolls, for they said: “this is holy, and that is holy,” since they saw that these Scrolls came to a loss, that the mice that would be found near the foods would cause loss to them, they (i.e., the Sages) decreed that all Scrolls of all Holy Writings defile the heave-offering through their contact, they decreed further that the hands that touch the Scrolls would be second-level of ritual defilement and would invalidate the heave-offering [for the Kohanim].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:9
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**מִסֵּפֶר הָעֲזָרָה.** סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה שֶׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל קוֹרֵא בוֹ בְּעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. דְּלֵיכָּא לְמֵיחַשׁ שֶׁמָּא יָשִׂימוּ אֳכָלִים שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה אֶצְלוֹ, מִפְּנֵי מוֹרָאוֹ וַחֲשִׁיבוּתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מספר העזרה – The Torah scroll that the High Priest reads from in the Women’s Court on Yom Kippur, for one should not be concerned lest they place food-stuffs of heave-offering near it, because of his fear and its importance.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:10
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**מַרְכּוֹף.** סוּס שֶׁל עֵץ שֶׁעוֹשִׂים הַלֵּיצָנִים לִרְכֹּב עָלָיו לְצַחֵק בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מרכוף (name of a musical instrument made stationary) – a wooden horse that the jesters/scoffers make to ride upon to make fun of.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:11
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**הַבַּטְנוֹן.** כְּלִי נִגּוּן גָּדוֹל, שֶׁהַמְנַגֵּן בּוֹ סוֹמְכוֹ עַל בִּטְנוֹ. וְקוֹרִים לוֹ בְּלַעַ"ז ציטר"א:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הבטנון (a sort of bagpipe, cittern fastened around the body; workingman’s pinafore, lute) – a large musical instrument, that the player rests on his stomach. And they call it TZITRA in the foreign language.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:12
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**הַנִּקְטְמוֹן.** מִין כְּלִי שֶׁל נִגּוּן עָשׂוּי בְּצוּרַת רֶגֶל שֶׁל עֵץ שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מִי שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכָה רַגְלוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הנקטמון – a kind of musical instrument made in the form of a leg of wood that a person makes whose leg was cut/severed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:13
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**וְהָאֵרוּס.** עָשׂוּי כְּמִין נָפָה שֶׁדָּפְנוֹתֶיהָ עֲגֻלּוֹת וְשׁוֹטְחִין עַל פִּיו עוֹר דַּק, וּמַכִּין עָלָיו בְּמַקֵּל וּמוֹצִיא קוֹל צָלוּל. וּבְלַעַ"ז טמבור"ו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הארוס (drum) – made like a kind of sieve whose walls are round and they stretch thin leather over its mouth and strike it with a mallet and it produces a clear sound. TAMBOROV in the foreign tongue (i.e., tambourine).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:14
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**טָמֵא מוֹשָׁב.** אִם יָשַׁב עָלָיו זָב וְזָבָה נִדָּה וְיוֹלֶדֶת, נַעֲשֶׂה אַב הַטֻּמְאָה לְטַמֵּא אָדָם לְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. דִּכְלִי הַמְיֻחָד לִישִׁיבָה הוּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
טמא מושב – if a person with gonorrhea or a woman with a flux, a menstruating woman or a woman who gave birth to a child sat upon it, it becomes a primary form of Levitical impurity to ritually defile people [and] to ritually defile clothing. For it is a vessel that is special for sitting.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:15
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**שֶׁהָאַלָּיִת.** כְּלוֹמַר הַמְקוֹנֶנֶת וּמְיַלֶּלֶת יוֹשֶׁבֶת עָלָיו, לְפִי שֶׁרְגִילִין לִסְפֹּד וּלְקוֹנֵן עַל יְדֵי נִגּוּן שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ כְלִי. וְכֵן הַמִּנְהָג הַיּוֹם בְּאַרְצוֹת הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שהאלית – that is to say those [women] who sing dirges and howl sit upon it, for they would regularly eulogize and sing dirges through the melody of that instrument. And such is the custom today in the countries of the Ishmaelites.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:16
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**אַלָּיִת.** לְשׁוֹן אֱלִי כִבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת שַׂק (יואל א). וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אלית (the female wailer) – it is the language of (Joel 1:8): “Lament – like a maiden girt with sackcloth [for the husband of her youth!]"אלי כבתולה חגרת-שק [על-בעל נעוריה]". But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim 15:6:17
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**מְצֻדַּת הַחֻלְדָּה טְמֵאָה.** שֶׁיֶּשׁ עָלֶיהָ צוּרַת כְּלִי. מַה שֶּׁאֵין כֵּן לִמְצוֹדַת עַכְבָּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מצודת החולדה טמאה – because it has upon it the form of a vessel, which is not the case regarding the trap of the mouse.