## Bartenura on Mishnah Peah Chapter 8

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:1:1
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**מֵאֵימָתַי הַנְּמוֹשׁוֹת.** אִית דִּמְפָרְשֵׁי זְקֵנִים הַהוֹלְכִים עַל מִשְׁעַנְתָּם. וְאִית דִּמְפָרְשֵׁי לִקּוּטֵי בָתַר לִקּוּטֵי. שֶׁמֵּאַחַר שֶׁיֵּלְכוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה לוֹקְטִים אַחַר לוֹקְטִים אוֹ הַזְּקֵנִים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁמְּאַחֲרִים לָלֶכֶת לְלַקֵּט אַחַר הַכֹּל כְּבָר נִתְיָאֲשׁוּ הָעֲנִיִּים מֵאוֹתָהּ שָׂדֶה, וְכָל הַנִּמְצָא בָהּ אַחַר כָּךְ הוּא הֶפְקֵר לַכֹּל, בֵּין לַעֲנִיִּים בֵּין לַעֲשִׁירִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מאימתי. הנמושות – there are those who explain this [word נמושות/the last troop of gleaners ] as old people who are walking on their staffs, and there are those who interpret this as the gleaners after the gleaners (the poor who come for the second gleanings – see Talmud Bava Metzia 21b) , for after they would go in the field, gleaners after the gleaners or these elderly people who come late to walk go to glean after everyone that is poor has already despaired from that field, and all that is found in it after that is ownerless to all, whether for the poor or for the rich.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:1:2
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**רְבִיעָה שְׁנִיָּה.** הַמָּטָר נִקְרָא רְבִיעָה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא רוֹבֵעַ אֶת הָאָרֶץ וּמוֹלִידָהּ וּמַצְמִיחָהּ כְּזָכָר הָרוֹבֵעַ אֶת הַנְּקֵבָה וְהִיא מִתְעַבֶּרֶת מִמֶּנּוּ, לְשׁוֹן בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא תַרְבִּיעַ (ויקרא יט). פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר רְבִיעָה עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהַמָּטָר מַשְׁכִּיב הֶעָפָר וּמַרְבִּיצוֹ, תַּרְגּוּם רוֹבֵץ רְבִיעַ. וּזְמַן רְבִיעָה שְׁנִיָּה בְּשָׁנָה בֵּינוֹנִית הוּא בְּכ"ג בְּמַרְחֶשְׁוָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רביעה שניה – the rain is called fructification (in the fall) because it fructifies the ground (see Talmud Ta’anit 6a), and gives birth and causes to grow like a male who copulates with a female and she becomes pregnant from him, from the language (Leviticus 19:19): “You shall not let cattle mate [with a different kind]…” Another explanation: Fructification on account that the rain causes the dust to lie down, which is the Aramaic translation of lying down to cause fructification. And he time for the second rainfall in an average year is on the twenty-third of Mar Heshvan.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:1:3
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**שֶׁאֵינָן מוֹסְקִין.** מְסִיקָה בְּזֵיתִים כְּמוֹ קוֹצֵר בִּתְבוּאָה, בּוֹצֵר בַּעֲנָבִים, אוֹרֶה בִּתְאֵנִים, גּוֹדֵר בִּתְמָרִים, כָּךְ מוֹסֵק בְּזֵיתִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שאינן מוסקין – harvesting of olives like reaping grain and cutting grapes and plucking figs and harvesting dates, so too harvesting olives.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:1:4
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**וְלֹא יְהֵא מֵבִיא בְּאַרְבָּעָה אִסָּרוֹת.** דְּהַיְנוּ שְׁנֵי פוּנְדְיוֹנִים, שֶׁהַפּוּנְדְיוֹן שְׁנֵי אִסָּרִין, וּתְנַן אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין לֶעָנִי הָעוֹבֵר מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם מִכִּכָּר בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן, דְּהַיְנוּ מְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעֻדּוֹת, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֵבִיא זֵיתִים שָׁוֶה אַרְבָּעָה אִסָּרוֹת, דְּהַיְנוּ מְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעֻדּוֹת לוֹ וּשְׁתֵּי סְעֻדּוֹת לְאִשְׁתּוֹ, אַף הוּא אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא לִלְקֹט. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא יהא מביא בארבעה איסרות – that is two Pundiyons/Dupondium (a Roman coin equal to two Asses) as a Pundiyon is two Issars, and we teach in the Mishnah that a poor person that goes from place to place from the [town] square receives not less that a Pundiyon/Dupondium, that is the food for two meals, and since he does not bring olives worth four Issars, that is the food for two meals for himself and two meals for his wife, for even he does not go out to glean. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:2:1
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**נֶאֱמָנִים.** הָעֲנִיִּים לוֹמַר חִטִּים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁל לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה הֵן, וּפְטוּרִים מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נאמנים – the poor [are believed] to state that this wheat is of gleanings, forgotten sheaves and the corner of the field, and they are exempt from tithing.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:2:2
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**בִּשְׁעָתָן.** בִּשְׁעַת הַקָּצִיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בשעתן – at the time of the harvest.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:2:3
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**בְּכָל שְׁנָתוֹ.** בְּשָׁנָה שְׁלִישִׁית וּבְשָׁנָה שִׁשִּׁית, שֶׁמַּעְשַׂר עָנִי נוֹהֵג בָּהֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בכל שנתו – in the third year and in the sixth year where the Poor Tithe applies to them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:2:4
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**וּבֶן לֵוִי נֶאֱמָן לְעוֹלָם.** דְּמַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן נוֹהֵג בְּכָל שָׁנָה, וְכֵיוָן דְּאָמַר שֶׁל מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן הֵם לֹא חַיְשִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא לֹא הִפְרִישׁ מֵהֶן תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר, דְּכִי הֵיכִי דְּלֹא נֶחְשְׁדוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל תְּרוּמָה גְדוֹלָה, כָּךְ לֹא נֶחְשַׁד בֶּן לֵוִי עַל תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובן לוי נאמן לעולם – since the First Tithe applies in each year, and since that he said that they are First Tithe, we do not suspect lest he did not separate from them the Tithe of the Tithe, and just as an Israelite was not suspected regarding the Large Terumah (i.e., two percent to the Kohen), the Levite was not suspect on the Tithe of the Tithe (that was given by a Levite to a Kohen).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:2:5
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**אֶלָּא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁבְּנֵי אָדָם נוֹהֲגִין כֵּן.** נוֹהֲגִים לָתֵת לָהֶם כֵּן, וְלֹא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁאֵין רְגִילִים לָתֵת לָהֶם כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ, וּלְקַמָּן מְפָרֵשׁ וְאָזֵיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלא על דבר שבני אדם נוהגין כן – It was practice to give them this and not on anything that they were not accustomed to give them similar to this, and further on, it explains this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:3:1
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**נֶאֱמָנִים עַל הַחִטִּים.** לוֹמַר שֶׁל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי הֵם שֶׁנִּתַּן לִי, אֲבָל אֵין נֶאֱמָנִים לוֹמַר קֶמַח וּפַת זֶה שֶׁל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי, שֶׁנִּתַּן לִי קֶמַח וּפַת, דְּאֵין דֶּרֶךְ לְחַלֵּק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי קֶמַח וּפַת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נאמנים על החיטים – [they are believed] to say that they are of the Poor Man’s tithe that was given to me, but they are not believed to say that flour and this bread is of the Poor Man’s tithe, that flour and bread were given to me, for it is not the manner to distribute [processed] Poor Man’s tithe of flour and bread.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:3:2
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**שְׂעוֹרָה שֶׁל אֹרֶז.** אִית דִּמְפָרְשֵׁי שִׁבֹּלֶת שֶׁל אֹרֶז, שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה דַרְכָּם לְחַלֵּק אֹרֶז שֶׁל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי אֶלָּא בְּשִׁבֳּלִים. וְאִית דִּמְפָרְשֵׁי שְׂעוֹרָה שֶׁל אֹרֶז קֹדֶם שֶׁנִּכְתַּשׁ בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ וְהוּסְרָה קְלִפָּתוֹ [שְׂעוֹרָה קוֹרֵא] לוֹ, וּלְאַחַר דִּישָׁה בְּעוֹדוֹ בִקְלִפָּתוֹ דֶּרֶךְ לְחַלְּקוֹ לָעֲנִיִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שעורה של אורז – there are those who explain spike of rice, for it was not their manner to distributer rice of the Poor Man’s Tithe other than spike/ears of corn. And there are those who explain barley of of rice prior to its being crushed in a mortar and the remove of its shell [it is called barley] and after threshing while its hide is on it, it is the practice to distribute it to the poor.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:3:3
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**גְּרִיסִין.** שֶׁטְּחָנָן בְּרֵיחַיִם שֶׁל גָּרוֹסוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
גריסין – that they are ground in a millstone of grist-grinder’s mills.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:3:4
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**נֶאֱמָנִים עַל הַשֶּׁמֶן.** שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ לְחַלֵּק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי בְּשֶׁמֶן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נאמנים על השמן – it is the manner to distribute the Poor Man’s Tithe in oil.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:3:5
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**וְאֵין נֶאֱמָנִים לוֹמַר שֶׁל זֵיתֵי נִקּוּף הוּא.** זֵיתֵי נִקּוּף מִמַּתְּנוֹת עֲנִיִּים הֵן, שֶׁחוֹבְטִים וּמְנַקְּפִים בַּזַּיִת לְהַשִּׁיר הַזֵּיתִים שֶׁנִּשְׁאֲרוּ מִן הַמְּסִיקָה. וְנִקּוּף לְשׁוֹן כְּנוֹקֵף זַיִת. וְאֵין הֶעָנִי נֶאֱמָן לוֹמַר שֶׁמֶן זֶה הוֹצֵאתִי מִזֵּיתֵי נִקּוּף וּפָטוּר מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין רְגִילִין לַעֲשׂוֹת שֶׁמֶן מִזֵּיתֵי נִקּוּף. אֲבָל עָנִי הָאוֹמֵר קֶמַח זֶה אוֹ פַת זוֹ מִלֶּקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה שֶׁלָּקַטְתִּי וְטָחַנְתִּי קֶמַח וְאָפִיתִי לֶחֶם, נֶאֱמָן, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ הֶעָנִי לַעֲשׂוֹת לֶחֶם מִלֶּקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין נאמנים לומר של זיתי נקוף הוא – the olives left on the tree for the poor/the gleanings are from the gifts of the poor, that we beat and knock the olive to empty the olives that remained from the harvesting. And this striking is the language like pounding an olive. But the poor person is not believed to state that this oil I removed from pounded olives and he is exempt from tithes, because it is not customary to make oil from pounded olives. But the poor person who states that this flour or bread is from the gleanings, forgotten sheaf and corner of the field that I gleaned and that I grinded the flour and baked the bread, is believed for it is the manner of the poor person to make bread from gleanings, forgotten sheaves and the corner of the field.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:4:1
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**נֶאֱמָנִים.** הָעֲנִיִּים עַל הַיָּרָק חַי לוֹמַר שֶׁל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי הוּא, דְּיָרָק חַיָּב בְּמַעֲשֵׂר מִדְּרַבָּנָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נאמנים – the poor people [are believed] about raw vegetables to state that they are from the Poor Man’s Tithe, for vegetables are liable for tithes from the Rabbis.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:4:2
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**דָּבָר מֻעָט.** נֶאֱמָנִים אַף עַל הַמְּבֻשָּׁל, דִּפְעָמִים שֶׁבַּעַל הַבַּיִת שָׁכַח מִלְּעַשֵּׂר וּמְעַשֵּׂר מִן הַמְּבֻשָּׁל מִתּוֹךְ הַקְּדֵרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דבר מועט – they are believed even on that which is cooked, for sometimes the owner of the house forgot to tithe and tithes from that which is cooked from within the pot.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:4:3
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**מִלְּפָסוֹ.** הַקְּדֵרָה אוֹ הַפָּרוּר שֶׁמְּבַשֵּׁל בָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מלפסו – the pot/dish or round pot that he is cooking in.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:5:1
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**אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין לָעֲנִיִּים בַּגֹּרֶן.** כְּשֶׁמְּחַלְּקִין מַעְשַׂר עָנִי בַּגֹּרֶן אֵין נוֹתְנִין לְכָל עָנִי וְעָנִי פָּחוֹת מִשִּׁעוּר זֶה, דִּכְתִיב (דברים כו) וְאָכְלוּ בִשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְשָׂבֵעוּ, תֵּן לוֹ כְּדֵי שָׂבְעוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין פוחתין לעניים בגורן – when they distribute the Poor Man’s Tithe in the granary/threshing floor, they don’t give to each and every poor person less than this measure, as it is written (Deuteronomy 26:12): “that they may eat their full in your settlements,” give him according to his fullness/satisfaction.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:5:2
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**דְּבֵלָה.** תְּאֵנִים יְבֵשִׁים לְאַחַר שֶׁנִּדְרָסִים בָּעִגּוּל קְרוּיִין דְּבֵלָה, וְשׁוּב אֵין נִמְכָּרִים בְּמִדָּה אֶלָּא בְמִשְׁקָל, לְהָכִי תָּנֵי מָנֶה דְבֵלָה, וּמָנֶה הוּא מִשְׁקַל מֵאָה דִּינָרִים וְהַדִּינָר מִשְׁקַל שִׁשָּׁה מָעִים וּמִשְׁקַל הַמָּעָה שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר גַּרְגְּרֵי שְׂעוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דבלה – dry figs after they had been tread in a round mould [in which figs are pressed] which is called cake of pressed figs. And further, they are not sold by measurement but rather by weight, therefore it teaches [in the Mishnah] a Maneh of a cake of pressed figs, and a Maneh is a weight of one hundred Denars and a Denar is a weight of six Ma’ah and the weight of a M’ah is sixteen berries/grains of barley.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:5:3
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**פְּרָס.** חֲצִי מָנֶה, וּבְכָל הַמִּדּוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בְּמַתְנִיתִין הֲלָכָה כְּתַנָּא קַמָּא וַהֲלָכָה כְּאַבָּא שָׁאוּל. וְלֹא נֶאֶמְרוּ דְבָרִים הַלָּלוּ אֶלָּא לַמְחַלֵּק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי בַּגֹּרֶן, אֲבָל הַמְחַלֵּק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ מְחַלֵּק כְּפִי רְצוֹנוֹ, וְלֹא נָתְנוּ בוֹ חֲכָמִים שִׁעוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פרס – one-half of a Maneh, and in all of the measurements that are stated in our Mishnah, the Halakha is according to the first Tanna/teacher and the Halakha is according to Abba Shaul. And these things are not said other than to distribute the Poor Man’s Tithe in the threshing floor/granary, butr he who distributes the Poor Man’s Tithe in his home, distributes according to his desires and the Sages did not give him a measurement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:6:1
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**מִדָּה זוֹ.** דְּאֵין פּוֹחֲתִין לֶעָנִי אֲמוּרָה בְּכֹהֲנִים לְוִיִּם וְיִשְׂרְאֵלִים, כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם שֶׁמְּחַלֵּק מַעְשַׂר עָנִי בַּגֹּרֶן לֹא יִפְחֹת מִזֶּה הַשִּׁעוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מדה זו – since we don’t give any less to the poor that is stated for Kohanim, Levites and Israelites, each one of them to whom we distribute the Poor Man’s Tithe in the threshing floor/granary should not receive less than this measurement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:6:2
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**הָיָה מַצִּיל.** שֶׁאֵין רוֹצֶה לְחַלֵּק לָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁבָּאוּ כָּל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ, וְרוֹצֶה לְהַצִּיל מִמֶּנּוּ לִקְרוֹבָיו הָעֲנִיִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היה מציל – for he does not want to distribute to the poor who came all the Poor Man’s Tithe that is in his hand, but he wants to save from it for his poor relatives.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:6:3
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**נוֹטֵל מֶחֱצָה.** וּמַצְנִיעַ לְצֹרֶךְ קְרוֹבָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נוטל מחצה – and hides it for the needs of his relatives.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:6:4
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**וְנוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה.** לָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁבָּאוּ. וְאִם לְאַחַר שֶׁנָּטַל מֶחֱצָה וְהִצְנִיעַ לְצֹרֶךְ קְרוֹבָיו הָיָה לוֹ דָּבָר מֻעָט, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁאַר לוֹ כְּדֵי לָתֵת לְכָל אֶחָד מִן הָעֲנִיִּים שֶׁבָּאוּ כַּשִּׁעוּר הַקָּצוּב לְעֵיל בְּמַתְנִיתִין, נוֹתֵן לִפְנֵיהֶם מַה שֶּׁנִּשְׁאַר בְּיָדוֹ וְהֵן מְחַלְּקִים בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ונותן מחצה – to the poor people came, and if after he took the half and hid it for the needs of his relatives, he had a little bit, that is to say, that thre didn’t remain to him enough to give to every one of the poor people according to the fixed measurement mentioned above in our Mishnah, he places it before them what remains in his hand in order that they can divide it among themselves.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:1
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**מִכִּכָּר בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן.** כִּכָּר הַנִּמְכָּר בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן כְּשֶׁהַחִטִּים נִמְכָּרִים אַרְבַּע סְאִים לְסֶלַע. וְאַרְבַּע סְאִין הֵן עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה קַבִּין, שֶׁכָּל סְאָה הִיא שִׁשָּׁה קַבִּין, וְהַסֶּלַע הוּא אַרְבָּעָה דִינָרִים וְכָל דִּינָר שִׁשָּׁה מָעִין, נִמְצָא הַסֶּלַע עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה מָעִין, נִמְצְאוּ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה קַבִּין לְעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה מָעִין, קַב לְכָל מָעָה, וְהַמָּעָה שְׁנֵי פוּנְדְיוֹנִים, הֲרֵי הַכִּכָּר הַנִּמְכָּר בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן הוּא חֲצִי קַב. אֲבָל מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַחֶנְוָנִי רוֹצֶה לְהִשְׂתַּכֵּר לִיצִיאַת הָאֲפִיָּה וְהַטְּחִינָה אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיִּמָּכֵר הַכִּכָּר שֶׁהוּא חֲצִי קַב בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן כְּפִי הָעֵרֶךְ שֶׁמּוֹכְרִים הַתְּבוּאָה בַּשּׁוּק אַרְבַּע סְאִים בְּסֶלַע, לְפִיכָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה הַכִּכָּר הַנִּמְכָּר בְּפוּנְדְיוֹן אֶלָּא רֹבַע הַקַּב בִּלְבָד. וּכְשֶׁמְּחַלְּקִים תְּבוּאָה לֶעָנִי בַּגֹּרֶן וְעָלָיו לִטְחֹן וְלֶאֱפוֹת אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מֵחֲצִי קַב, אֲבָל כְּשֶׁנּוֹתְנִים לוֹ כִּכָּר אָפוּי לֹא יִהְיֶה אֶלָּא רֹבַע הַקַּב שֶׁהֵם שִׁשָּׁה בֵּיצִים. וְהָכִי מְפֹרָשׁ בְּפֶרֶק כֵּיצַד מִשְׁתַּתְּפִין בְּעֵרוּבִין (דף פב):

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ככר בפונדיון – bread that is sold for a Pundiyon when the wheat is sold at four S’eah for a Selah, and these four Se’ah are twenty-four Kabs, and each Se’ah is six Kabs and the Selah is four Denars and each Denar is six Ma’ahs , it is found that the Selah is twenty-four Ma’ah and and it is found that twenty-four kabs for twenty-four Ma’ah, a Kab for each Ma’ah. But because the storekeeper wants to make money for his expenditures of baking and grinding, it is impossible to sell the bread which is one-half Kab per Pundiyon according to the value that they sell grain in the market place, four Se’ah for a Selah, therefore, the bread is not sold for a Pundiyon but only for one-quarter Kab. And when they distribute the grain to the poor in the grainary and it is upon him to grind [it] and bake [it], they don’t give less than one-half Kab, but when they give him a baked loaf, he does not get other than one-quarter of a Kab which is six eggs. This is explained in the [eighth] chapter of Tractate Eruvin, the Chapter “How do you prepare a Shittuf for the Sabbath line?”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:2
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**פַּרְנָסַת לִינָה.** מִטָּה וְכָרִים וּכְסָתוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
פרנסת לינה – a bed, pillows and cushions.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:3
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**מְזוֹן שָׁלֹשׁ סְעֻדּוֹת.** שֶׁחַיָּב אָדָם לֶאֱכֹל בַּשַּׁבָּת שָׁלֹשׁ סְעֻדּוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מזון שלש סעודות – for a person is liable to eat three meals on the Sabbath.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:4
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**לֹא יִטֹּל מִן הַתַּמְחוּי.** לְפִי שֶׁהַתַּמְחוּי מִתְחַלֵּק בְּכָל יוֹם, שֶׁהַגַּבָּאִים מַחֲזִירִים עַל פִּתְחֵי בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים בְּכָל יוֹם וְלוֹקְחִים מֵהֶם תַּבְשִׁיל לְצֹרֶךְ הָעֲנִיִּים, וְהַכְּלִי שֶׁמְּשִׂימִים בּוֹ אֶת הַתַּבְשִׁיל נִקְרָא תַּמְחוּי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא יטול מן התמחוי – because the soup-kitchen is distributed every day and the treasurers/managers go back out to the openings of the home owners on each day and take from them food for the needs of the poor, and the utensil that they place the food is called a תמחוי/ charity plate.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:5
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**לֹא יִטֹּל מִן הַקֻּפָּה.** לְפִי שֶׁהַקֻּפָּה מִתְחַלֶּקֶת מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת לְעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא יטול מן הקופה – for the communal fund is distributed from Friday to Friday.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:6
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**נִגְבֵּית בִּשְׁנַיִם.** לְפִי שֶׁמְּמַשְׁכְּנִים עַל הַצְּדָקָה, וְאֵין עוֹשִׂים שְׂרָרָה עַל הַצִּבּוּר פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁנַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נגבית בשנים – because they may [forcibly] take collateral, and one doesn’t make an authority over a community with less than two [people].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:7:7
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**וּמִתְחַלֶּקֶת בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה.** לְפִי שֶׁהִיא כְּדִינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת וְדִינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומתחלקת בשלשה – because it is like the monetary matters and monetary matters are with three (see the beginning of Tractate Sanhedrin).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:8:1
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**מָאתַיִם זוּז.** קִים לְהוּ לְרַבָּנָן שֶׁאֵלּוּ מַסְפִּיקִים לְשָׁנָה אַחַת לִכְסוּת וְלִמְזוֹנוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מאתים זוז – the Rabbis have established that [two hundred zuz] is sufficient for one year for clothing and food.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:8:2
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**אוֹ לִכְתֻבַּת אִשְׁתּוֹ.** וַאֲפִלּוּ הִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת תַּחְתָּיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
או לכתובת אשתו – and even if she is dwelling beneath him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:8:3
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**וְאֶת כְּלֵי תַשְׁמִישׁוֹ.** כֵּלִים יָפִים שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם בַּשַּׁבָּתוֹת וּבָרְגָלִים. וְהַנֵּי מִילֵי כְּשֶׁבָּא לִטֹּל לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה וְאֵינוֹ נוֹטֵל מִקֻּפָּה שֶׁל צְדָקָה, שֶׁמִּתְפַּרְנֵס בְּצִנְעָה וְאֵינוֹ נוֹטֵל מִמַּה שֶּׁבְּיַד גַּבַּאי, אֲבָל אִם נוֹטֵל מִקֻּפָּה שֶׁל צְדָקָה אָז אֵין מַנִּיחִין אוֹתוֹ לִטֹּל אֲפִלּוּ לֶקֶט שִׁכְחָה וּפֵאָה עַד שֶׁיִּמְכֹּר כְּלֵי תַשְׁמִישׁוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואת כלי תשמישו – nice utensils that he makes use of on Shabbat and Festivals, and these words when he comes to take gleanings, the forgotten sheaf and the corner of the field and he doesn’t take from the charitable communal fund that he can support himself in private, and he doesn’t take from is in the hand of the treasurer/manager, but if he takes from the charitable communal fund then we don’t let him to take even gleanings, the forgotten sheaf or the corner of the field until he sells his tools/dishes.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:9:1
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**מִי שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ חֲמִשִּׁים זוּז וְכוּ'.** דַּחֲמִשִּׁין דְּעָבְדִין טָבִין כְּמָאתַיִם דְּלֹא עָבְדִין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מי שיש לו חמשים זוז וכו' – for fifty [zuz] for good service is like two-hundred for one who does not work.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Peah 8:9:2
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**וְכָל מִי שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לִטֹּל וְאֵינוֹ נוֹטֵל וְכוּ'.** כְּגוֹן שֶׁדּוֹחֵק עַצְמוֹ בִּמְלָאכָה וּמִסְתַּפֵּק בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִתְפַּרְנֵס מֵאֲחֵרִים. אֲבָל אִם אֵין מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו מַסְפִּיקִין לוֹ וּמְסַגֵּף עַצְמוֹ בְּחַיֵּי צַעַר קְרוֹבִין לְמִיתָה, עַל זֶה אָמְרוּ כָּל הַצָּרִיךְ לִטֹּל וְאֵינוֹ נוֹטֵל הֲרֵי זֶה שׁוֹפֵךְ דָּמִים, וְאָסוּר לְרַחֵם עָלָיו, עַל נַפְשֵׁיהּ לֹא חַיֵּס כָּל שֶׁכֵּן עַל אֲחֵרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכל מי שצריך ליטול ואינו נוטל וכו' – such as case where he pushes himself in his work and suffices with the work of his hands in order that he doesn’t have to be supported from others, but if the work of his hands is not sufficient for him and he afflicts himself in a life of pain that near death, on this they said, that whomever needs to take and does not take, he is like one who sheds blood and it is forbidden to have mercy upon him, for he does not have consideration for his own soul, how much more so upon the souls of others.