## Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan Chapter 3

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:1
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**וְאֵלּוּ מְגַלְּחִין.** הַבָּא מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם. בַּמּוֹעֵד. שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה לוֹ פְּנַאי לְגַלֵּחַ קֹדֶם הַמּוֹעֵד. וְהוּא שֶׁפָּרַשׂ לִסְחוֹרָה אוֹ לְדָבָר הַצָּרִיךְ, אֲבָל אִם לֹא פָּרַשׂ אֶלָּא לְטִיּוּל בְּעָלְמָא אָסוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלו מגלחין. הבא ממדינת הים – During the Festival, for he did not have time to shave prior to the Festival. And this is a case of one who departed for business or to a thing that was necessary, if he didn’t depart other than to a mere walk/doing errands, it is prohibited [to shave].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:2
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**וְהַיּוֹצֵא מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִין.** וַאֲפִלּוּ חָבוּשׁ בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהָיָה מַנִּיחוֹ לְגַלֵּחַ, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה בְּצַעַר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והיוצא מבית האסורין – and even if he was imprisoned at the hand of an Israelite who would let him shave, because he was in pain.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:3
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**וּמְנֻדֶּה.** שֶׁהִתִּירוּ לוֹ נִדּוּיוֹ בַּמּוֹעֵד. וְקֹדֶם הַמּוֹעֵד לֹא הָיָה יָכֹל לְגַלֵּחַ, דִּמְנֻדֶּה אָסוּר בְּתִסְפֹּרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומנודה – who released him from his excommunication during the Festival, but prior to the Festival, he was not able to shave since someone who was excommunicated is prohibited to cut his hair.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:4
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**וּמִי שֶׁנָּדַר.** שֶׁלֹּא לְגַלֵּחַ, וְלֹא מָצָא חָכָם שֶׁיַּתִּיר לוֹ נִדְרוֹ קֹדֶם הַמּוֹעֵד. אִי נַמִּי לֹא מָצָא פֶּתַח לַחֲרָטָה אֶלָּא בַּמּוֹעֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומי שנדר – [vowed] not to shave, and he could not find a Sage that would release him from his vow prior to the Festival. Alternatively, he did not find an opening for regret other than during the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:5
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**וְהַנָּזִיר.** שֶׁהִשְׁלִים נְזִירוּתוֹ בַּמּוֹעֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והנזיר – who completed his being a Nazirite vow during the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:1:6
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**הָכִי גָּרְסִינַן, וְהַמְּצֹרָע הָעוֹלֶה מִטֻּמְאָתוֹ לְטָהֳרָתוֹ.** אִם חָל שְׁבִיעִי שֶׁלּוֹ בַּמּוֹעֵד מֻתָּר בְּתִסְפֹּרֶת, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא יד) בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי יְגַלַּח אֶת כָּל שְׂעָרוֹ. וְגִלּוּחַ דְּנֶתֶק לֹא חָשִׁיב, שֶׁאֵינוֹ אֶלָּא דָּבָר מֻעָט שֶׁמְּגַלֵּחַ סְבִיב הַנֶּתֶק. וְטַעְמָא דְּאָסוּר לְכָל אָדָם לְגַלֵּחַ בַּמּוֹעֵד חוּץ מֵאֵלּוּ הַשְּׁנוּיִים בַּמִּשְׁנָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יְכַוְּנוּ לְגַלֵּחַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמּוֹעֵד שֶׁהֵם בְּטֵלִים בּוֹ מִמְּלָאכָה, וְיָבֹא יוֹם טוֹב רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל רֶגֶל כְּשֶׁהֵם מְנֻוָּלִים. וְהַיְינוּ טַעְמָא נַמִּי דְּאָסְרוּ הַכִּבּוּס בַּמּוֹעֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ה"ג והמצורע העולה מטומאתו לטהרתו – if his seventh day occurs during the Festival, he is permitted to take a haircut, as it is written (Leviticus 14:9): “On the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair [– of head, beard, and eye-brows…].” And the shaving of the bald spot [on the head or in the beard] is not considered, for it is not other than a small thing when he shaves around the bald spot. And there reason that it is prohibited to shave on the Festival outside of those who are taught in the Mishnah is in order that they should not intend to shave during the Festival when they are idle from work and the First Day of the Festival comes when they are disgraced, that is is the reason also that the they prohibited laundering on the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:2:1
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**וּמִי שֶׁנִּשְׁאַל לְחָכָם.** שֶׁנָּדַר שֶׁלֹּא לְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו, וְנִשְׁאַל לְחָכָם בַּמּוֹעֵד וְהִתִּיר לוֹ נִדְרוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומי שנשאל לחכם – that he vowed not to launder his clothes and he appeared before a Sage on the Festival and he released him from his vow.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:2:2
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**וּמִטְפְּחוֹת יָדַיִם.** שֶׁמְּנַגְּבִים בָּהֶם יָדַיִם בִּשְׁעַת אֲכִילָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומטפחות ידים – that they dry with the their hands at the time of eating.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:2:3
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**וּמִטְפְּחוֹת סַפָּרִים.** כְּסוּת שֶׁנּוֹתְנִים הַסַּפָּרִים לַמִּסְתַּפֵּר בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו מִפְּנֵי הַשֵּׂעָר. וּכְשֶׁבָּא לְגַלֵּחַ לְאֵלּוּ הַשְּׁנוּיִים בַּמִּשְׁנָה שֶׁהֵן מֻתָּרִין לְגַלֵּחַ בַּמּוֹעֵד צָרִיךְ לְכַבְּסָהּ תָּמִיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומטפחות ספרים – clothing/covering that the barbers give to those who get a haircut between his shoulders because of the hair. And when he comes to shave to those who are taught in the Mishnah who are permitted to shave on the Festival, it is necessary to always launder it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:2:4
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**מִטְפְּחוֹת הַסַּפָּגִין.** שֶׁמְּנַגְּבִין בָּהֵן כְּשֶׁיּוֹצְאִין מִן הַמֶּרְחָץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מטפחות הספגין – that they dry with them when they leave from the bathhouse.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:2:5
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**וְכָל הָעוֹלִים מִטֻּמְאָה לְטָהֳרָה.** בַּמּוֹעֵד, מֻתָּרִים לְכַבֵּס בִּגְדֵיהֶם. וּכְלֵי פִּשְׁתָּן אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁל כָּל אָדָם מֻתָּר לְכַבְּסָן בַּמּוֹעֵד, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן צְרִיכִין כִּבּוּס תָּדִיר, וַאֲפִלּוּ הַמְּכֻבָּסִים עֶרֶב הָרֶגֶל מִטַּנְפֵי מִיָּד וּצְרִיכִים כִּבּוּס בְּתוֹךְ הָרֶגֶל, הִלְכָּךְ לֹא גָּזְרוּ בְּהוּ. וּמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא חָלוּק אֶחָד, אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁאֵינוֹ שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן מֻתָּר לְכַבֵּס בַּמּוֹעֵד, וְהוּא שֶׁעוֹמֵד עָרוּם בִּשְׁעַת כְּבִיסָתוֹ עִם אֵזוֹר בְּמָתְנָיו בִּלְבַד לְכַסּוֹת בְּשַׂר עֶרְוָה, שֶׁזֶּה מוֹכִיחַ שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא הֶחָלוּק הַזֶּה שֶׁהוּא מְכַבֵּס בִּלְבַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכל העולים מטומאה לטהרה – on the Festival, it is permitted to launder their clothes. And flax utensils, even of every person it is permitted to launder them on the Festival, for they need laundering frequently, and even that which was laundered on the eve of the Festival become soiled immediately and need laundering during the Festival, therefore, they did not make a decree concerning them. And whomever lacks other than one undershirt/garment, even if it is not made of flax is permitted to launder it on the Festival., and he who stands naked at the time of his laundering with only a girdle on his loins to cover the flesh of his nakedness for this proves that he lacks other than this undershirt/garment that he launders.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:1
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**קִדּוּשֵׁי אִשָּׁה.** כּוֹתֵב עַל הַנְּיָר אוֹ עַל הַחֶרֶס הֲרֵי אַתְּ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת לִי, וּמְקַדֵּשׁ בּוֹ הָאִשָּׁה אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ שְׁוֵה פְּרוּטָה. וּלְפִיכָךְ מֻתָּר לִכְתֹּב בַּמּוֹעֵד, שֶׁמִּתְיָרֵא שֶׁמָּא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אַחֵר, וַהֲוָה לֵיהּ דָּבָר הָאָבֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קדושי אשה – He writes on paper or on earthenware, “You are betrothed to me,” and he betroths with it the woman even if it is not worth a Perutah/penny. And therefore, it is permitted to write [this formula on the Festival because he fears lest someone else precede him [in doing so] and it is for him a business which cannot be postponed without irretrievable loss.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:2
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**גִּטִין.** שֶׁרוֹצֶה לָצֵאת בְּשַׁיָּרָא, וְאִם אֵינוֹ כּוֹתֵב עַכְשָׁיו תִּשָּׁאֵר זֹאת עֲגוּנָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גיטין – who wants to leave on a caravan, and if he doesn’t write it (i.e., the Jewish bill of divorce) now, this (woman) will remain tied to an absent husband.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:3
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**וְשׁוֹבָרִים.** שֶׁאִם יֹאמַר הַלֹּוֶה לֹא אֶפְרַע חוֹבְךָ אִם אֵין לִי שׁוֹבֵר מִמְּךָ, שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ, וְיֵלֵךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ, וְנִמְצָא זֶה מַפְסִיד אֶת מְעוֹתָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושוברים – for if the borrower would say: “I will not pay back your liability if I do not have a receipt from you,” we listen to him, and he (i.e., the borrower) goes on his way, and it is found that this one (i.e., the lender) loses his money.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:4
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**דְּיָתֵיקֵי.** מַתְּנַת שְׁכִיב מֵרַע. וּפֵרוּשׁ דְּיָתֵיקֵי, דָּא תְּהֵא לְמֵיקָם וְלִהְיוֹת, שֶׁדִּבְרֵי שְׁכִיב מֵרַע כִּכְתוּבִין וְכִמְסוּרִין דָּמוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דייתיקי - the gift of someone on his deathbed. And the explanation of the term דייתיקי /disposition of property, especially by will and testimony – this shall be fulfilled and will be, for the words of someone on his deathbed is as they are written and as delivered.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:5
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**מַתָּנָה.** מַתְּנַת בָּרִיא. וְאִי לֹא כָּתִיב לְהוּ מַפְסִיד הַמְקַבֵּל, דְּשֶׁמָּא יַחְזֹר בּוֹ הַנּוֹתֵן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתנה – the gift of a healthy individual, and if it was not written to them, the recipient would lose it, for perhaps the giver would retract [his decision].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:6
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**וּפְרוֹזְבּוּלִין.** שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁמֹט שְׁבִיעִית וְיַפְסִיד אֶת מְעוֹתָיו. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל, פְּרוֹז בּוּלֵי וּפְרוֹז בּוּטֵי, כְּלוֹמַר תַּקָּנָה לָעֲשִׁירִים שֶׁלֹּא יַעַבְרוּ עַל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה (דברים טו) הִשָּׁמֵר לְךָ פֶּן יִהְיֶה דָּבָר עִם לְבָבְךָ בְּלִיַּעַל, וְתַקָּנָה לָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁיִּמְצְאוּ לִלְווֹת. בּוּלֵי עֲשִׁירִים. בּוּטֵי עֲנִיִּים. וְהִלֵּל תִּקֵּן פְּרוֹזְבּוּל, שְׁטָר שֶׁכּוֹתְבִין בּוֹ מוֹסֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם פְּלוֹנִי וּפְלוֹנִי הַדַּיָּנִין שֶׁכָּל שְׁטָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי עַל פְּלוֹנִי אֶגְבֶנּוּ כָּל זְמַן שֶׁאֶרְצֶה, וְשׁוּב אֵין שְׁבִיעִית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת הַלְוָאָתוֹ, דַּהֲוֵי כְּאִלּוּ גָּבוּ בֵּית דִּין אֶת חוֹבוֹ, וְשׁוּב לֹא קָרִינַן בֵּיהּ לֹא יִגֹּשׂ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ופרוזבולין – that the seventh year would not cause a remission of debt and he would lose his monies. The word פרוזבול/Prozbul (the declaration made in court, before the execution of a loan to the effect that the law of limitation by the entrance of the Sabbatical year shall not apply to the loan to be transacted) (see Gittin 36b-37a) before the rich and before the poor, that is, the enactment to thee rich that they should not transgress on what is written in the Torah (Deuteronomy 15:B): “Beware lest you harbor the base thought…,” and the enactment for the poor that they should be enabled to receive loans,. The senators of the Rich and the Poor/broken Ones. And Hillel established the Prozbul , a document in which they write: “I hand over to you so-and-so and so-and-so the judges, that every document that I have on so-and-so, I will collect whenever I want. And further, the seventh year does not cancel his loan.” It is as if the Jewish court collected his liability, and further, we don’t read concerning him (Deuteronomy 15:2): “he shall not dun his fellow or kinsman, [for the remission proclaimed is of the LORD].”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:7
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**אִגְּרוֹת שׁוּם.** שֶׁשָּׁמוּ בֵּית דִּין נִכְסֵי לֹוֶה וְנָתְנוּ לַמַּלְוֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אגרות שום – for the Jewish court estimated the possessions of the borrower and gave it to the lender.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:8
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**אִגְּרוֹת מָזוֹן.** שֶׁמָּכְרוּ בֵּית דִּין אֶת הַקַּרְקַע לִמְזוֹן הָאִשָּׁה וְהַבָּנוֹת, וְכוֹתְבִין מַעֲשֵׂה בֵּית דִּין עַל זֶה. אִי נַמִּי מִי שֶׁקִּבֵּל עָלָיו לָזוּן אֶת בַּת אִשְׁתּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אגרות מזון – the Jewish court sold the property for the provision of food for [his] wife and the daughters, and they write the actions of the Jewish court on this. Alternatively, he who accepted upon himself to feed the daughter of his wife.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:9
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**מֵאוּנִים.** קְטַנָּה שֶׁהִשִּׂיאוּהָ אִמָּהּ וְאַחֶיהָ, יְכוֹלָה לְמָאֵן בְּבַעֲלָהּ וְלוֹמַר אִי אֶפְשִׁי בִּפְלוֹנִי בַּעֲלִי, וְיֹצְאָה בְּלֹא גֵּט. וּשְׁטָר שֶׁכּוֹתְבִין לְעֵדוּת דָּבָר זֶה, נִקְרָא שְׁטַר מֵאוּנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מיאונים – of a minor whose mother and her brothers married her off, she can refuse her husband and say: “ I don’t want so-and-so as my husband,” and she leaves it (i.e., the marriage/relationship) without a Jewish bill of divorce. And the document that they write for testimony in this matter is called the document of refusal.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:10
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**שִׁטְרֵי בֵרוּרִין.** שֶׁבָּרְרוּ לָהֶם דַּיָּנִין, זֶה בּוֹרֵר לוֹ אֶחָד וְזֶה בּוֹרֵר לוֹ אֶחָד, וְכוֹתְבִין שְׁטָר, שֶׁלֹּא יַחְזְרוּ בָּהֶן הַבַּעֲלֵי דִּינִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שטרי ברורין – that they chose for them the judges. This one (i.e., litigant) chooses one judge and the other one chooses another [judge] (see Mishnah Sanhedrin, Chapter 3, Mishnah 1) , and they write a document that neither of the litigants will retract.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:11
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**וּגְזֵרוֹת בֵּית דִּין.** פְּסַק דִּין שֶׁפָּסְקוּ הַדַּיָּנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וגזירות ב"ד – the legal decision that the judges made.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:3:12
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**אִגְּרוֹת שֶׁל רָשׁוּת.** צַוֵּי הַשִּׁלְטוֹן. כְּמוֹ וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת, הֱוּוּ זְהִירִים בָּרָשׁוּת. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁין אִגְּרוֹת שֶׁל שְׁאִילַת שָׁלוֹם שֶׁכּוֹתְבִים בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אגרות של רשות – the commands of the ruler, such as (Tractate Avot, Chapter 1, Mishnah 10): “Don’t get friendly with the government.” “Be careful/wary with the government” ( Tractate Avot, Chapter 2, Mishnah 3). And there are those who explain it as letters of secular character (i.e., social correspondence) that they write between a person and his fellow.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:1
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**אֵין כּוֹתְבִין שִׁטְרֵי חוֹב בַּמּוֹעֵד.** הוֹאִיל וְיָכֹל לְכָתְבוֹ לְאַחַר הַמּוֹעֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין כותבין שטרי חוב במועד – since one can write it after the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:2
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**וְאִם אֵינוֹ מַאֲמִינוֹ.** וְאֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְהַלְווֹתוֹ בְּלֹא שְׁטָר, וְלֹוֶה צָרִיךְ לְמָעוֹת, כּוֹתְבִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם אינו מאמינו – and he doesn’t want to lend him without a document but if the borrower needs money, we write it [during the Intermediate Days of the Festival].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:3
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**אוֹ שֶׁאֵין לוֹ.** לַסּוֹפֵר מַה יֹּאכַל, הֲרֵי זֶה יִכְתֹּב וְיִטֹּל שְׂכָרוֹ, דִּשְׂכַר פְּעֻלָּה לְמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ מַה יֹּאכַל שָׁרֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
או שאין לו – for the scribes [lacks] for what to eat, he should write it and take his compensataion, for the fee for work for one who has no food to eat is permitted.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:4
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**וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּסֵפֶר הָעֲזָרָה.** סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה שֶׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל קוֹרֵא בּוֹ בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּצָרִיךְ לָרַבִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואפילו בספר העזרה – The Torah scroll that the High Priest reads from on Yom Kippur, and even though it is necessary for the community.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:5
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**לְעַצְמוֹ.** לְקַיֵּם הַמִּצְוָה. אֲבָל לֹא לִמְכֹּר אוֹ לְהַשְׂכִּיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לעצמו – to fulfill the commandment, but not to see or rent out.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:4:6
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**וְטוֹוֶה עַל יְרֵכוֹ תְּכֵלֶת.** שֶׁנּוֹתֵן הַחוּט עַל יְרֵכוֹ וּמְשַׁפְשֵׁף בְּיָדוֹ וְהוּא נִטְוֶה מֵאֵלָיו. אֲבָל לֹא בְּיָדוֹ בֵּין אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו, וְלֹא בַּפֶּלֶךְ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה בְּחֹל. וַהֲלָכָה, טוֹוֶה אָדָם תְּכֵלֶת לְבִגְדּוֹ בֵּין בְּפֶלֶךְ בֵּין בְּאֶבֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ועווה על ירכו תכלת – that he places the cord on his thigh and rubs with his hand and it is spun by itself, but not by his hand between his fingers, nor by a spindle in the manner that he might do on a weekday. And the Halakha is that one a person spins tekhelet/the thread of blue for his clothing whether with a spindle or a stone.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:1
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**הַקּוֹבֵר אֶת מֵתוֹ.** שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ מֵת קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל, וְנָהַג אֲבֵלוּת קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הקובר את מתו – A death had occurred for him prior to the Festival. And he observed mourning for three days prior to the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:2
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**בָּטְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שִׁבְעָה.** אֲבָל לֹא בָּטְלָה הֵימֶנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שְׁלֹשִׁים, דְּהַיְנוּ אִסּוּר תִּסְפֹּרֶת, וּמוֹנֶה אַחַר הָרֶגֶל שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם עִם הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה שֶׁעָבְרוּ כְּבָר מִן הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים. וּפְסַק הֲלָכָה, שֶׁהַקּוֹבֵר אֶת מֵתוֹ אֲפִלּוּ שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל בָּטְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שִׁבְעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בטלה ממנו גזירת שבעה – but the thirty-day/Shloshim decree is not abrogated, that is the prohibition of cutting one’s hair, and one counts after the Festival thirty days with the three that passed already from the thirty. And the Halakhic decision is that one who buries his dead even one hour prior to the Festival, the decree of Shivah/seven days is abrogated for him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:3
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**שְׁמֹנָה.** יָמִים קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל, הוֹאִיל וְנִכְנַס אֶחָד מִימֵי הַגִּלּוּחַ קֹדֶם לָרֶגֶל, אָתֵי רֶגֶל וּמְבַטֵּל אֶת הַשְּׁאָר לְגַמְרֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שמונה – [eight] days prior to the Festival, for since one of the days of shaving entered prior to the Festival, the Festival comes and abrogates the rest altogether.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:4
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**שַׁבָּת עוֹלָה.** שַׁבָּת שֶׁבִּימֵי אֶבְלוֹ עוֹלָה לְמִנְיַן שִׁבְעָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שבת – [A Sabbath] during the days of his mourning counts towards the number of seven.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:5
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**וְאֵינָהּ מַפְסֶקֶת.** שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְבַטֶּלֶת אֶת הַשְּׁאָר, אֶלָּא יוֹשֵׁב וּמִתְאַבֵּל אַחַר שַׁבָּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואינה מפסקת – but does not abrogate the remainder, but he sits and mourns after Shabbat.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:5:6
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**הָרְגָלִים מַפְסִיקִין וְאֵינָם עוֹלִים.** אִם נָהַג אֲבֵלוּת קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל, הָרֶגֶל מַפְסִיק וּמְבַטֵּל גְּזֵרַת שְׁלֹשִׁים. וְאִם לֹא נָהַג אֲבֵלוּת קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל אֶלָּא הִתְחִיל אֲבֵלוּתוֹ בָּרֶגֶל, אֵין יְמֵי הָרֶגֶל עוֹלִים לְמִנְיַן שִׁבְעָה, אֲבָל עוֹלִין לְמִנְיַן שְׁלֹשִׁים. וְטַעְמָא דְּשַׁבָּת עוֹלָה לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן שִׁבְעַת יְמֵי אֲבֵלוּת, מִשּׁוּם דִּדְבָרִים שֶׁבְּצִנְעָה נוֹהֵג בָּהּ, כְּגוֹן תַּשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה, וּפְרִיעַת הָרֹאשׁ, שֶׁאָסוּר בְּגִלּוּי הָרֹאשׁ, וּרְחִיצָה בְּחַמִּין, שֶׁהָאָבֵל אָסוּר בָּהֵן בְּשַׁבָּת. אֲבָל הָרֶגֶל אֵין שׁוּם דִּין מִדִּינֵי אֲבֵלוּת נוֹהֵג בּוֹ, לְפִיכָךְ מַפְסִיק לְגַמְרֵי. וְאִם לֹא חָל אֲבֵלוּת כְּלָל קֹדֶם הָרֶגֶל, כְּגוֹן שֶׁנִּקְבַּר הַמֵּת בְּתוֹךְ הָרֶגֶל, אֵינוֹ עוֹלֶה לְמִנְיַן שִׁבְעָה, וּמַתְחִיל לִמְנוֹת שִׁבְעָה אַחַר הָרֶגֶל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרגלים מפסיקים ואינם עולים – if he practiced [the rituals of] mourning prior the Festival, the Festival interrupts and abrogates the decree of thirty [days]. But if he did not practice [the rituals of] mourning prior to the Festival, but began his mourning during the Festival, the Festivals do not count to the number seven, but count towards the number thirty. And the reason that Shabbat counts to the total of seven days of mourning , because things that are done in private are practiced on it, such as [the prohibition of] sexual relations and removing the mourner’s wrap, for it is prohibited to be with an uncovered head, and washing in hot water, for the mourner is forbidden [to engage] with them on Shabbat. But on the Festivals, none of the laws of the mourning are practiced/observed on it. Therefore, [the mourning] stops completely. But if mourning did not occur at all prior to the [onset of the] Festival, like the dead was buried during the Festival, it does not count towards the number seven, and one begins to count seven after the Festival.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:6:1
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**מִשֶּׁחָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.** דְּאֵין לָעֲצֶרֶת תַּשְׁלוּמִין כָּל שִׁבְעָה לְקָרְבָּן, בָּטְלָה לֵיהּ תּוֹרַת הָרֶגֶל, וְהָוֵי כְּשַׁבָּת שֶׁאֵינָהּ מַפְסֶקֶת. אֲבָל בִּזְמַן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁמִּי שֶׁלֹּא חָג בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת הָיָה חוֹגֵג וְהוֹלֵךְ כָּל שִׁבְעָה, כְּחַג הַמַּצּוֹת, הָיָה עֲצֶרֶת כְּחַג הַמַּצּוֹת אַף לְעִנְיַן אֲבֵלוּת. וּמַסְקָנָא דְּמִלְתָא לְעִנְיַן פְּסַק הַהֲלָכָה, דַּעֲצֶרֶת בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה כָּרְגָלִים, וְרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים כָּרְגָלִים. וּמִי שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ מֵת קֹדֶם אֶחָד מֵאֵלּוּ אֲפִלּוּ שָׁעָה אֶחָת, בָּטְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שִׁבְעָה. וְאִם מֵת שִׁבְעָה יָמִים קֹדֶם אֶחָד מִיָּמִים טוֹבִים אֵלּוּ, בָּטְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שְׁלֹשִׁים. וּמִי שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ מֵת שָׁעָה אַחַת קֹדֶם חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת בָּטְלָה מִמֶּנּוּ גְּזֵרַת שִׁבְעָה כִּדְאָמְרָן, וְשִׁבְעַת יְמֵי הָרֶגֶל עוֹלִין לְמִנְיַן שְׁלֹשִׁים. וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּתְנַן רְגָלִים מַפְסִיקִין וְאֵינָן עוֹלִין, אֵין עוֹלִין לְמִנְיַן שִׁבְעָה, אֲבָל עוֹלִין לְמִנְיַן שְׁלֹשִׁים, הֲרֵי אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם, וּשְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת הוּא רֶגֶל בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, וְנֶחְשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ הוּא שִׁבְעָה יָמִים, הֲרֵי עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם, מוֹנֶה עוֹד תִּשְׁעָה יָמִים עַד שְׁלֹשִׁים וְדַיּוֹ. וּגְזֵרַת שִׁבְעָה דְּאָמְרָן הוּא שֶׁאָבֵל כָּל שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים אָסוּר בִּרְחִיצָה בְּחַמִּין אֲפִלּוּ מִקְצָת גּוּפוֹ, וּבְצוֹנֵן כָּל גּוּפוֹ, וְאָסוּר בְּכִבּוּס בְּגָדָיו, וּבְסִיכָה, וּבִנְעִילַת הַסַּנְדָּל, וּבְתַשְׁמִישׁ הַמִּטָּה, וּבַעֲשִׂיַּת מְלָאכָה, וּבִשְׁאִילַת שָׁלוֹם. וְחַיָּב בַּעֲטִיפַת הָרֹאשׁ, וּבִכְפִיַּת הַמִּטָּה, שֶׁתִּהְיֶינָה כָּל הַמִּטּוֹת שֶׁבְּבֵיתוֹ כְּפוּיוֹת עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע וְיִישַׁן בָּהֶם וְלֹא עַל מִטָּה זְקוּפָה, וְאָסוּר לִטֹּל צִפָּרְנָיו בִּכְלִי, וְלֹא שְׂעַר שְׂפָמוֹ וַאֲפִלּוּ מְעַכֵּב עָלָיו אֶת הָאֲכִילָה, וְאָסוּר לִקְרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה, בֵּין בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב בֵּין בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, וְלֹא יִשְׁלֹל הַקֶּרַע שֶׁעָלָיו. וּגְזֵרַת שְׁלֹשִׁים הִיא שֶׁמִּשִּׁבְעָה וְעַד תַּשְׁלוּם שְׁלֹשִׁים אָסוּר לִלְבֹּשׁ בֶּגֶד חָדָשׁ, אוֹ בֶּגֶד לָבָן מְגֹהָץ, וְאָסוּר בְּתִסְפֹּרֶת, וּבִסְעוּדַת הָרְשׁוּת, וְלָלֶכֶת בִּסְחוֹרָה עִם חֲבֵרָיו, וְלִשָּׂא אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים, וְלֹא יְאַחֶה הַקֶּרַע שֶׁעָלָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משחרב בית המקדש – For Shavuot/Atzeret has no payment of indemnity all seven days of the sacrifice, the laws of the Festival are abrogated, and it is a Shabbat which does not interrupt it, but at the time of the Temple, he who did not make the Festival offering on the First Day of Shavuot would offer it throughout the seven days, like the Festival of Matzot; Azeret was like the Festival of Matzot even as regards mourning. And the final result of this matter regarding the Halakhic decision is that Atzeret in this time is like the Festivals, and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are like the festivals. He who suffered a loss prior to one of these, even one hour, the decree of [sitting] Shivah is abrogated. And if [the person] died prior to one of these Holy Days, the decree of thirty days is abrogated from him, as we have stated; and the seven days of the Festival count towards the number thirty, which is fourteen days. And Shemini Atzeret/The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly is a festival unto itself, and is considered as if it is seven days, that makes twenty-one days. We count another nine days until the thirty and that is enough. And the decree of seven as we have stated is that he that was a mourner all seven days is prohibited in washing in hot water, even for part of his body, and in cold [water] all of his body, and he is prohibited from laundering his clothing, and in anointing and in wearing leather [shoes] and in doing work and in greeting others. And he is obligated in wrapping his head in mourning garb , and in turning over his bed, so that all of the beds that are in his house would be turned over on the ground and he should sleep on them, but not upon a bed standing upright. And it is prohibited to cut his nails with a utensil nor the hair of his mustache, even if it prevents him from eating. And it is prohibited to read from the Torah, whether from the Written Torah or from the Oral Torah. And he cannot re-stitch the tear that is upon him. And the decree of thirty is that from the seventh day until the completion of the thirtieth [day], it is prohibited to wear new clothing, or a white ironed garment, and it is prohibited to cut one’s hair, and to enjoy an optional banquet and to go shopping with one’s friends, and to marry another woman, if he has a wife and children, and he cannot sew together the tear that is upon him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:1
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**אֵין קוֹרְעִין.** בַּמּוֹעֵד, אֶלָּא קְרוֹבָיו שֶׁל מֵת. לְאִמּוֹ וּלְאָבִיו וְלִבְנוֹ וּלְבִתּוֹ וּלְאָחִיו וְלַאֲחוֹתוֹ וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ, אֵלּוּ שִׁבְעָה מֵתִים שֶׁחַיָּב לְהִתְאַבֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם. וְעַל שְׁאָר קְרוֹבִים שֶׁאֵינוֹ חַיָּב לְהִתְאַבֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵין קוֹרְעִין עֲלֵיהֶם בַּמּוֹעֵד. וְלֹא אָמְרָן אֶלָּא שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָכָם אוֹ אָדָם כָּשֵׁר וּבַעַל מַעֲשִׂים. אֲבָל חָכָם שֶׁמֵּת, הַכֹּל קְרוֹבָיו, וְהַכֹּל קוֹרְעִין עָלָיו אֲפִלּוּ בַּמּוֹעֵד. וְכֵן עַל אָדָם הַמֻּחְזָק בְּכַשְׁרוּת וַחֲסִידוּת. וְכָל הָעוֹמֵד בִּשְׁעַת יְצִיאַת נְשָׁמָה עַל כָּל אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, חַיָּב לִקְרֹעַ וַאֲפִלּוּ בַּמּוֹעֵד. וּקְרִיעָה עַל אָבִיו וְעַל אִמּוֹ הִיא בְּכָל בְּגָדָיו עַד שֶׁמְּגַלֶּה אֶת לִבּוֹ, וְקוֹרֵעַ בְּיָדוֹ וּמַבְדִּיל שְׂפַת הַבֶּגֶד הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, וְקוֹרֵעַ מִבַּחוּץ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַכְנִיס יָדוֹ תַּחַת בְּגָדָיו כְּשֶׁהוּא קוֹרֵעַ, וְשׁוֹלֵל לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם, וְאֵינוֹ מְאַחֶה לְעוֹלָם. וְכֵן עַל רַבּוֹ שֶׁלִּמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה. אֲבָל עַל כָּל שְׁאָר קְרוֹבָיו קוֹרֵעַ טֶפַח מִן הַבֶּגֶד הָעֶלְיוֹן לְבַד, וְקוֹרֵעַ בִּכְלִי אִם יִרְצֶה, וְאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְהַבְדִּיל הַשָּׂפָה, וְיֵשׁ לוֹ לְהַכְנִיס יָדוֹ תַּחַת בְּגָדָיו כְּשֶׁהוּא קוֹרֵעַ, וְשׁוֹלֵל לְאַחַר שִׁבְעָה, וּמְאַחֶה לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים. וְאֵין קְרִיעָה אֶלָּא מְעֻמָּד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין קורעין – on the Festival (i.e., during Hol HaMoed/The Intermediate Days of the Festival), other than the relatives of the deceased – for his mother and his father and for his son and his daughter and for his brother and his sister and for his wife – for these seven deceased individuals that one is obliged to mourn over them. But on the rest of the relations that one is not obligated to mourn over them, one does not tear [clothing] over them during the Festival, and we don’t say this other than over someone who is not a Sage or a worthy person or an individual who was [filled] with good deeds. But a Sage that died, everyone is his relative, and everyone tears [their clothing] upon him even during the Festival. And similarly regarding a person who is known for his worthiness and piety. And all who stand at the time of the departure of the soul of every person from the Jews is obligated to tear [his clothing] even during the Festival. And the tearing on [hearing of the passing of] one’s father and mother is with his entire garment until he reveals his heart, and he tears with his hand and separates the upper border of the garment, and he tears from the outside, for he does not bring his hand inside underneath his garment while he is tearing it, and stitches it after thirty days, and he does not mend the garment torn in mourning ever. And similarly, regarding his Rabbi who taught him Torah. But on all the rest of he relatives, you tear a handbreadth only from the upper part of the garment, and one tears it with a utensil if one desires, and one does not have to separate the border, and he has to bring in his hand under his garment when he is tearing it and he can re-stitch it after seven [days], and sew together the the tear after thirty [days]. And tearing of the clothing is done only while standing.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:2
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**וְלֹא חוֹלְצִים בַּמּוֹעֵד.** חֲלִיצַת כָּתֵף, שֶׁזְּרוֹעוֹתֵיהֶן וְכִתְפֵיהֶן מְגֻלּוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא חולצין במועד – the untying of the shoulder where their arms and shoulders are revealed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:3
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**וְלֹא מַבְרִין.** סְעוּדָה רִאשׁוֹנָה, שֶׁאָבֵל אָסוּר לֶאֱכֹל מִשֶּׁלּוֹ, וּרְגִילִים לְהַבְרוֹתוֹ בִּרְחוֹבָהּ שֶׁל עִיר, וּבַמּוֹעֵד אֵין מַבְרִין אֶלָּא קְרוֹבָיו בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא מברין – the first meal, for a mourner is prohibited to eat of his own and it is customary to provide the meal to him in the street of the city, but on the Festival we don’t provide the meal of consolation other than his relatives inside his house.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:4
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**וְאֵין מַבְרִין אֶלָּא עַל מִטּוֹת זְקוּפוֹת.** וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ אֵין מַבְרִין אוֹתוֹ עַל מִטּוֹת כְּפוּיוֹת, שֶׁרְגִילִין בִּשְׁאָר יְמוֹת הַשָּׁנָה כָּל קְרוֹבָיו וּמִי שֶׁלִּבּוֹ גַּס בּוֹ לֶאֱכֹל עִמּוֹ עַל מִטָּה כְּפוּיָה לָאָרֶץ, וּבַמּוֹעֵד אֵין מַבְרִין אֶלָּא עַל מִטּוֹת זְקוּפוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מברין אלא על מטות זקופות – and even within the house we don’t provide him with the meal of consolation on mattresses on or near the floor, for it is customary in he rest of the days of the year for all of his relatives and he whose heart is haughty to eat with him while his mattress is on or near the ground, and during the Festivals, we do not serve the meal of consolation other than on raised beds.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:5
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**וְאֵין מוֹלִיכִין.** הַסְּעוּדָה לְבֵית הָאָבֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מוליכין – the meal to the house of the mourner.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:6
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**לֹא בְּטַבְלָא.** דֶּרֶךְ כָּבוֹד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא בטבלא – the manner of honor.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:7
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**וְלֹא בְאִסְקוּטְלָא.** כְּמִין שֻׁלְחָן קָטָן שֶׁל כֶּסֶף אוֹ שֶׁל זָהָב אוֹ שֶׁל זְכוּכִית. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי קְעָרָה שֶׁל כֶּסֶף, שֶׁכֵּן בְּלַעַ"ז קוֹרִין לִקְעָרָה שקודיל"א:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא באסקוטלא – flipping a small table of silver or of gold or of glass. But I heard a bowl of silver, for in the foreign tongue, they call the bowl “Shekudila.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:8
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**אֶלָּא בְסַלִּין.** שֶׁל עֲרָבָה קְלוּפָה. שֶׁלֹּא לְבַיֵּשׁ הָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁבָּאִין לְהַבְרוֹת שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם טַבְלָא וְאִסְקוּטְלָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלא בסלין – of peeled willow twigs, in order not to embarrass the poor that come to serve a condolence meal and lack a tray or a small table.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:7:9
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**וּפוֹטְרִין אֶת הָרַבִּים.** נוֹתְנִים לָהֶם רְשׁוּת לֵילֵךְ מִיָּד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ופוטרין את הרבים – give them the permission to go immediately.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:8:1
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**אֵין מַנִּיחִין אֶת הַמִּטָּה.** שֶׁל מֵת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין מניחין את המטה – [bier] of the dead person.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:8:2
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**בָּרְחוֹב.** בַּמּוֹעֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ברחוב – [in the street] during the Festival (i.e., the Intermediate Days of the Festival/Hol HaMoed).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:8:3
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**לְעוֹלָם.** אֲפִלּוּ בְּחֹל, דִּכְתִיב (במדבר כ) וַתָּמָת שָׁם מִרְיָם וַתִּקָּבֵר שָׁם, סָמוּךְ לְמִיתָה קְבוּרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לעולם – even during the weekdays, as it is written (Numbers 20:1): “Miriam died there and was buried there.” The burial is juxtaposed to the death.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:8:4
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**מְטַפְּחוֹת.** מְסַפְּקוֹת כַּף אֶל כַּף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מטפחות – clap palm to palm


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:8:5
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**רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר כו'.** וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ור"ש אומר כו' – But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:9:1
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**וְאִשָּׁה רְעוּתָהּ קִינָה.** וּמִדִּכְתִיב וְלַמֵּדְנָה, אַלְמָא קִינָה, אַחַת אוֹמֶרֶת וַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ עוֹנָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואשה רעותה קינה – and since it is written (Jeremiah 9:19): “And teach [your daughter wailing, and one another lamentation],” so we see that one speaks and her neighbor responds.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Moed Katan 3:9:2
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**אֲבָל לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא אוֹמֵר בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח.** שֶׁיְּבַלַּע הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הַמָּוֶת, וְכֻלָּן עוֹנוֹת שִׁירָה, שֶׁאֵין מִיתָה וְאֵין דִּמְעָה. וְנָקְטִינַן לְהַאי קְרָא הָכָא, מִשּׁוּם אַל תַּעֲמֹד בְּדָבָר רָע [לָכֵן רָאָה לְסַיֵּם בְּטוֹב]:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אבל לעתיד לבא אומר בלע המות לנצח – that the Holy One Blessed be He should consume death, and all of them respond with a song that there should be no death and no dears, and we take this Biblical verse here because we should not stand/end with a bad thing [and therefore, he saw to conclude with a good thing/word].