## Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah Chapter 4

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:1
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**הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה עוֹמֵד וְיוֹשֵׁב.** רָצָה עוֹמֵד רָצָה יוֹשֵׁב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הקורא את המגילה עומד ויושב – if he wants, he stands; if he wants, he sits.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:2
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**קְרָאוּהָ שְׁנַיִם.** בְּיַחַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קראוה שנים – together


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:3
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**יָצְאוּ.** וְלֹא אָמְרִינַן שְׁנֵי קוֹלוֹת אֵין נִשְׁמָעִין כְּאֶחָד, דְּכֵיוָן דַּחֲבִיבָא לְהוּ יַהֲבֵי דַּעְתַּיְהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יצאו – and we don’t that two voices are not heard as one, for since it (i.e., the Megillah reading) is beloved to them, they pay attention.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:4
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**מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לְבָרֵךְ.** אַחֲרֶיהָ, יְבָרֵךְ. אֲבָל לְפָנֶיהָ חַיָּב לְבָרֵךְ בְּכָל מָקוֹם שָׁלֹשׁ בְּרָכוֹת, עַל מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה, וְשֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים, וְשֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ. בֵּין בַּלַּיְלָה בֵּין בַּיּוֹם. דִּקְרִיאָה שֶׁל יוֹם עִקָּר, דִּכְתִיב (אסתר ט) וְהַיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִים וְנַעֲשִׂים. וְאִיכָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר דְּכֵיוָן שֶׁבֵּרֵךְ שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ בַּלַּיְלָה לֹא יְבָרֵךְ בַּיּוֹם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ. וְהָכִי מִסְתַּבְּרָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מקום שנהגו לברך אחריה יברך – but before [the Reading of the Megillah] it is required to recite in every place three blessings: “on the reading of the Megillah,” “who has performed miracles,” and “who has kept us alive,” whether at night or during the day, for the reading of the day is the essence, as it is written (Esther 9:28): “Consequently, these days are recalled and observed…” There is, according to the one who says that since he recited the blessing ”who has kept us alive” at night, he should not recite “who has kept us alive” in the daytime, and this makes sense.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:5
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**וְאֵין מוֹסִיפִין עֲלֵיהֶן.** שֶׁלֹּא יִקְשֶׁה לַצִּבּוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן יְמֵי מְלָאכָה. וְשַׁבָּת בַּמִּנְחָה נַמִּי סָמוּךְ לַחֲשֵׁכָה הוּא, שֶׁהֲרֵי כָּל הַיּוֹם הָיוּ רְגִילִים לִדְרֹשׁ. וּמֵהַאי טַעְמָא נַמִּי אֵין מַפְטִירִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מוסיפין עליהן – that they would not make it difficult for the congregation because they are working days and on Shabbat at Minhah is also close to darkness, since the entire day [of Shabbat] they were accustomed to preach/expound [on the Torah], and for that reason also, we don’t recite a Haftarah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:1:6
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**הַפּוֹתֵחַ וְהַחוֹתֵם בַּתּוֹרָה מְבָרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ וּלְאַחֲרֶיהָ.** הַמַּתְחִיל לִקְרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה רִאשׁוֹן, מְבָרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ. וְהָאַחֲרוֹן, הַחוֹתֵם שֶׁהוּא הַמַּשְׁלִים, מְבָרֵךְ לְאַחֲרֶיהָ. וְכָל שְׁאָר הַקּוֹרִין בַּתּוֹרָה אֵין מְבָרְכִין לֹא לְפָנֶיהָ וְלֹא לְאַחֲרֶיהָ. וְהָאִידְנָא נְהִיגֵי עַלְמָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ מְבָרְכִין לְפָנֶיהָ וּלְאַחֲרֶיהָ, גְּזֵרָה מִשּׁוּם הַנִּכְנָסִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבֵּרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ וְיֹאמְרוּ אֵין בְּרָכָה בַּתּוֹרָה לְפָנֶיהָ, וּמִשּׁוּם הַיּוֹצְאִים וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ הַחוֹתֵם מְבָרֵךְ לְאַחֲרֶיהָ וְהָרִאשׁוֹנִים לֹא בֵּרְכוּ, וְיֹאמְרוּ אֵין בְּרָכָה בַּתּוֹרָה לְאַחֲרֶיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הפותח והחותם בתורה מברך לפניה ולאחריה – The person who begins to read in the Torah first recites the blessing before [the reading] and the last person who closes the blessing through which he completes [the reading] recites the blessing after it, and all the others who read the Torah do not recite a blessing either before or after. But nowadays, the entire [Jewish] world practiced that everyone recites a blessing before it (i.e., the reading of the Torah) and after it, as a decree lest those who enter [the synagogue late] and did not hear the first person who recited the blessing before it and would say that there is no blessing of the Torah before [the reading], and because of those who leave [the synagogue early] and who did not hear [the last person] who closes the blessing who recites a blessing after it, and the first ones [that he heard] did not say a blessing and they would say that there is not blessing of the Torah after [the reading].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:2:1
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**וְאֵין מוֹסִיפִין עֲלֵיהֶן.** דִּבְרָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וּבְחֻלּוֹ שֶׁל מוֹעֵד נַמִּי אִיכָּא בִּטּוּל מְלָאכָה, דִּמְלֶאכֶת דָּבָר הָאָבֵד מֻתֶּרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מוסיפין עליהן – since on the New Moons and on the Intermediate Days of the Festival, there is also idleness from work, since work [related to] a business which cannot be postponed without irretrievable loss is permitted.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:2:2
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**בְּיוֹם טוֹב חֲמִשָּׁה.** דְּכָל דִּטְפֵי לֵיהּ מִלְּתָא מֵחַבְרֵיהּ, טָפֵי לֵיהּ גַּבְרָא. הִלְכָּךְ בְּרָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וּבַמּוֹעֵד דְּאִיכָּא קָרְבַּן מוּסָף קוֹרִין אַרְבָּעָה. יוֹם טוֹב דְּאִיכָּא בִּטּוּל מְלָאכָה קוֹרִין חֲמִשָּׁה. וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים דְּעָנוּשׁ כָּרֵת קוֹרִין שִׁשָּׁה. שַׁבָּת דְּחִיּוּב סְקִילָה קוֹרִין שִׁבְעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ביו"ט ה' – since anything that is greater than something of the same kind, increases the number of me. Therefore, on New Moons and on the Intermediate Days of the Festival,, where there is a Musaf/additional sacrifice, we read four [aliyot]; on Yom Tov/festivals where there is idleness from work, we read five, and on Yom Kippur which [if violated] is punished by extirpation, we read six. On Shabbat in which [one is] liable for stoning, we read seven [aliyot].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:1
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**אֵין פּוֹרְסִין עַל שְׁמַע.** עֲשָׂרָה שֶׁבָּאוּ לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת אַחַר שֶׁקָּרְאוּ צִבּוּר אֶת שְׁמַע, עוֹמֵד אֶחָד וְאוֹמֵר קַדִּישׁ וּבָרְכוּ וּבְרָכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁלִּפְנֵי קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע. פּוֹרְסִין, לְשׁוֹן פְּרוּסָה, כְּלוֹמַר חֲצִי דָּבָר, מִשְּׁתֵּי בְּרָכוֹת שֶׁלִּפְנֵי קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע אוֹמֵר בְּרָכָה אַחַת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין פורסין את שמע – Ten [men] who came to the synagogue after the congregation had recited the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21 and Numbers 15:37-41), one stands up and recites Kaddish and Barchu (i.e., the call to worship), and first blessing that is before the Shema. [The word] פורסין means “a piece,” that is to say, half of the matter; from two blessings that are before the Shema, a person recites one blessing.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:2
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**וְאֵין עוֹבְרִין לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה.** שְׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין עוברין לפני התיבה – the emissary of the congregation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:3
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**וְאֵין נוֹשְׂאִין כַּפֵּיהֶן.** לְבָרֵךְ בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין נושאין כפים – to recite the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:22-26).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:4
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**וְאֵין קוֹרִין בַּתּוֹרָה.** בְּצִבּוּר. וְכָל הָנֵי אֵין נַעֲשִׂים בְּפָחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כב) וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁבִּקְדֻשָּׁה לֹא יְהֵא בְּפָחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה, כְּתִיב הָכָא בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּכְתִיב הָתָם (במדבר טו) הִבָּדְלוּ מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה הַזֹּאת, מַה לְּהַלָּן עֲשָׂרָה, שֶׁאֵין עֵדָה פְּחוּתָה מֵעֲשָׂרָה, אַף כָּאן עֲשָׂרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין קוראין בתורה – in a community/congregation, and all of these, they are not done with less than ten [men], as it is written (Leviticus 22:32): “[You shall not profane My holy name,] that I may be sanctified in the midst of the Israelite people…”every matter of holiness does not take place with less than ten;.. It is written here, בתוך בני ישראל/in the midst of the Israelite people, and it is written there (Numbers 16:21): “Stand back from this community that I may annihilate them in an instant!” Just as there, it is ten, so here too, it is ten. (Interestingly, while the Bartenura commentary quotes the Talmud Megillah 23b, it omits the more familiar derivation for a Minyan being ten male Jewish adults, even as the Talmud does quote it there from Numbers 14:27: “How much longer shall that wicked community keep muttering against Me?” The community/עדה mentioned in the verse clearly refers to ten individuals, the ten spies who brought a negative report about their spy mission to the Promised Land. That analogy, based upon the word עדה /congregation or community is often then compared with Numbers 35:24 and 25, as is found in the Mishnah, Tractate Sanhedrin Chapter 1:6. Whereas, the interpretation quoted by Bartenura is based upon analogy of the word “בתוך/in the midst of.”).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:5
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**וְאֵין עוֹשִׂין מַעֲמָד וּמוֹשָׁב.** לְמֵת, כְּשֶׁנּוֹשְׂאִין אֶת הַמֵּת לְקָבְרוֹ הָיוּ יוֹשְׁבִים שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לִכְבוֹד הַמֵּת, וְאוֹמְרִים עַל כָּל פֶּרֶק וּפֶרֶק שֶׁל הֶסְפֵּד עִמְדוּ יְקָרִים עֲמֹדוּ, שְׁבוּ יְקָרִים שֵׁבוּ. וּבְבָצִיר מֵעֲשָׂרָה לַאו אֹרַח אַרְעָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין עושין מעמד ומושב – for the deceased, when they carry the dead to bury him, they would sit (today – we “stop”) seven times in honor of the deceased. And we recite on each and every period of eulogy: “Arise dear ones, arise; sit dear ones, sit.” But with less than ten, it is not the way of the world.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:6
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**בִּרְכַּת אֲבֵלִים.** בִּרְכַּת רְחָבָה. שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים בְּרָכָה כְּנֶגֶד אֲבֵלִים, וּבְרָכָה כְּנֶגֶד הַמְּנַחֲמִים כוּ', כְּדִמְפֹרָשׁ בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא דִּכְתֻבּוֹת [דַּף ח]:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ברכת אבלים – a blessing of consolation pronounced in the open air on the mourners’ return from burial, for they would recite a blessing corresponding to the mourners and a blessing corresponding to those who comfort the mourners, etc., as it is explained in the first chapter of [Talmud] Ketubot (8a).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:7
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**וְתַנְחוּמֵי אֲבֵלִים.** עוֹמְדִים בְּשׁוּרָה כְּשֶׁחוֹזְרִין מִן הַקֶּבֶר וּמְנַחֲמִין אֶת הָאֲבֵלִים, וְאֵין שׁוּרָה פְּחוּתָה מֵעֲשָׂרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ותנחומי אבלים – who stand in a row when they return from the grave and comfort the mourners and this line is [made up of] not less than ten.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:8
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**וּבִרְכַּת חֲתָנִים.** שֶׁבַע בְּרָכוֹת שֶׁאוֹמְרִים לֶחָתָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וברכת חתנים – Seven blessings that they recite to the groom.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:9
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**וְאֵין מְזַמְּנִין.** כֵּיוָן דְּבָעֵי לְמֵימַר נְבָרֵךְ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, בָּצִיר מֵעֲשָׂרָה לָאו אֹרַח אַרְעָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מזמנין – since they are required to say, "נברך אלהינו"/”we will bless our God”; less than ten is not the way of the world.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:10
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**וְהַקַּרְקָעוֹת.** שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ, הַבָּא לִפְדּוֹתָן צָּרִיךְ עֲשָׂרָה וְאֶחָד מֵהֶן כֹּהֵן, דַּעֲשָׂרָה כֹּהֲנֵי כְּתוּבִים בְּפָרָשַׁת הֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת, שְׁלֹשָׁה בַּעֲרָכִין וּשְׁלֹשָׁה בַּבְּהֵמָה וְאַרְבָּעָה בַּקַּרְקָעוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובקרקעות – of הקדש/that which is dedicated to the Temple; one who comes to redeem them requires ten and one of them is a Kohen, for ten Kohanim are written in the portion of Dedications to the Temple/הקדשות; three in evaluation [of land],and three [with regard to] the cattle, and four for the land [that is dedicated].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:3:11
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**וְאָדָם כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן.** אִם אָמַר דָּמַי עָלַי, שָׁמִין אוֹתוֹ כְּעֶבֶד, וְעֶבֶד אִתְקַשׁ לַקַּרְקָעוֹת, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כה) וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם אוֹתָם לִבְנֵיכֶם. וְכִי הֵיכִי דִּבְקַרְקָעוֹת בָּעִינַן עֲשָׂרָה וְחַד מִנַּיְהוּ כֹּהֵן, הָכִי נַמִּי בָּאָדָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואדם כיוצא בהן – if he said, “these monies are upon me,” we assess him like a servant. And there is an analogy made between servants and property, as it is written (Leviticus 25:46): “You may keep them as a possession for your children after you [for them to inherit as property for all time….].” For just as we require ten for property, and one of their number is a Kohen, this also [applies] for a person.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:1
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**וְלֹא יִקְרָא לַמְּתֻרְגְּמָן יוֹתֵר מִפָּסוּק אֶחָד.** שֶׁלֹּא יִטְעֶה הַמְּתֻרְגְּמָן, שֶׁמְּתַרְגֵּם עַל פֶּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא יקרא למתורגמן יותר מפסוק אחד – so that the translator [into Greek or Chaldaic of the Biblical portion read at services] would not err when he translate by heart.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:2
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**וּבַנָּבִיא שְׁלֹשָׁה.** אִם יִרְצֶה. וְלֹא אִכְפַּת לָן אִם יִטְעֶה, דְּלֹא נַפְקָא לָן הוֹרָאָה מִנַּיְהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובנביא שלשה – if he wishes, and we don’t care if he errs, and we don’t derive instruction from it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:3
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**וְאִם שְׁלָשְׁתָּן שָׁלֹשׁ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת.** כְּגוֹן כִּי כֹה אָמַר ה'‏ חִנָּם נִמְכַּרְתֶּם, כִּי כֹּה אָמַר ה'‏ מִצְרַיִם יָרַד עַמִּי בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה, וְעַתָּה מַה לִּי פֹה נְאֻם ה', הֵם שָׁלֹשׁ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מִקְרָאוֹת רְצוּפִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם שלשתן שלש פרשיות – As for example (Isaiah 52:3-5): “For thus said the LORD: You were sold for no price, [and you shall be redeemed without money”]; “For thus said [the LORD] God; Of old, My people went down [to Egypt to sojourn there….”]; “What therefore do I gain here? – declares the LORD -….”]. These are three sections in three consecutive verses.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:4
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**מְדַלְּגִין בַּנָּבִיא.** מִפָּרָשָׁה לְפָרָשָׁה, וַאֲפִלּוּ מֵעִנְיָן לְעִנְיָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מדלגין בנביא – from portion to portion and even from subject matter to subject matter.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:5
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**וְאֵין מְדַלְּגִין בַּתּוֹרָה.** בִּשְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים. אֲבָל בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד מְדַלְּגִין, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל קוֹרֵא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת, וּמְדַלֵּג וְקוֹרֵא אַךְ בֶּעָשׂוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מדלגין בתורה – in two subject matters, but in one subject matter, one may skip, such as the High Priest who would read on Yom Kippur the portion of Aharei Mot (Leviticus, chapter 16), and he would skip and read (Leviticus 23:26): “Mark the tenth day [of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement…]”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:4:6
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**עַד שֶׁלֹּא יַפְסִיק הַתֻּרְגְּמָן.** הַמְדַלֵּג בֵּין בַּתּוֹרָה בְּעִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּין בַּנָּבִיא וַאֲפִלּוּ בִּשְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים, לֹא יִשְׁהֶא אֶלָּא בִּכְדֵי שֶׁיַּשְׁלִים הַמְּתֻרְגְּמָן לְתַרְגֵּם מַה שֶּׁהוּא צָּרִיךְ לְתַרְגֵּם, שֶׁאֵין כָּבוֹד לַצִּבּוּר לַעֲמֹד שָׁם בִּשְׁתִיקָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שלא יפסיק התורגמן – One who skips whether in the Torah in one subject matter or in the Prophets in two subject matters, he should delay other than in order that the translator can complete translating what he wants to translate, for there is no respect for the congregation [for him] to stand there in silence.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:5:1
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**הַמַּפְטִיר בַּנָּבִיא.** מִי שֶׁרָגִיל לְהַפְטִיר בַּנָּבִיא, תִּקְּנוּ חֲכָמִים שֶׁיְּהֵא הוּא פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע בָּרַבִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המפטיר בנביא – He who regularly to chant the Haftarah from the Prophets, the Sages ordained that he should recite the prayers for the benefit of those who have come too late for the regular service in public (though Rashi defines פורס על שמע – to mean that he recites part of the prayers before Shema – see Talmud Megillah 23b)


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:5:2
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**וְהוּא עוֹבֵר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה.** לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים בִּקְדֻשַּׁת הַשֵּׁם בַּתְּפִלָּה, הוֹאִיל וּמַמְצִיא אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְהַפְטִיר דַּהֲוֵי דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ כְּבוֹדוֹ, תִּקְּנוּ לוֹ אֶת זוֹ לִכְבוֹדוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והוא עובר לפני התיבה – to fulfill [the religious obligations of the many in the sanctification of [God’s] name in prayer, since he furnishes for himself to conclude the reading from the Torah by reading a portion of the Prophets (i.e., the recite the Haftarah), for it is something that is not for his honor, and the Sages established for him that this is for his honor.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:5:3
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**וְאִם הָיָה קָטָן.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לַעֲבֹר לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה, וְלֹא לִפְרֹס עַל שְׁמַע:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם היה קטן – that he is unable to descend before the Ark nor to recite the prayers for the benefit of those who have come too late for the regular service.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:5:4
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**אָבִיו אוֹ רַבּוֹ.** עוֹבְרִים לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אביו או רבו – descend before the Ark


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:5:5
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**עַל יָדוֹ.** בִּשְׁבִילוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על ידו – for him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:1
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**קָטָן קוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָה.** וְיֵשׁ מִן הַגְּאוֹנִים שֶׁאָמְרוּ דַּוְקָא מִשְּׁלִישִׁי וָאֵילָךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קטן קורא בתורה – and there are those from the Gaonim who said, specifically, from the third [Aliyah] onwards.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:2
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**אֲבָל אֵינוֹ פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע.** לְפִי שֶׁהוּא בָּא לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן, וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ חַיָּב בַּדָּבָר אֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והוא עובר לפני התיבה – because he comes to fulfill the religious obligations of the community and whomever is not obligated in a matter is not able to fulfill the religious obligations of the community.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:3
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**וְאֵינוֹ נוֹשֵׂא אֶת כַּפָּיו.** אִם הוּא כֹּהֵן, שֶׁאֵין כָּבוֹד לַצִּבּוּר שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כְּפוּפִין לְבִרְכָתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואינו נושא את כפיו – if he is a Kohen, for it is not honorable for the community to be bent down for his blessing.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:4
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**פּוֹחֵחַ.** בְּגָדָיו קְרוּעִים וּזְרוֹעוֹתָיו נִרְאִים מִבַּחוּץ. עָרֹם וְיָחֵף, מְתַרְגְּמִינַן פּוֹחֵחַ וְיָחֵף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פוחח – his clothes are torn and his arms can be seen from the outside. Naked and barefooted, we translate [from the Aramaic], to have holes in one’s garments/is exposed and barefooted.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:5
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**פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע.** שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא מְחֻיָּב בַּדָּבָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פורס על שמע – for he is obligated in the matter


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:6
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**אֲבָל אֵינוֹ קוֹרֵא בַתּוֹרָה.** מִפְּנֵי כְּבוֹד הַתּוֹרָה. וְכֵן לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה וְכֵן לִנְשִׂיאַת כַּפַּיִם, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁגְּנַאי הוּא לַצִּבּוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אבל אינו קורא בתורה – because of the honor of the Torah, and similarly, [going] before the Ark, and also for raising one’s hand [for the Priestly Blessing], because it is a disgrace for the congregation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:7
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**סוּמָא פּוֹרֵס עַל שְׁמַע.** שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה מְאוֹרוֹת יֵשׁ לוֹ הֲנָאָה מִן הַמְּאוֹרוֹת, שֶׁבְּנֵי אָדָם רוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ וּמַצִּילִין אוֹתוֹ מִן הַמִּכְשׁוֹלִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
סומא פורס על שמע – for even though he does not see luminaries, he derives benefits from the luminaries, for people see him and save him from stumbling-blocks.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:6:8
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**רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר כֹּל מִי שֶׁלֹּא רָאָה מְאוֹרוֹת מִיָּמָיו לֹא יִפְרֹס.** שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה לוֹ הֲנָאָה מֵהֶם לְעוֹלָם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי יהודה אומר: כל מי שלא ראה מאורות מימיו לא יפרוס – because he had no benefit from them ever. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:7:1
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**כֹּהֵן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּיָדָיו מוּמִין.** וְכֵן בְּפָנָיו אוֹ בְּרַגְלָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כהן שיש בידיו מומין – and similarly on his face or his feet


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:7:2
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**לֹא יִשָּׂא אֶת כַּפָּיו.** שֶׁאֵין הַכֹּהֲנִים רַשָּׁאִין לַעֲלוֹת בְּסַנְדְּלֵיהֶן לַדּוּכָן, וְאִם יֵשׁ מוּמִין בְּרַגְלָיו יִסְתַּכְּלוּ בּוֹ, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ יָבֹאוּ לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בְּיָדָיו, וְהַמִּסְתַּכֵּל בַּכֹּהֲנִים כְּשֶׁנּוֹשְׂאִים כַּפֵּיהֶן עֵינָיו כֵּהוֹת, [חֲגִיגָה ט"ז ע"א], לְפִי שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה שׁוֹרָה בֵּין יְדֵיהֶם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא ישא כפיו – since the Kohanim are not entitled to go up in their sandals to the Dukhan (priest’s stage from which they pronounce the Priestly Blessing). And if he has blemishes on his feet, people will look at him and through this they will come to look at his hands, and one who looks at the Kohanim when they raise their hands to recite the Priestly Blessing, their eyes will become dim, because the Divine Presence rests between their hands.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:7:3
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**אִסְטִיס.** צִבְעוֹ דּוֹמֶה לַתְּכֵלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אסטיס – its color is similar to Tekhelet/azure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:7:4
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**פּוּאָה.** שָׁרָשִׁים אֲדֻמִּים שֶׁצּוֹבְעִים בָּהֶם אָדֹם. וּמַסִּיק בַּגְּמָרָא שֶׁאִם הָיָה דָּשׁ בְּעִירוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר רָגִיל עִמָּהֶם וְכֻלָּם יוֹדְעִים בַּמּוּמִין שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ אוֹ בַּצֶּבַע שֶׁבְּיָדָיו, אוֹ שֶׁרֹב אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר מְלַאכְתָּן בְּכָךְ, מֻתָּר, דְּשׁוּב אֵין מִסְתַּכְּלִים בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פואה – red roots that we paint red and we reach a definitive conclusion in the Gemara that if he would thresh in his city, that is, he was regularly with them and everyone knows of the blemishes that he has on him , or the color that is on his hands, or that the work of most of the people of the city is in that, it is permitted, for furthermore, they don’t look at him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:1
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**אַף בִּלְבָנִים לֹא יַעֲבֹר.** חָיְשִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא מִינוּת נִזְרְקָה בּוֹ, דְּעוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה מַקְפִּידִין בְּכָךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אף בלבנים לא יעבור – for we suspect lest heresy was cast on him, for idolaters are strict in this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:2
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**הָעוֹשֶׂה תְּפִלִּין שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁוֹ עֲגֻלּוֹת.** כֶּאֱגוֹז אוֹ כְּבֵיצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
העושה תפילין שבראשו עגולות – like a nut or an egg


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:3
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**סַכָּנָה.** שֶׁלֹּא תִּכָּנֵס בְּרֹאשׁוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
סכנה – it should enter on his head


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:4
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**וְאֵין בָּהּ מִצְוָה.** דִּתְפִלִּין מְרֻבָּעוֹת הֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין בה מצוה – as square (i.e. quadrilateral) phylacteries are a usage dating from Moses as delivered from Sinai (i.e. a traditional law or traditional interpretation of a written law).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:5
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**הֲרֵי זֶה דֶּרֶךְ מִינוּת.** שֶׁבּוֹזִים דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְהוֹלְכִים אַחַר מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּקְרָא, וְאוֹמְרִים בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ מַמָּשׁ, עַל יָדְךָ מַמָּשׁ. וַחֲכָמִים לָמְדוּ בִּגְזֵרָה שָׁוָה בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ, בִּמְקוֹם שֵׂעָר שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ, מְקוֹם שֶׁמֹּחוֹ שֶׁל תִּינוֹק רוֹפֵס. עַל יָדְךָ, בְּגֹבַהּ הַיָּד, קִבֹּרֶת בְּרֹאשׁ הַזְּרוֹעַ, שֶׁתְּהֵא כְּנֶגֶד הַלֵּב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי זה דרך מינות – as they despite the words of the Sages and follow after the [literal] implication of the Bible as they say: “between your eyes” (Deuteronomy 6:8) literally, “on your hand,” (ibid.,) literally. But the Sages learned through an analogy [that the words] “between your eyes” is in the place of one’s hair[line] on one’s head, the place where the baby’s brain pulsates (see Talmud Menahot 37a). [The words] “on your hand” [means] at the height of the arm, on the biceps muscle (Talmud Menahot 37a) at the top of the arm – opposite the heart.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:6
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**צִפָּן זָהָב וְכוּ'.** וְהַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר (שמות יג) לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת ה'‏ בְּפִיךָ, מִן הַמֻּתָּר בְּפִיךָ, שֶׁיְּהֵא הַכֹּל מֵעוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה וְלֹא מִזָּהָב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ציפן זהב וכו' – And the Biblical verse states (Exodus 13:9): “[And this shall serve as a sign on your head and as a reminder on your forehead] – in order that the Teaching of the LORD may be in your mouth….], what is permitted [to be placed] in your mouth, so that everything will come from pure cattle and not from gold.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:7
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**וּנְתָנָהּ עַל בֵּית אֻנְקְלִי.** עַל בֵּית יָד הַמַּלְבּוּשׁ מִבַּחוּץ. וְהַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר לְךָ לְאוֹת, וְלֹא לָאֲחֵרִים לְאוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ונתנה על בית אונקלי – on the sleeve of clothing on the outside, and the Biblical verse states: “it shall serve for YOU as a sign,” and not as a sign for others.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:8:8
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**הֲרֵי זֶה דֶּרֶךְ הַחִיצוֹנִים.** בְּנֵי אָדָם הַהוֹלְכִים אַחַר דַּעְתָּם חוּץ מִדַּעַת הַחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי זה דרך החיצונים – people who follow after their own thoughts, outside of the opinions of the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:1
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**יְבָרְכוּךָ טוֹבִים הֲרֵי זוֹ דֶּרֶךְ מִינוּת.** שֶׁצְּרִיכִין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְצָרֵף עִמָּהֶם פּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּאֲגֻדַּת תַּעֲנִיּוֹתֵיהֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי חֶלְבְּנָה רֵיחָהּ רַע וּמְנָּאָה הַכָּתוּב עִם סַמְמָנֵי הַקְּטֹרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יברכוך טובים הרי זו דרך מימות – the Jewish people must combine with them Jewish sinners in union of their fasts, for the galbanum’s smell is evil and the Bible counts it among one of the ingredients of the frankincense (so are the wicked with the righteous combined in prayer – see Talmud Keritot 6a and the Shabbat Siddur after the prayer Ein Kelohenu).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:2
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**עַל קַן צִפּוֹר יַגִּיעוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִגִּיעוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ עַל קַן צִפּוֹר וְגָזַרְתָּ לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים (דברים כב), כֵּן חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ. מַשְׁתִּיקִין אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מִצְוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא רַחֲמִים, וְהֵם אֵינָן אֶלָּא גְּזֵרוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על קן צפור יגיעו רחמיך – (see also Mishnah Berakhot, 5:3) just as your mercies reach the nest of the bird, and you decreed (Deuteronomy 22:6): “do not take the mother with her young,” so too, you should have consideration and compassion upon us. We silence him for he performs the commandments of the LORD as [acts of] compassion but they are not other than decrees.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:3
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**וְעַל טוֹב יִזָּכֵר שְׁמֶךָ.** עַל טוֹבָתְךָ נוֹדֶה לְךָ. מַשְׁתִּיקִין אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁאָנוּ חַיָּבִים לְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרָעָה כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמְּבָרְכִין עַל הַטּוֹבָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועל הטוב יזכר שמך – On Your goodness, we will give thanks to You – we silence him, for we are required to praise God for the evil [that befalls us] (see Mishnah Berakhot, 9:5), just as we praise God for the good [that occurs to us].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:4
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**מוֹדִים מוֹדִים.** דְּמֵחֲזֵי כִּשְׁתֵּי רְשֻׁיּוֹת, כְּמוֹדֶה וּמְקַבֵּל עָלָיו שְׁנֵי אֱלֹהוּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מודים מודים – for it appears as two Powers (see Mishnah Berakhot, 5:3), that he gives thanks and accepts upon himself two deities.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:5
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**הַמְּכַנֶּה בָעֲרָיוֹת.** שֶׁדּוֹרֵשׁ פָּרָשָׁה שֶׁל עֲרָיוֹת בִּלְשׁוֹן כִּנּוּי, שֶׁאוֹמֵר דְּלֹא בָּעֲרָיוֹת מַמָּשׁ דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יְגַלֶּה קְלוֹן אָבִיו וּקְלוֹן אִמּוֹ בָּרַבִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המכנה בעריות – for he expounds upon the portion of illicit sexual relationships (i.e., Leviticus chapter 18) in the language of substituted words/attributes. For he says that the Written [Torah] did not speak about illicit sexual relationships specifically, but rather that he should not reveal the prostitution/disgrace of his father and his mother in public.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:6
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**וּמִזַּרְעָךְ לֹא תִתֵּן לְאַעְבָּרָא בְּאַרְמָיוּתָא.** לֹא תָּבֹא עַל הַגּוֹיָה וְתוֹלִיד בֵּן לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומזרעך לא תתן לאעברא לארמיותא – do not come upon a non-Jewish woman sexually so that she would give birth to a child for idolatry.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:9:7
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**מְשַׁתְּקִין אוֹתוֹ בִנְזִיפָה.** שֶׁעוֹקֵר הַכָּתוּב מִמַּשְׁמָעוּתוֹ, וְנוֹתֵן כָּרֵת לַבָּא עַל הַגּוֹיָה, וּמְחַיְּבוֹ חַטָּאת עַל הַשּׁוֹגֵג:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משתקין אותו בנזיפה – for the Biblical verse from its implied meaning, and gives [the punishment] of extirpation for someone engaged in sexual relations with a non-Jewish woman, and obligating him for a sin offering in the case of inadvertent transgression.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:1
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**מַעֲשֵׂה אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר נִקְרָא וּמִתַּרְגֵּם.** וְלֹא חָיְשִׁינַן לִיקָרֵיהּ דְּדָוִד. וְהוּא, דְּלֹא כְּתִיב אַמְנוֹן בֶּן דָּוִד, כִּדְבָעִינַן לְמֵימַר לְקַמָּן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מעשה אמנון ותמר נקרא ומיתרגם – and we are not fearful for the dear ones of David, and this [pragmatically] is that it is not written, Amnon, the son of David, as we need to say further on.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:2
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**מַעֲשֵׂה עֵגֶל הָרִאשׁוֹן נִקְרָא וּמִתַּרְגֵּם.** וְלֹא חָיְשִׁינַן לִיקָרָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מעשה עגל הראשון נקרא ומתרגם – and we are not fearful for the dear ones of Israel


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:3
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**מַעֲשֵׂה עֵגֶל הַשֵּׁנִי.** מִן וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל אַהֲרֹן עַד וַיַּרְא מֹשֶׁה אֶת הָעָם וְגוֹ', וּפָסוּק וַיִּגֹּף ה'‏ אֶת הָעָם, כָּל אֵלוּ נִקְרָאִים וְלֹא מִתַּרְגְּמִין, מִשּׁוּם יְקָרָא דְּאַהֲרֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מעשה עגל השני – from (Exodus 32:21-25): “Moses said to Aaron, [[What did this people do to you that you have brought such great sin upon them?’],” until “Moses saw that the people [were out of control…]” and the verse (Exodus 32:35): “Then the LORD sent a plague upon the people [for what they did with the calf that Aaron made],” all of these are read but are not translated [to Aramaic] because of the honor of Aaron.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:4
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**בִּרְכַּת כֹּהֲנִים.** נִקְרָאִים וְלֹא מִתַּרְגְּמִין מִשּׁוּם דְּאִית בֵּיהּ יִשָּׂא ה'‏ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נוֹשֵׂא פָּנִים, וְהֵן אֵינָן יוֹדְעִים שֶׁכְּדַאי הֵן יִשְׂרָאֵל לָשֵׂאת לָהֶם פָּנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ברכת כהנים – which is read but not translated because it has in it (Numbers 6:26): “The LORD bestow His favor (or “lift up His countenance) upon you [and grant you peace!], so that people would not say that the Holy One, blessed be He lifts up His countenance, and they do not know that Israel is appropriate for to lift up one’s countenance/face to them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:5
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**מַעֲשֵׂה דָּוִד וְאַמְנוֹן.** לֹא נִקְרָאִים בַּהַפְטָרָה, וְלֹא מִתַּרְגְּמִין, כָּל אוֹתָן פְּסוּקִים שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהֶם אַמְנוֹן בֶּן דָּוִד. אֲבָל אוֹתָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהֶן אַמְנוֹן סְתָם, הָא אָמְרִינַן לְעֵיל מַעֲשֵׂה אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר נִקְרָא וּמִתַּרְגֵּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מעשה דוד ואמנון – is not read in the Haftarah and is not translated. All of these verses in which it is written in them “Amnon the son of David,” but those in which are stated “Amnon” alone, but we said above that the Episode of Amnon and Tamar is read and translated.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:6
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**אֵין מַפְטִירִין בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה.** דִּלְמָא אָתֵי לְשַׁיּוֹלֵי וּלְעִיּוּנֵי בָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מפטירין במרכבה – perhaps we would come to question it and preoccupy [ourselves] with it. [NOTE: We do recite the Haftarah of Ezekiel, Chapter 1 on the first day of Shavuot].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:7
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**וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה מַתִּיר.** וַהֲלָכָה כְּמוֹתוֹ:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Megillah 4:10:8
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**אֵין מַפְטִירִין בְּהוֹדַע אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (יחזקאל טז), מִשּׁוּם יִקְרָא דִּירוּשָׁלַיִם.** וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מפטירין בהודע את ירושלים – (Ezekiel 16) because of the honor/dignity of Jerusalem; but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.