## Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot Chapter 9

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:1:1
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**אֵלּוּ חוֹצְצִין.** חוּטֵי צֶמֶר וְחוּטֵי פִשְׁתָּן וְהָרְצוּעוֹת. שֶׁהַבָּנוֹת מְקַלְּעוֹת בָּהֶן שֵׂעָר שֶׁבְּרֹאשָׁן, וְהֵן מְהֻדָּקוֹת בַּשֵּׂעָר שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ וּמוֹנְעוֹת הַמַּיִם מִלִּכָּנֵס בַּשֵּׂעָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלו חוצצין. חוטי צמר וחוטי פשתן והרצועות – and the daughters plait the hair that is on their head, and they are fastened in the hair that is in the head and they prevent the water from entering the hair.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:1:2
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**שֶׁל צֶמֶר וְשֶׁל שֵׂעָר אֵין חוֹצְצִים.** וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּשֶׁל צֶמֶר, אֲבָל בְּחוּטִין שֶׁל שֵׂעָר מוֹדִים לוֹ חֲכָמִים, לְפִי שֶׁהַמַּיִם נִכְנָסִים בָּהֶן. וְדַוְקָא חוּטִים שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ חוֹצְצִין. אֲבָל שֶׁל צַוָּאר, אֵין חוֹצְצִים, שֶׁאֵין אִשָּׁה חוֹנֶקֶת אֶת עַצְמָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
של צמר ושל שער אין חוצצים – but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda regarding wool, but threads of hair, the Sages agree with him, because the water enters in them, and especially the threads that are in the head interpose, but that of the neck do not interpose, for the woman does not chock herself.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:1
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**קִלְקֵי הַלֵּב.** שֵׂעָר שֶׁבֶּחָזֶה כְנֶגֶד הַלֵּב שֶׁנִּסְתַּבֵּךְ וְנַעֲשָׂה כְעֵין שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת, וְהֵן נִמְאָסוֹת מִן הַזֵּעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קלקי הלב (matted hair on the chest) – hair that is on the chest corresponding to the heart that became entangled and made similar to chains , and they are detestable from the sweat.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:2
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**וּבֵית הַסְּתָרִים בָּאִשָּׁה.** מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַשֵּׂעָר נֶאֱחָז וּמִסְתַּבֵּךְ בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם מֵחֲמַת הַזֵּעָה וְהַטִּנּוּף וְהַלִּכְלוּךְ. וְדַוְקָא בְאִשָּׁה נְשׂוּאָה שֶׁמַּקְפֶּדֶת עַל עַצְמָהּ שֶׁלֹּא תִתְגַּנֶּה עַל בַּעֲלָהּ הוּא דְבֵית הַסְּתָרִים הָוֵי חֲצִיצָה, אֲבָל בִּפְנוּיָה דְאֵינָהּ מַקְפֶּדֶת, לֹא הָוֵי בֵית הַסְּתָרִים חֲצִיצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובית הסתרים באשה – because the hair is seized and becomes entangled at that same place on account of the sweat and the fifth and soiling . And especially with regard to a married woman who is stringent with herself so that she doesn’t become repulsive to her husband that the woman’s private parts is an interposition, but with a free woman who is not so stringent, the woman’s private parts are not an interposition.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:3
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**לִפְלוּף.** צוֹאַת הָעַיִן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לפלוף (pus sticking around the eye) – filthy matter of the eye.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:4
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**גְּלִיד.** רִיר הַיּוֹצֵא מִן הַמַּכָּה שֶׁמִּתְיַבֵּשׁ וְנַעֲשָׂה גְלִיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גליד (scab of a wound, crust) – spittle/discharge that comes out from the wound when it dries and becomes a scab/crust.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:5
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**וּשְׂרָף הַיָּבֵשׁ.** אִם הָיָה עַל בְּשָׂרָהּ מִן הַשְּׂרָף הַנּוֹטֵף מֵהָאִילָנוֹת אוֹ מִן הַפֵּרוֹת, וְנִתְיַבֵּשׁ שָׁם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושרף היבש (dried sap/resin) – if it there was on her flesh from the resin that drips from the trees or from the fruit, and dried up there.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:6
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**גִּלְדֵי צוֹאָה שֶׁעַל בְּשָׂרוֹ.** שֶׁנִּתְיַבְּשָׁה וְנַעֲשֵׂית גְּלִיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גלדי צואה שעל בשרו – that dried up and became a scab/crust.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:7
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**וְהַמִּלְמוּלִין.** כְּשֶׁיָּדָיו שֶׁל אָדָם מְלֻכְלָכוֹת בְּטִיט אוֹ בְבָצֵק אוֹ בְזֵעָה וּמוֹלֵל יָדוֹ אַחַת עַל חֲבֶרְתָּהּ נַעֲשָׂה עַל יָדוֹ כְמִין גַּרְגִּירִים שֶׁל שְׂעֹרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והמלמולין (crumb-like particles of dirty or sweaty hands when rubbed against each other) – when the hands of a person are dirty with plaster or with dough or sweat and he rubs his hands one on the other, his hand becomes like grains of barley.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:8
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**בְּשֶׁל מָרֵקָה.** טִיט הַשָּׁרוּי בְּלֹבֶן בֵּיצָה, עָשׂוּי לְתַקֵּן בּוֹ הַכֵּלִים שֶׁנִּסְדְּקוּ, שֶׁאֵין הַמַּיִם מְמַחִין אוֹתוֹ. מָרֵקָה, לְשׁוֹן תַּמְרוּקֵי נָשִׁים. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בשל מריקה (a sort of earth used for polishing) – plaster/clay that is steeped in the white of an egg, if is made to repair with it a utensil that was chipped (i.e., like a putty), that the water does not polish/cleanse it. The language of מריקה is (Esther 2:12): “women’s cosmetics.” But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:9
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**יִתְדוֹת דְּרָכִים.** טִיט שֶׁנִּתְמַעֵךְ עַל יְדֵי הִלּוּךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁמְּהַלְּכִים עָלָיו. וּכְשֶׁהוּא לַח נִקְרָא גֵץ יְוֵנִי, וּכְשֶׁהוּא יָבֵשׁ, נִקְרָא יְתַד הַדְּרָכִים, שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לְהַלֵּךְ עֲלֵיהֶן וְנִרְאֶה כִמְהַלֵּךְ עַל גַּבֵּי יְתֵדוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יתדות דרכים (way-mark of hardened clay pegs – cross-path laid out with whitened pegs of baked mud or clay) – plaster/clay that was flattened through the walking of people that walk upon it. And it is moist, it is called a white earth/chalk, but when it is dry it is called the way-mark of hardened clay pegs, that is hard to walk upon them and appears as if one is walking upon pegs.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:10
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**שֶׁאֵין טוֹבְלִין בָּהֶם.** אִם הָיָה בַמִּקְוֶה טִיט כָּזֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין טובלין בהם – if plaster/clay like this was in the Mikveh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:11
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**וְלֹא מַטְבִּילִין אוֹתָן.** אִם הָיָה עַל בְּשָׂרוֹ. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים, וְלֹא מַטְבִּילִין אוֹתָם אִם נִטְמְאוּ מֵימָיו, דְּלֹא סָלְקָא הַשָּׁקָה בִמְקוֹם הַטִּיט:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מטבילין אותן – if it was on his flesh. And there are those who interpret/explain that we don’t immerse them if their waters were [ritually] defiled, for contact between liquids is not effective in a place of plaster/clay.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:12
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**הַקֻּמְקְמוּס.** כְּלִי נְחֹשֶׁת שֶׁמְּחַמְּמִים בּוֹ הַמַּיִם, וּמֵחֲמַת הֶעָשָׁן וְהַשַּׁלְהֶבֶת שֶׁעוֹלָה עַל גַּבָּיו נַעֲשָׂה סְבִיבָיו פֶּחָמִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הקומקום (kettle) – a copper utensil in which one heats water, and on account of the smoke and the flame that goes up on its sides, it makes charcoals around it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:2:13
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**אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יְשַׁפְשֵׁף.** הַפֶּחָמִין שֶׁעַל גַּבָּיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלא אם כן ישפשף (unless one scrapes) – the charcoal that is upon it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:3:1
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**וּבֵית הַסְּתָרִים בָּאִישׁ.** דְּאִישׁ אֵינוֹ מַקְפִּיד. וַאֲפִלּוּ אִשָּׁה אֵין מַקְפֶּדֶת אֶלָּא נְשׂוּאָה כְּדִפְרִישִׁית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובית הסתרים באיש – for a man is not stringent [concerning this part of his body]. And even a woman is not stringent unless she is married as we have explained (see Mishnah 2 above).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:3:2
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**וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ מַקְפִּיד עָלָיו אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ.** וְהוּא שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה עַל רֹב גּוּפוֹ. וּפְסַק הַהֲלָכָה לְעִנְיַן חֲצִיצָה, רֻבּוֹ וּמַקְפִּיד עָלָיו, חוֹצֵץ דְּבַר תּוֹרָה. מִעוּטוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר אִם הַדָּבָר הַחוֹצֵץ הוּא בְמִעוּט הַגּוּף, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמַּקְפִּיד עָלָיו, אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ מִן הַתּוֹרָה, אֲבָל חֲכָמִים גָּזְרוּ עַל רֻבּוֹ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַקְפִּיד מִשּׁוּם רֻבּוֹ הַמַּקְפִּיד, וְעַל מִעוּטוֹ הַמַּקְפִּיד נַמִּי מִשּׁוּם רֻבּוֹ הַמַּקְפִּיד. וְלֹא גָזְרוּ עַל מִעוּטוֹ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַקְפִּיד אַטּוּ מִעוּטוֹ הַמַּקְפִּיד, דְּהִיא גוּפָא גְזֵרָה, וַאֲנַן נֵיקוּם וְנִגְזֹר גְּזֵרָה לִגְזֵרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושאינו מקפיד עליו אינו חוצץ – and for him as long as it isn’t on the majority of his body. And the legal decision regarding interposition – the majority of the body and he is stringent about it, it interposes according to the words of the Torah. A minority thereof, that is to say, if the thing that interposes is in the minority of the body even though he is stringent/he is mindful of it , it does not interpose according to the words of the Torah. But the Sages decreed that on the majority [of the body] and he is not mindful about it because of the majority that he is mindful about, and on the minority that he is mindful about also because of the majority that he is mindful about. But they did not make a decree regarding the minority that he is not mindful about because of the minority that he is mindful of, for this is the body of the decree and we hold that we make a decree on a preventive measure in order to prevent the violation of another preventive measure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:4:1
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**לִפְלוּף שֶׁבָּעַיִן.** בְּלַח אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ, בְּיָבֵשׁ, חוֹצֵץ. וְשֶׁחוּץ לָעַיִן דִּלְעֵיל, בֵּין בְּלַח בֵּין בְּיָבֵשׁ, חוֹצֵץ. וְטַעֲמָא הָוֵי, דְּחוּץ לָעַיִן אָדָם מַקְפִּיד בֵּין בְּלַח בֵּין בְּיָבֵשׁ. בְּתוֹךְ הָעַיִן, בְּיָבֵשׁ מַקְפִּיד, בְּלַח אֵינוֹ מַקְפִּיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לפלוף שבעין – with that which is moist that dos not interpose, [but] with dry, it interposes, for outside of the eye that is above (see Mishnah 2), whether dealing with something moist or dry, it interposes. And the reason for this is that outside of the eye, a person is mindful about it whether it is moist or whether it is dry, [whereas] within the eye, a person is mindful of something dry, but something moist, he is not mindful of it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:4:2
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**כְּשׁוּת שֶׁל קָטָן.** כְּמִין שֵׂעָר נוֹלָד בִּבְשַׂר הַקְּטַנִּים, כְּעֵין שֵׂעָר הַנּוֹלָד בְּקִשּׁוּאִין שֶׁקּוֹרִין פאקו"ס בַּעֲרָבִי, וְאוֹתוֹ שֵׂעָר קָרוּי בִלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה כְּשׁוּת שֶׁל קִשּׁוּת, כָּךְ שֵׂעָר שֶׁל קָטָן הַדּוֹמֶה לוֹ קָרוּי כְשׁוּת שֶׁל קָטָן, וְהַנָּשִׁים קוֹרְאוֹת לוֹ שֵׂעָר שׁוֹטֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשות של קטן (downy hair growth of a youth before puberty) – a kind of hair that originates within the flesh of young boys , similar to the hair that originates on cucumbers that we call FAKORS in Arabic. And this hair is called the tuft/fine hairs of cucumbers in the language of the Mishnah (i.e., cucumbers or melons in an early stage when they are pubescent), such is the hair of young boys that is similar to it which is called the down hair growth of a youth before puberty, but the women call it the hair of an imbecile.


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**לֹא טָמֵא.** אִם נָגַע טֻמְאָה בְאוֹתוֹ שֵׂעָר לֹא נִטְמָא הַקָּטָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא טמא – if ritual impurity did come in contact with that hair, the young child is not defiled.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:4:4
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**וְלֹא מְטַמֵּא.** אִם הָיָה הַקָּטָן טָמֵא בְאַחַת מֵאֲבוֹת הַטֻּמְאוֹת, וְנָגַע אָדָם בְּאוֹתוֹ שֵׂעָר וְלֹא נָגַע בִּבְשָׂרוֹ, לֹא נִטְמָא הַנּוֹגֵעַ, דְּלָא חֲשִׁיב שֵׂעָר זֶה יָד לְהַכְנִיס טֻמְאָה וּלְהוֹצִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא מטמא – if the young boy was ritually impure with one of the primary forms of ritual impurity, and a person touched that hair but did not touch his flesh, the person who touched him is not ritually impure, for this hair is not considered to be a handle to bring in ritual impurity or to remove it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:1
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**וְהַמּוֹר.** מוסק"ו בְּלַעַ"ז. וְיֵשׁ סְפָרִים גּוֹרְסִים וְחֵמָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והמור (myrrh)– MOSKO in the foreign tongue. And there are books that have the reading "וחמר".


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:2
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**דַּרְגָּשׁ.** מִטָּה קְטַנָּה. תַּרְגּוּם וְיָשַׁבְתְּ עַל מִטָּה כְבוּדָּה (יחזקאל כג), דַּרְגָּשִׁין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דרגש (footstool in front of a high bed) – a small bed. In the Aramaic translation/Targum, (Ezekiel 23:41): “and you sat on a grand couch [with a set table in front of it -and it was My incense and My oil you laid upon it],” these are דרגשין/footstools in front of a high bed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:3
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**עַל הַנְּקִיִּים חוֹצְצִין.** מִשּׁוּם דְּקָפְדֵי עֲלֵיהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על הנקיים חוצציין – because they are mindful of them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:4
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**בְּלוּסִין.** מְלֻכְלָכִים. וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ בַגְּמָרָא בְפֶרֶק כְּלָל גָּדוֹל [שַׁבָּת דַּף עו] עִסָּה בְלוּסָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בלוסין (utensils soaked with a mixture of colors (i.e., stains from use) – dirty. Similar to it is what is in the Gemara in the chapter, “The Great Principle”/כלל גדול [Shabbat 76b) – a dough of unsifted flour (with bran).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:5
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**אֵינָן חוֹצְצִין.** דְּלֹא קָפְדֵי עֲלֵיהּ. וְהַיְנוּ טַעֲמָא דְמִטּוֹת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְעָנִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אינן חוצצין – because they are not mindful of them. And that is the reason we are talking about the beds of an houseowner and a poor person.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:6
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**אִכּוּף.** כְּמוֹ אֻכָּף. וְהוּא שֶׁל עוֹר שֶׁמְּשִׂימִין עַל הַחֲמוֹר כְּשֶׁנּוֹשֵׂא הַמַּשָּׂא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
איכוף – like an אוכף/saddle. And it is [made] of leather and we place it on the donkey when it carries a burden.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:7
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**זַקָּקִין.** נוֹשְׂאֵי הַנּוֹדוֹת שֶׁל עוֹר. לְשׁוֹן זִיקָא בֵּין מַלְיָא בֵין חֲסֵרָה שָׁרְיָא, בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (דף ס):

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
זקקין (saddles used by dealers in hose) – those who carry the leather bottles/skins. The language of hose/זיקא whether the tied-up wine skin was filled entirely or whether it was lacking, is permitted in Tractate Avodah Zarah 60a.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:8
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**אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ.** שֶׁאֵין מַקְפִּידִין עַל הַלִּכְלוּךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אינו חוצץ – for they are not mindful about the dirtiness.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:5:9
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**עַד כְּאִסָּר הָאִיטַלְקִי.** שֶׁהוּא רֹחַב כְּאַרְבָּעָה גַרְגְּרֵי שְׂעֹרָה, חוֹצֵץ. פָּחוֹת מִכָּאן, אֵינוֹ חוֹצֵץ. וְתַנָּא קַמָּא לֹא יָהֵב בֵּיהּ שִׁעוּרָא, אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ פָחוֹת מִכְּאִסָּר חוֹצֵץ. וַהֲלָכָה כְּתַנָּא קַמָּא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד כאיסר האיטלקי – which is wide like four grains of barley, it interposes; less than this it does not interpose. But the first Tanna/teacher does not give a measurement, but even less than an Issar, it interposes. And the Halakha is according to the first Tanna/teacher.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:6:1
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**מִשְּׁנֵי צְדָדִים.** שֶׁעוֹבֵר מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵי הַבֶּגֶד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משני צדדין – that it passes over from two sides of the clothing.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:6:2
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**שֶׁל בַּנָּאִים.** תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁעוֹסְקִים בְּבִנְיָנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם. וְקָפְדֵי עַל רְבָב שֶׁבְּבִגְדֵיהֶם, דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן כָּל תַּלְמִיד חָכָם שֶׁנִּמְצָא רְבָב עַל בְּגָדָיו חַיָּב מִיתָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
של בנאים – Sages who engage in the building of the world and are mindful of the greasy stains that are on their clothing, for Rabbi Yohanan stated (Talmud Shabbat 114a): Any Sage upon whom grease is found on his clothing is liable for death.


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**וְשֶׁל בּוּר.** גָּרוּעַ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ. וְלֹא קָפֵיד עַל לִכְלוּךְ שֶׁבִּבְגָדָיו אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יוֹצֵא מֵעֵבֶר לְעֵבֶר. וּמַרְדַּעַת דַּאֲמַרַן לְעֵיל דְּחוֹצֵץ, הַיְנוּ שֶׁעוֹבֵר מִשְּׁנֵי צְדָדִין. דְּלֹא תְהֵא מַרְדַּעַת חֲשׁוּבָה מִבִּגְדוֹ שֶׁל עַם הָאָרֶץ. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושל בור – worse than a common, uneducated person (i.e. more correctly, someone who is not meticulous in his observance of the commandments), for he is not mindful of the dirty that is in his clothes unless it comes out from side to side, and the pack-saddle or cushion that we stated above (i.e., see the previous Mishnah) that it interposes, that is when it passes from both sides. So that there should not be a pack-saddle that is more important than the clothing of a common, uneducated person. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yossi.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:7:1
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**זַפָּתִין.** זוֹפְתֵי חָבִיּוֹת. אִי נַמִּי, עוֹשֵׂי הַזֶּפֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
זפתין (pitch/asphalt workers) – those who apply pitch to barrels. Alternatively, those who make the pitch/asphalt.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Mikvaot 9:7:2
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**מְפַסְּלֵי אִילָנוֹת.** שֶׁנּוֹטְלִים הַפְּסֹלֶת מִן הָאִילָנוֹת. פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר, כּוֹרְתֵי הָאִילָנוֹת. לְשׁוֹן פְּסָל לְךָ, שֶׁכּוֹרֵת הָעֲנָפִים מִן הָאִילָן כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְעַבֶּה וְיַגְדִּיל גּוּפוֹ שֶׁל אִילָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מפסלי אילנות (trimmers of trees) – that take the refuse from the trees. Another explanation: Those who cut down the trees. The language of (Exodus 34:1): “Carve [for yourself] (two tablets of stone like the first),” that he cuts the branches from the tree in order that it should become thick and that the body of the tree will grow.


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**שֶׁל קַיָּצִין.** הַשּׁוֹטְחִים לַחַמָּה לְיַבֵּשׁ פֵּרוֹת שֶׁל קַיִץ. פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר, מְלַקְּטֵי קוֹצִין. וְכָל הָנֵי לֹא קָפְדִי אַלִּכְלוּךְ הַמִּטְפָּחוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
של קייצין – who spread them out in the sun to dry out the fruit of the summer. Another explanation: those who collect the summer fruit. But all of these are not mindful regarding the dirtiness of their aprons. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.