## Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot Chapter 13

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:1
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**הָעוֹשֶׂה מָאוֹר.** חַלּוֹן הֶעָשׂוּי לְאוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
העושה מאור ((he who leaves a light-hole/opening – in the wall – from the start – when building) – a window that is made for its light.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:2
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**בַּתְּחִלָּה.** מִשּׁוּם דְּבָעֵי לְמִתְנָא סֵיפָא שְׁיָרֵי הַמָּאוֹר תָּנָא רֵישָׁא בִתְחִלָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בתחילה – because they need to need the concluding clause: "שיירי המאור"/”remnants of the light,” it teaches in the first clause, “from the start”/"בתחילה".


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:3
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**מַקְדֵּחַ גָּדוֹל שֶׁל לִשְׁכָּה.** הוּא כְפוּנְדְיוֹן הָאִטַּלְקִי וּכְסֶלַע נֵרוֹנִית וְיֶשְׁנוֹ כִמְלֹא נֶקֶב שֶׁל עוֹל. אִם יֵשׁ בַּחַלּוֹן כַּשִּׁעוּר הַזֶּה, מֵבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה לְצַד אַחֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מקדח גדול של לשכה (the full capacity of a large borer/drill of the chamber) – It is like the Italian Dupondium and like the Neronian Sela and it has the full capacity of a hole of a yoke/pole. If it has in the window like this measure, it brings the defilement to the other side.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:4
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**שְׁיָרֵי הַמָּאוֹר.** אִם נִשְׁאַר מִן הַחַלּוֹן שֶׁלֹּא נִסְתַּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שיירי המאור – if thee remains from the window that is not concealed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:5
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**חֲרָרוּהוּ מַיִם.** שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשָׂה הַחוֹר עַל יְדֵי אָדָם אֶלָּא עַל יְדֵי מְרוּצַת הַמַּיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
חררוהו מים- that the cave was not made at the hand of a person but rather through the running water.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:6
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**אוֹ שְׁרָצִים.** כְּגוֹן הַחֹלֶד וְהָעַכְבָּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או שרצים – as for example the mole/weasel and the mouse.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:7
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**אוֹ שֶׁאֲכָלַתּוּ מַלַּחַת.** שֶׁהָאָרֶץ מְלֵחָה וּמִתְבַּקַּעַת מֵאֵלֶיהָ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או שאכלתו מלחת (or formed through corrosion produced by saline corrosion) – that the land is filled with saline corrosion and it burst forth on its own.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:8
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**מְלֹא אֶגְרוֹף.** אֶגְרוֹפוֹ שֶׁל בֶּן אֲבַטִּיחַ. אָדָם גָּדוֹל שֶׁהָיָה הָאֶגְרוֹף שֶׁלּוֹ כְרֹאשׁ גָּדוֹל שֶׁל כָּל אָדָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מלא אגרוף – the fist of Ben Battiah (see Tractate Kelim, Chapter 17, Mishnah 12 – Ben Battiah is the nephew of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, one of the leaders of the terrorists during the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans) – a large person whose fist was like the large head of all people.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:9
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**חָשַׁב עָלָיו לְתַשְׁמִישׁ.** חַלּוֹן שֶׁחֲרָרוּהוּ מַיִם אוֹ שְׁרָצִים, שֶׁחִשֵּׁב לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בּוֹ וּלְהַנִּיחַ שָׁם חֲפָצָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
חישב עליו לתשמיש – a window that that the running waters or the reptiles made, that he gave thought to use it and to leave there his belongings.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:10
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**לְמָאוֹר.** לְהַכְנִיס אוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
למאור – to bring in light.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:11
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**הַסְּרִיגוֹת.** מְחִצָּה כְמִין סְבָכָה מְסֹרֶגֶת שֶׁעוֹשִׂים בַּחַלּוֹנוֹת שֶׁל אוֹצָרוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הסריגות (the lattice In the windows) – the partitions which are like net-work in zig-zag that they make in widows of storehouses.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:12
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**וְהָרְפָפוֹת.** מְחִצָּה מְסֹרֶגֶת שֶׁעוֹשִׂים בַּחַלּוֹנוֹת שֶׁל בָּתֵּי הַקַּיִץ שֶׁיּוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם לְהִתְקָרֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והרפפות (loose lattice work with wide meshes – used for sheds) – partitions that are zig-zag that they make in windows of summer houses where they sit there to cool off.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:13
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**מִצְטָרְפוֹת כִּמְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ.** אֲוִיר שֶׁבֵּין הַסְּרִיגוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד כִּמְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ מִצְטָרְפִין בֵּין כֻּלָּם לְכִמְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מצטרפות כמלוא מקדח – the airspace that is between the lattice in the windows, even though there isn’t in one place like the breadth of a hole of a borer/drill, they combine amongst all of them to the size of a borer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:1:14
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**לְהָבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה וּלְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה.** לָאו אַפְּלוּגְתָּא דְבֵית שַׁמַּאי וּבֵית הִלֵּל קָאֵי, אֶלָּא אַשִּׁעוּרִים דְּרֵישָׁא קָאֵי. וְהָכִי קָאָמַר, מְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ וּמְלֹא אֶגְרוֹף וּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח דַּאֲמַרַן, כָּל הַשִּׁעוּרִין הַלָּלוּ בֵּין לְהָבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה לַבַּיִת בֵּין לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה מִן הַבַּיִת. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּלֵיג, וְסָבַר בֵּין לְהָבִיא בֵּין לְהוֹצִיא כֻּלָּן שִׁעוּרָן בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח, וְלֵית לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שִׁעוּר שֶׁל מְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ וּמְלֹא אֶגְרוֹף כְּלָל. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
להביא את הטומאה ולהוציא את הטומאה – this is not referring to the dispute between the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel, but it refers to the measurements of the first clause of the Mishnah. And this is what he said: The size of the hole of the large drill/borer and the size of the fist [of Ben Battiah] and the opening of a handbreadth that we stated, all of these measurements, whether to bring in the defilement into the house or whether to remove the defilement from the house. But Rabbi Shimon disputes this, and holds, whether to bring in or whether to remove, for all of them their measurement is the opening of a handbreadth, and Shimon does not have the measurement of the size of the hole of the borer or the size of the fist at all. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:1
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**חַלּוֹן הֶעָשׂוּי לַאֲוִיר.** לְהַכְנִיס בּוֹ אֲוִיר הָעוֹלָם, וְהַיְנוּ חַלּוֹן הֶעָשׂוּי לְמָאוֹר. וּמִשּׁוּם דְּבָעֵי לְמִתְנֵי בָּנָה בַּיִת חוּצָה לָהּ, הֲדַר תַּנְיֵהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
חלון העשוי לאויר – o bring in the air of the world, that is the window that is made for its light. And because it was necessary to teach that he built a house outside of it, he went back and repeated the teaching.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:2
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**בָּנָה בַיִת חוּצָה לָהּ.** כְּנֶגֶד הַחַלּוֹן, וְנִתְבַּטֵּל אֲוִיר שֶׁל חַלּוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
בנה בית חוצה לה – opposite the window, and the airspace of the window was voided.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:3
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**שִׁעוּרָהּ בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח.** כְּחַלוֹן הֶעָשׂוּי לְתַשְׁמִישׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שיעורה בפותח טפח – like the window that is made for usage.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:4
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**נָתַן אֶת הַתִּקְרָה בְאֶמְצַע הַחַלּוֹן.** שֶׁנִּמְצָא הַחַלּוֹן חֶצְיוֹ לְמַעְלָה מִן הַתִּקְרָה וְחֶצְיוֹ לְמַטָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
נתן את התקרה באמצע החלון – that the window is found half it of it above the ceiling and half of it below.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:5
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**הַחַלּוֹן הַתַּחְתּוֹן בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח.** כְּדִין חַלּוֹן הֶעָשׂוּי לְתַשְׁמִישׁ, דְּהָא אֵין כָּאן אֲוִיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
החלון התחתון בפותח טפח – like the law of the window made for usage, for here there is no air.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:2:6
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**וְהָעֶלְיוֹן מְלֹא מַקְדֵּחַ.** דִּלְמַעְלָה מִן הַתִּקְרָה הוּא לַאֲוִיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והעליון מלוא מקדח – that above from the ceiling is for the air.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:1
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**הַחוֹר שֶׁבַּדֶּלֶת.** בְּאֶמְצַע הַדֶּלֶת, דְּאֵינוֹ עָשׂוּי לַאֲוִיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
החור שבדלת – in the middle of the door, that it is not made for the air.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:2
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**שִׁיֵּר בּוֹ הֶחָרָשׁ.** הָאֻמָּן שֶׁתִּקֵּן אֶת הַדֶּלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שייר בו החרש – the artisan who prepared/fixed the door.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:3
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**מִלְּמַטָּן.** כְּגוֹן שֶׁשִּׁיֵּר סָמוּךְ לָאַסְקֻפָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
מלמטן – as for example that he left [a hole] near the threshold.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:4
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**אוֹ מִלְמַעְלָן.** סָמוּךְ לַמַּשְׁקוֹף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או מלמעלן – near the lintel.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:5
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**הֱגִיפָהּ.** סְגָרָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
הגיפה (he filled the hole out but not entirely)– he closed it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:6
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**וְלֹא מֵרְקָהּ.** לֹא גְמָרָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ולא מירקה – but didn’t complete it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:7
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**אוֹ שֶׁפְּתָחַתּוּ הָרוּחַ.** כְּלוֹמַר, אוֹ שֶׁמֵּרַק אֶת הַסְּגִירָה אֶלָּא שֶׁבָּאתָה הָרוּחַ וּפְתָחַתּוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
או שפתחונו הרוח – meaning to say, or that he competed the closure but the wind came and opened it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:3:8
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**שִׁעוּרוֹ מְלֹא אֶגְרוֹף.** דְּכֵיוָן דְּנִפְתַּח מִמֵּילָא הָוֵי כַּחֲרָרוּהוּ מַיִם אוֹ שְׁרָצִים. וּבְהַךְ סֵיפָא לֹא פָלֵיג רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן, מִשּׁוּם דְּחוֹר שֶׁבָּאֶמְצַע עָשָׂה הֶחָרָשׁ בְּמִתְכַּוֵּן, וְלֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַחוֹר אֶלָּא קְצָרִים הָיוּ הַדַּפִּין שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה מֵהֶן הַדֶּלֶת וְעָלְתָה בְדַעְתּוֹ לְהַנִּיחַ הַנֶּקֶב בָּאֶמְצַע יוֹתֵר מִלְּהַנִּיחַ לְמַטָּה אוֹ לְמַעְלָה, וְדָמֵי לְעָשָׂה בְמִתְכַּוֵּן, אֲבָל כְּשֶׁהִנִּיחוֹ מִלְּמַטָּה אוֹ מִלְּמַעְלָה אֵין זֶה כְעוֹשֶׂה בַיָּדַיִם, אֶלָּא מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהַנְּסָרִים קְצָרִים וְלֹא נִתְמַלֵּא הַנֶּקֶב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שיעורו מלוא אגרוף – for since it opened on its own, it is like the running water or reptiles. But in this concluding clause [of the Mishnah], Rabbi Tarfon does not disagree because the hole that is in the middle the carpenter made with intention, but not because he needs the hole but rather the boards were short and a door was made from them and he had the intention to place a hole/incision in the middle more than to place it below or above. And it is similar to someone who makes with intention, but when he placed it from below or from above, this is not like doing it with one’s hands, but rather because the boards are short, and the hole wasn’t filled.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:4:1
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**הָעוֹשֶׂה מָקוֹם.** שֶׁנִּקֵּב נֶקֶב מְפֻלָּשׁ בַּכֹּתֶל לְהַנִּיחַ שָׁם קָנֶה שֶׁל אוֹרְגִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
העושה מקום – that he made a puncture going all the way through in the wall to place there a reed of the weavers.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:4:2
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**וּלְאִסְפָּתִי.** חֶרֶב בִּלְשׁוֹן יָוָן קוֹרִין אִסְפְּתִי. וְיֵשׁ לָאוֹרְגִים כְּלִי כְּתַבְנִית חֶרֶב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ולאספתי (and for the executioner’s sword/weaver’s stave) – a sword in the Greek language they call ASPATI. And weavers have a vessel like the shape of a sword.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:4:3
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**שִׁעוּרוֹ בְכָל שֶׁהוּא.** לְהָבִיא אֶת הַטֻּמְאָה לַצַּד הָאַחֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
שעורו בכל שהוא – to bring in the defilement to the other side.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:4:4
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**לָזוּן אֶת עֵינָיו.** לְהִסְתַּכֵּל מִשָּׁם לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים אוֹ לֶחָצֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
לזון את עיניו – to look out from there to the public domain or to the courtyard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:4:5
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**וּלְתַשְׁמִישׁ.** לְהַצְנִיעַ שָׁם חֲפָצָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ולתשמיש – to hide there his belongings.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:1
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**אֵלּוּ מְמַעֲטִים אֶת הַטֶּפַח.** חַלּוֹן שֶׁשִּׁעוּרוֹ בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח וְהָיָה אֶחָד מִכָּל הָנֵי דַּחֲשִׁיב הָכָא מֻנָּח בּוֹ וּמְמַעֵט אֶת הָאֲוִיר מִטֶּפַח, חוֹצֵץ, שֶׁאֵין הַטֻּמְאָה עוֹבֶרֶת לְצַד אַחֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
אלו ממעטים את הטפח – a window that its measure is when it is open a handbreadth, and one of all of these that is considered here is placed in it and it reduces the airspace from a handbreadth, it interposes, that the defilement doesn’t pass to the other side.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:2
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**עַל יְדֵי רֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת.** אִם יֵשׁ בַּבַּיִת רֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת דִּמְטַמֵּא בְאֹהֶל, וּפָחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת מִבְּשַׂר הַמֵּת מֻנָּח בַּחַלּוֹן, מְמַעֵט. וְדַוְקָא פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת, דְּאִלּוּ כַּזַּיִת, הוּא עַצְמוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְאֹהֶל. וְדַוְקָא עַל יְדֵי רֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת, אֲבָל אִי אִיכָּא בַּבַּיִת כַּזַּיִת בָּשָׂר מִן הַמֵּת, אֵין פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת זֶה מְמַעֵט, דְּאַדְּרַבָּה בָּשָׂר מִצְטָרֵף עִם בָּשָׂר. וְהַיְנוּ טַעֲמָא נַמִּי דְדַוְקָא בָשָׂר מְמַעֵט עַל יְדֵי עֲצָמוֹת וְלֹא עֲצָמוֹת עַל יְדֵי עֲצָמוֹת, דַּעֲצָמוֹת אַעֲצָמוֹת מִצְטָרְפֵי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
על ידי רובע עצמות – if there is in the house a quarter [KAB] of bones that defile in a tent, and less than an olive’s bulk from the flesh of a corpse that is placed in the window, it lessens it. And specifically, less than an olive’s bulk, for if it were an olive’s bulk, it itself defiles in a tent. And specifically, through a quarter [Kab] of bones. But if there is in the house an olive’s bulk of flesh from a corpse, nothing less than this olive’s bulk can lessen it, for on the contrary, flesh combines with flesh. And that is the reason also that specifically flesh reduces through bones, but not bones through bones, for bones with bones combine.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:3
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**פָּחוֹת מֵעֶצֶם כַּשְּׂעֹרָה.** אֲבָל עֶצֶם כַּשְּׂעֹרָה לֹא מְמַעֵט, מִשּׁוּם דִּמְטַמֵּא בְמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
פחות מעצם כשעורה -but a bone like [the size of] a barleycorn does not reduce/lessen the size, because it defiles through contact and through carrying.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:4
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**פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת.** הַשְׁתָּא הֲדַר תַּנְיֵהּ אַף עַל גַּב דְּתָנָא לֵיהּ רֵישָׁא, לְאַשְׁמוֹעִינַן דִּמְמַעֵט עַל יְדֵי כָּל הַמְטַמְּאִין בְּאֹהֶל, כְּגוֹן רְבִיעִית דָּם וּמְלֹא תַרְוַד רָקָב וְכָל אוֹתָן הַשְּׁנוּיִין בְּפֶרֶק ב'‏:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
פחות מכזית מן המת – now [the Tanna/teacher of the Mishnah] has repeated his teaching, even though he taught it in the first clause [of the Mishnah] to inform us/teach us that he lessens/reduces [the size] through all that defile in a tent, such as a quarter [LOG] of blood and a spoonful of mass of earth from a grave containing parts of a decayed human body if of a certain quantity and all of those that are taught in Chapter Two [of Tractate Ohalot].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:5
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**פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת מִן הַנְּבֵלָה וֽכוּ'.** כָּל הָנֵי דַּחֲשִׁיב מִכָּאן וָאֵילָךְ, מְמַעֲטֵי בֵּין עַל יְדֵי עֲצָמוֹת בֵּין עַל יְדֵי בָּשָׂר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
פחות מכזית מן הנבלה וכו' – all of these that are considered from here and onward, that they reduce whether through bones or whether through flesh.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:6
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**וּפָחוֹת מִכַּבֵּיצָה אֳכָלִים.** שֶׁאֵין אֹכֶל פָּחוֹת מִכַּבֵּיצָה מְטַמֵּא אֲחֵרִים וְלֹא מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה מִן הַתּוֹרָה, הִלְכָּךְ מְמַעֵט וְחוֹצֵץ בִּפְנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ופחות מכביצה אוכלים – that foods less than an egg’s bulk do not defile others and are not susceptible to receive ritual defilement from the Torah, therefore it reduces and interposes in the face of the defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:7
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**וְהַתְּבוּאָה.** שֶׁהִשְׁרִישָׁה רָחוֹק מִן הַכֹּתֶל וְנִתְפַּשְּׁטוּ עֲנָפֶיהָ וְסָגְרוּ אֶת הַחַלּוֹן, דִּמְחֻבָּר לַקַּרְקַע הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
והתבואה – that took root far from the wall and its foliage straightened and closed the window, for it is attached to the ground.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:8
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**כָּכַי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהֶן מַמָּשׁ.** קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ נִקְרָאִים כָּכַי. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי כְמִין קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ נִמְצָא בְתוֹךְ הַקָּנֶה. וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהוּא דַק מְאֹד וְהוּא כָּכַי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ, וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהוּא כְּעֵין אֲרִיגַת בֶּגֶד וְהוּא כָּכַי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
וככי שיש הן ממש (the web-like marrow of reeds/substantial spiderweb in which there is substance) – spider’s web that are called the web-like marrow of reeds. But I heard that they are a species of spider’s web that is found within the reed. And sometimes it is very thin and it is web-like marrow of reeds and there is no substance to them, and sometimes it is similar to the weaving of cloth and it is like a web-like marrow of reeds that has substance to it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:9
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**וְנִבְלַת עוֹף טָהוֹר שֶׁלֹּא חִשַּׁב עָלֶיהָ.** שֶׁנִּבְלַת עוֹף טָהוֹר אֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה עַד שֶׁיַּחֲשֹׁב עָלֶיהָ לַאֲכִילָה, וְאָז מְטַמְּאָה טֻמְאַת אֳכָלִים בְּכַבֵּיצָה וְאֵינָהּ צְרִיכָה הֶכְשֵׁר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ונבלת עוף טהור שלא חישב עליה – that the carcass of fowl/birds is ritually pure and doesn’t defile until one considers it/given it thought for eating, and then it defiles with the ritual impurity of foods like an egg’s bulk and does not require certification [to be susceptible to ritual uncleanness].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:5:10
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**נִבְלַת עוֹף טָמֵא שֶׁחִשַּׁב עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא הִכְשִׁירָהּ.** דְּנִבְלַת עוֹף טָמֵא צְרִיכָה מַחֲשָׁבָה וּצְרִיכָה הֶכְשֵׁר, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁיָּבֹא עָלֶיהָ מַיִם אוֹ אֶחָד מִשִּׁבְעָה מַשְׁקִין, וְאִם חָסֵר מַחֲשָׁבָה אוֹ הֶכְשֵׁר, טְהוֹרָה, וּמְמַעֶטֶת וְחוֹצֶצֶת בִּפְנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
נבלת עוף טמא שחשב עליה ולא הכשירה – for the carrion of an impure bird/fowl requires intention/though and requires certification [to be susceptible to ritual uncleanness, that is to say, that when water comes upon it or one of the seven liquids (i.e., dew, water, wine, olive oil, blood, milk and honey – see Tractate Makhshirin, Chapter 6, Mishnah 4), but if it is lacking thought/intention or certification of [to be susceptible to ritual uncleanness], it is pure and it reduces/lessens [the handbreadth] and interposes in the face of defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:6:1
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**וְלֹא תְבוּאָה שֶׁבַּחַלּוֹן.** שֶׁהִשְׁרִישָׁה בַּחַלּוֹן מַמָּשׁ. מִשּׁוּם דְּדַעְתּוֹ לְפַנּוֹתָהּ שֶׁהִיא מְקַלְקֶלֶת אֶת הַכֹּתֶל, וְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁדַּעְתּוֹ לְפַנּוֹתוֹ אֵינוֹ מְמַעֵט בַּחַלּוֹן. וּלְעֵיל אַיְרֵי שֶׁהִשְׁרִישָׁה רָחוֹק מִן הַכֹּתֶל, דְּהַשְׁתָּא אֵין דַּעְתּוֹ לְפַנּוֹתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ולא תבואה שבחלון – that actually took root in the window. Because it was his intention to remove it when it ruins the wall, and every thing that is his intention to remove, does not reduce in the window. But above (i.e., the previous Mishnah), it speaks about something that took root far from the wall, that now it is not his intention to remove it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:6:2
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**הַשְּׁתִי וְהָעֵרֶב הַמְנֻגָּעִים.** דִּשְׁתִי וָעֵרֶב מִטַּמֵּא בִנְגָעִים, וְדָבָר טָמֵא אֵינוֹ מְמַעֵט:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
השתי והערב המנוגעים (but not – the warp and woof threads that have contracted leprosy) – that the warp and woof [threads] become defiled through plagues/leprosy, and something that is impure does not reduce/lessen.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:6:3
[Bartenura on Mishnah Oholot 13:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Mishnah%20Oholot/r/13:6:3)

**וְלֹא לְבֵנָה מִבֵּית הַפְּרָס.** הַלְּבֵנָה הָעֲשׂוּיָה מֵעֲפַר בֵּית הַפְּרָס. רַבִּי מֵאִיר סָבַר שֶׁהִיא טְמֵאָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁעֲפַר בֵּית הַפְּרָס טָמֵא, הִלְכָּךְ אֵינָהּ מְמַעֶטֶת בַּחַלּוֹן. וְרַבָּנָן סָבְרֵי לֹא טִמְּאוּ אֶלָּא גוּשׁ כִּבְרִיָּתוֹ הַבָּא מִבֵּית הַפְּרָס, וְלֹא הֶעָפָר אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר שֶׁגִּבְּלוֹ. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים. וְשִׁעוּר הַגּוּשׁ, כְּפִיקָה גְדוֹלָה שֶׁל סַקָּאִים, שֶׁהוּא כְּחוֹתַם הַמַּרְצוּפִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2022:**
ולא לבינה מבית הפרס – the brick is made from the dust of the an area in which uncertainty exists concerning the location of a grave or a corpse [surrounded by one-hundred cubits]. Rabbi Meir holds that it is impure just as the dust of an area in which uncertainty exists concerning the location of a grave or a corpse, therefore, it does not lessen in the window. But the Rabbis hold that they only defiled a clod/lump-like creature that comes from an area where in which uncertainty exists concerning the location of a grave or a corpse, and not the dust even after it was kneaded. And the Halakha is according to the Sages. And the measure of a clod/lump is like a large lump of sacks which is like the sealing clay as required for a seal on bags.