## Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah Chapter 3

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:1:1
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**הָיָה נוֹטֵל.** בַּעְלָהּ אֶת הַמִּנְחָה, שֶׁאֵין מִצְוַת כְּהֻנָּה בִּמְנָחוֹת אֶלָּא מִקְּמִיצָה וָאֵילָךְ. וְהַגָּשָׁה נַמִּי תְּחִלַּת קְמִיצָה הִיא, שֶׁאֵין זָר קָרֵב לַמִּזְבֵּחַ. אֲבָל קִדּוּשֵׁי כְּלִי וִיצִיקָה וּבְלִילָה, בִּמְנָחוֹת הַטְּעוּנוֹת שֶׁמֶן, כָּשֵׁר בְּזָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היה נוטל – her husband [would take] her meal-offering, for the command of the priesthood regarding meal-offering is from taking a fistful of the meal-offering and onward (see also Talmud Menahot 9a) and bringing near [the meal-offering] is also the beginning of taking a fistful of the meal-offering but a foreigner (i.e., non-Kohen) does not make an offering on the altar but the sanctification of the utensils and the pouring of oil (on the flour – see Leviticus 2:1) and the mixing, as meal-offerings require oil are appropriate for non-Kohanim.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:1:2
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**וְנוֹתְנָהּ עַל יָדָהּ.** לְהָנִיף:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:1:3
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**וְכֹהֵן מֵנִיחַ יָדוֹ תַּחְתֶּיהָ.** שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּשְׁלָמִים (ויקרא ז) יָדָיו תְּבִיאֶנָה, וְנֶאֱמַר בְּמִנְחַת סוֹטָה (במדבר ה) וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן מִיַּד הָאִשָּׁה, מַה בִּשְׁלָמִים כֹּהֵן מֵנִיחַ יָדוֹ תַּחַת יַד הַבְּעָלִים וּמֵנִיף, כָּךְ בְּמִנְחַת סוֹטָה כֹּהֵן מֵנִיחַ יָדוֹ תַּחַת יַד הָאִשָּׁה וּמֵנִיף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכהן מניח ידו תחתיה – as it states regarding peace offerings (Leviticus 7:30): “his own hands shall present [the LORD’s offerings by fire],” and it is stated regarding the meal-offering of the woman suspected of unfaithfulness by her husband (Numbers 5:25): “Then the priest shall take from the woman’s hand [the meal-offering of jealousy,” just as with peace-offerings, the Kohen places his hand underneath the hand of the owners and waves it, so also in the meal-offering of the woman suspected of unfaithfulness by her husband, the Kohen places his hand underneath the hand of the woman and waves it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:2:1
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**וְהִגִּישׁ.** לְקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והגיש – to the southwestern corner.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:2:2
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**וְהַשְּׁאָר נֶאֱכָל לַכֹּהֲנִים.** שֶׁכָּל הַנִּקְמָצוֹת שְׁיָרֵיהֶן נֶאֱכָלִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והשאר נאכל לכהנים – for all the grabbed [portions of the meal-offerings] are their remnants and are eaten.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:2:3
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**הָיָה מַשְׁקָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַקְרִיב אֶת מִנְחָתָהּ.** תְּלָתָא קְרָאֵי כְּתִיבֵי. וְהִשְׁקָהּ קַמָּא, וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה, וְהִשְׁקָהּ בַּתְרָא. וְהִשְׁקָהּ קַמָּא, לְגוּפֵיהּ, שֶׁמַּשְׁקֶה אַחַר שֶׁנִּמְחֲקָה הַמְּגִלָּה קֹדֶם הַקְטָרַת הַמִּנְחָה. וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה, אַף עַל גַּב דְּמַשְׁמַע דַּוְקָא, עַל כָּרְחָךְ מִקְרָא הָאָמוּר רִאשׁוֹן נִדְרָשׁ לְגוּפוֹ, וּמִקְרָאוֹת יְתֵרוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת אַחֲרָיו נִתְּנוּ לִדָּרֵשׁ, הִלְכָּךְ וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּכְתַּב אַחַר הַקְטָרַת הַמִּנְחָה אַקֹּדֶם הַקְטָרָה קָאֵי, וְאַמְּחִיקָה הַכְּתוּבָה לְמַעְלָה קָאֵי, וְקָאָמַר דְּאִם לֹא נִמְחֲקָה יָפֶה וַעֲדַיִן רִשּׁוּמָן שֶׁל אוֹתִיּוֹת נִכָּר לֹא יַשְׁקֶנָּה. וְהִשְׁקָהּ בַּתְרָא, לְאַשְׁמוֹעִינַן שֶׁאִם נִמְחֲקָה הַמְּגִלָּה וְאָמְרָה אֵינִי שׁוֹתָה, מְעַרְעֲרִים אוֹתָהּ וּמַשְׁקִין אוֹתָהּ בְּעַל כָּרְחָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
היה משקה ואחר כך מקריב את מנחתה – Three Biblical verses are written: The first [verse]: "והשקה"–and he is to make the woman drink [the waters of bitterness]” (Numbers 5:24) is first; and after that:"ישקה" –Last, he shall make [the woman] drink the water” (Numbers 5:26) and last "והשקה" –Once he made her drink [the water]” (Numbers 5:27). The first mention of "והשקה"–and he is to make [the woman] drink [the waters of bitterness” is for itself – that he causes her to drink after the scroll is blotted out before the offering of the meal-offering. And afterwards, "ישקה" –”and he [shall make the woman] drink the water” – even though that it implies that she was specifically forced, the Biblical verse that is mentioned first is expounded for itself. But the Biblical verses that are mentioned after this are given for being expounded. Therefore, and afterwards "ישקה"–”and he [shall make the woman] drink [the waters of bitterness],” even though it is written after the offering of the meal-offering it refers to preceding the offering. But, it refers to the blotting out [of the parchment] that is written above, as it states, that if it was not blotted out, it is well, but if the form of the letters are recognized, he should not cause her to drink [the waters of bitterness]. And the concluding "והשקה"–Once he made her drink [the water] comes to teach us that if the scroll was blotted out and she states, “I will not drink,” they chide–scold her and force her to drink [the waters of bitterness].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:2:4
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**רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר מַקְרִיב אֶת מִנְחָתָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַשְׁקָהּ.** עַל כָּרְחֲךָ וְאַחַר יַשְׁקֶה דַּוְקָא הוּא וְדַוְקָא כָּתְבֵיהּ לְאַחַר הַקְטָרָה. וְהִשְׁקָהּ קַמָּא, שֶׁאִם בְּדִיעֲבַד הִשְׁקָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ הִקְרִיב מִנְחָתָהּ, כְּשֵׁרָה. וְהִשְׁקָהּ בַּתְרָא, שֶׁאִם נִמְחֲקָה הַמְּגִלָּה וְאָמְרָה אֵינִי שׁוֹתָה, מְעַרְעֲרִין אוֹתָהּ וּמַשְׁקִין אוֹתָהּ בְּעַל כָּרְחָהּ. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי שמעון אומר מקריב את מנחתה ואחר כך ישקה – that [the words[ "ואחר ישקה"–”Last, he shall make [the woman] drink [the water]” – specifically him, and specifically he wrote it after the offering [of meal-offering], and the first mention of "והשקה" –”and he is to make the woman drink [the waters of bitterness],” that if he forced her to drink post-facto, and afterwards made the offering of her meal-offering, it is fit. And the last [mention]: "והשקה" –”Once he made her drink [the water], that if the scroll was blotted out and she stated, “I will not drink,” we chide–scold her and cause her to drink it against her will. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:3:1
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**מְגִלָּתָהּ נִגְנֶזֶת.** בְּצַד הַהֵיכָל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מגילתה נגנזת – at the side of the Temple (in the hall containing the golden altar).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:3:2
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**וּמִנְחָתָהּ מִתְפַּזֶּרֶת עַל הַדָּשֶׁן.** וְנִשְׂרֶפֶת עַל בֵּית הַדֶּשֶׁן שֶׁהָיָה בָּעֲזָרָה שֶׁשּׂוֹרְפִים שָׁם פְּסוּלֵי קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, דְּהוֹאִיל וְקָדְשָׁה בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת טְעוּנָה שְׂרֵפָה בָּעֲזָרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומנחתה מתפזרת על הדשן – and is burned on the place where the ashes of the sacrifices were deposited that was in the Temple courtyard where they burn there the unfit things for the Holy of Holies, for since it was sanctified with the sacred vessels–dedicated for the Temple service, it requires burning in the courtyard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:3:3
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**וְאֵין מְגִלָּתָהּ כְּשֵׁרָה לְהַשְׁקוֹת [בָּהּ] סוֹטָה אַחֶרֶת.** דְּבָעִינַן כְּתִיבָה לִשְׁמָהּ, דִּכְתִיב (שם) וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן, כָּל עֲשִׂיָּתָהּ לִשְׁמָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין מגילתה כשרה לשקות [בה] סוטה אחרת – for we require writing for her sake, as it is written (there – Numbers 5:30): “and the priest shall carry out [all this ritual with her].” All of the carrying out of the ritual is for her sake.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:3:4
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**הַמַּיִם נִשְׁפָּכִין.** דְּכֵיוָן דְּאָמְרָה טְמֵאָה אֲנִי, בְּדוּקָה וְעוֹמֶדֶת הִיא. וּמַיִם הַמָּרִים לֹא נִתְּנוּ אֶלָּא לְבָרֵר בָּהֶם אֶת הַסָּפֵק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
המים נשפכים – for since she said hat “I am ritually impure,” she is examined and stands, and the waters of bitterness were not given [to her] other than to verify through them the doubt.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:3:5
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**מְעַרְעֲרִים אוֹתָהּ.** דְּדִלְמָא טְהוֹרָה הִיא, וּמֵחֲמַת בְּעִיתוּתָא קָאָמְרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מערערים אותה – for perhaps she is ritually pure, and on account of her being frightened she says it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:1
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**אֵינָהּ מַסְפֶּקֶת לִשְׁתּוֹת וְכוּ'.** בַּגְּמָרָא מוֹכִיחַ דְּמַתְנִיתִין רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הִיא דְּסָבַר כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן דְּאָמַר מַקְרִיב מִנְחָתָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ מַשְׁקֶה אוֹתָהּ, דְּכַמָּה דְּלֹא קָרְבָה מִנְחָתָהּ לֹא בָּדְקֵי לָהּ מַיָּא, דִּכְתִיב (במדבר ה) מִנְחַת זִכָּרוֹן מַזְכֶּרֶת עָוֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אינה מספקת לשתות – in the Gemara (Tractate Sotah 20b), that our Mishnah is according to Rabbi Akiva who holds like Rabbi Shimon who said that one offers her meal-offering and afterwards cause her to drink it. [for as long as] her meal-offering is not offered, the waters do not examine her, as it is written (Numbers 5:15): “a meal offering of remembrance which recalls wrongdoing.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:2
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**מִתְמַלֵּאת גִּידִין.** מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁבְּשָׂרָהּ נָפוּחַ נִרְאֵית כִּמְלֵאָה גִּידִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתמלאת גידין – since her flesh blows up, she appears like her sinews have become swollen.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:3
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**שֶׁלֹּא תְטַמֵּא אֶת הָעֲזָרָה.** לֹא מִטֻּמְאַת מֵת קָאָמַר, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא תִפְרֹס נִדָּה וּתְטַמֵּא שַׁעַר נִקָּנוֹר וְעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים שֶׁתֵּצֵא דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם, שֶׁנִּדָּה וְזָבָה אֲסוּרִין לִכְנֹס בְּהַר הַבַּיִת. אֲבָל הַמֵּת עַצְמוֹ מֻתָּר לְהַכְנִיסוֹ לְהַר הַבַּיִת וּלְשַׁעַר נִקָּנוֹר, שֶׁלֹּא נִתְקַדְּשׁוּ בִּקְדֻשַּׁת הָעֲזָרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שלא תטמא את העזרה – it is stated not from defilement from contact with the dead, but rather that she should not spread the condition of uncleanness from her period of menstruation and defile Nicanor [Gate] and the Women’s Court when she would go out through there for a menstruant woman and a woman with a flux are forbidden to enter the Temple mount. But a dead person himself is permitted to enter into the Temple Mount and [into] Nicanor [Gate] which were not sanctified with the holiness of the Temple Courtyard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:4
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**יֶשׁ לָהּ זְכוּת וְכוּ'.** בַּגְּמָרָא מְפָרֵשׁ דִּזְכוּת דְּתוֹרָה הוּא דְּתוֹלֶה לָהּ, שֶׁהוֹלִיכָה בָּנֶיהָ לְבֵית הַסֵּפֶר וְהִמְתִּינָה לְבַעְלָהּ שֶׁיָּצָא חוּץ לָעִיר לַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יש לה זכות וכו' – In the Gemara (Tractate Sotah 21a) it explains that the merit of [studying] the Torah is what suspends its effect for her as she brought her children to school and waited for her husband that he will leave outside of the city to engage in the study of Torah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:5
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**כְּאִלּוּ מְלַמְּדָהּ תִּפְלוּת.** חִבּוּר מִשְׁכַּב אֲנָשִׁים. שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ הַתּוֹרָה הִיא מְבִינָה עַרְמִימוּת וְעוֹשָׂה דְּבָרֶיהָ בְּהֶצְנֵעַ. כְּדִכְתִיב (משלי ח) אֲנִי חָכְמָה שָׁכַנְתִּי עָרְמָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כאלו מלמדה תפלות – the juxtaposition of sexual connection of men that from the Torah she understands shrewdness and makes her words in chastity as it is written (Proverbs 8:12): “I, Wisdom, lives with prudence; [I attain knowledge and foresight]” (see Talmud Sotah 21b).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:6
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**רוֹצָה אִשָּׁה בְקַב.** לִזּוֹן מְזוֹנוֹת מֻעָטִים, וִיהֵא תַּשְׁמִישׁ מָצוּי לָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רוצה אשה בקב – to feed a small amount of food so that sexual intercourse will be available to her.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:7
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**מִתִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין וּפְרִישׁוּת.** לִפְרֹשׁ מִן הַתַּשְׁמִישׁ, הִלְכָּךְ אֵין טוֹב שֶׁתִּלְמֹד תּוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתשעה קבין ופרישות – to separate from sexual intercourse; therefore, there is no good that is Torah study.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:8
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**חָסִיד שׁוֹטֶה.** מְפָרֵשׁ בַּגְּמָרָא כְּגוֹן דְּטָבְעָה אִשָּׁה בַּנָּהָר וְאָמַר לָאו אוֹרַח אַרְעָא לְאִסְתַּכּוּלֵי בְּאִתְּתָא וּלְאַצּוֹלַהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
חסיד שוטה – It explains in the Gemara (Talmud Sotah 21b) such as the example that a woman drowned in the river and he said: “It is not the way of the world to look at this woman and to save her.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:9
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**רָשָׁע עָרוּם.** כְּגוֹן הַמַּטְעִים דְּבָרָיו לַדַּיָּן קֹדֶם שֶׁיָּבֹא בַּעַל דִּין חֲבֵרוֹ. וּמִשֶּׁנִּפְתְּחוּ בְּלֵב הַדַּיָּן שַׁעֲרֵי זְכוּת לְדִבְרֵי זֶה, קָשֶׁה לְסַלְּקָן, וַהֲרֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ וְעָרְמָתוֹ שֶׁל זֶה שֶׁעָבַר עַל לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא (שמות כג):

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רשע ערום – such as the example where a person speaks in a misleading manner to the judge prior to his fellow litigant coming and when the gates of merit were opened in the heart of the judge to my words, it is difficult to remove them and behold, his wickedness and shrewdness of that [litigant] who transgressed on (Exodus 23:1): “You must not carry false rumors.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:10
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**וְאִשָּׁה פְרוּשָׁה.** כְּגוֹן אִשָּׁה כַּשְׁפָנִית שֶׁהָיְתָה עוֹצֶרֶת רֶחֶם הַנָּשִׁים הַיּוֹלְדוֹת בִּכְשָׁפֶיהָ, וּבְשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיְתָה הַיּוֹלֶדֶת מַקְשָׁה בְּלִדְתָּהּ הָיְתָה אוֹמֶרֶת אֵלֵךְ וְאֶתְפַּלֵּל אוּלַי תְּקֻבַּל תְּפִלָּתִי, וְסוֹתֶרֶת כְּשָׁפֶיהָ וְיוֹלֶדֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואשה פרושה – such as the example of a woman sorcerer who would close the womb of women that are giving birth through sorcery and the woman giving birth would have difficulty doing so. She would say: “I will go and pray; perhaps my prayer will be accepted and she dissolves her witchcraft and she gives birth.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:11
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**וּמַכּוֹת פְּרוּשִׁים.** שֶׁמַּכֶּה עַצְמוֹ לְהַרְאוֹת שֶׁהוּא עָנָו וְצָנוּעַ, כְּגוֹן שֶׁמְּהַלֵּךְ עָקֵב בְּצַד גֻּדָּל וְאֵינוֹ מֵרִים רַגְלוֹ מִן הָאָרֶץ וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ מְנַקֵּף אֶצְבְּעוֹתָיו בָּאֲבָנִים, וְהוּא שֶׁנִּקְרָא בַּגְּמָרָא פָּרוּשׁ נַקְפִּי. אוֹ מִי שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה עַצְמוֹ כְּעוֹצֵם עֵינָיו שֶׁלֹּא לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בַּנָּשִׁים, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ מַכֶּה רֹאשׁוֹ בַּכֹּתֶל וְיוֹצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ דָּם, וְהוּא הַנִּקְרָא פָּרוּשׁ קוֹזָאִי, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁמַּקִּיז דָּם מֵרֹאשׁוֹ מֵחֲמַת פְּרִישׁוּתוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ומכות פרושים –that he hits himself to show that he is humble and modest, like the example that he walks at the rear at the side of greatness and does not raise his foot from the ground and as a result knocks his fingers on stones and he is that which called in the Gemara (Talmud Sotah 22b) a knocker–borrower (an opprobrious epithet for a sort of sanctimonious Pharisees), or someone who makes himself as one who closes his eyes so as to not look at women. And because of this, he strikes his head and the wall and blood leaves him. And he who is called a bleeder, meaning to say that he bleeds himself as a result of his [excess] piety.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:4:12
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**הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מְכַלֵּי עוֹלָם.** שֶׁרוֹצִים לְהַרְאוֹת לַבְּרִיּוֹת שֶׁהֵם חֲסִידִים, וְאֵין תּוֹכָם כְּבָרָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי אלו מכלי עולם – that they want to demonstrate to humanity that they are pious but their inner being is not like their outer shell.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:5:1
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**מַדְהֶה אַתָּה אֶת הַמַּיִם.** מְחַסֵּר וּמַחְשִׁיךְ. הַגָּוֶן הֶחָסֵר נִקְרָא דִּהָה בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מדחה אתה את הטוב – weakens and darkens. The missing resemblance is called “feeble”–”faint” in the language of the Mishnah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:5:2
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**מִתְנַוְּנָה וְהוֹלֶכֶת.** נֶחֱלֵית וְהוֹלֶכֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מתנוונה והולכת – to continually become more faint.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:6:1
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**נִטְמֵאת מִנְחָתָהּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא קָדְשָׁה בַכְּלִי הֲרֵי הִיא כְּכָל הַמְּנָחוֹת.** שֶׁנִּטְמְאוּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא קִדְּשׁוּ בִכְלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נטמאת מנחתה עד שלא קדשה בכלי. הרי היא ככל המנחות – that it was defiled before it was sanctified in a utensil.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:6:2
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**וְתִפָּדֶה.** וְתֵצֵא לְחֻלִּין, וּמִן הַמָּעוֹת יִקְנֶה אַחֶרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ותפדה – and it is removed for non-holy produce, and from the monies [from the sale of it], he should purchase another.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:6:3
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**וְתִשָּׂרֵף.** שֶׁקָּדְשָׁה קְדֻשַּׁת הַגּוּף וְאֵינָהּ יוֹצְאָה עוֹד לְחֻלִּין:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ותשרף – when the body was sanctified with holiness and it doesn’t go out anymore for non-holy produce.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:6:4
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**וְכָל הַנְּשׂוּאוֹת לְכֹהֲנִים מִנְחוֹתֵיהֶן נִשְׂרָפוֹת.** וַאֲפִלּוּ קָרַב קֹמֶץ כְּהִלְכָתוֹ וְלֹא נִטְמֵאת, נִשְׂרָפִים שְׁיָרֶיהָ עַל בֵּית הַדֶּשֶׁן וְאֵינָן נֶאֱכָלִים, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַכֹּהֵן בַּעְלָהּ חֵלֶק בָּהּ, שֶׁמִּשֶּׁלּוֹ הִיא בָּאָה, וְהַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה (ויקרא ו) וְכָל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה לֹא תֵאָכֵל, וְאֵין כֻּלָּהּ כָּלִיל מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ חֵלֶק בָּהּ שֶׁלְּכַפָּרָתָהּ הִיא בָּאָה, הָא כֵּיצַד, הַקֹּמֶץ קָרֵב בְּעַצְמוֹ וְהַשִּׁירַיִם קְרֵבִין בְּעַצְמָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכל הנשואות לכהנים מנחותיהן נשרפות – and even if a fistful was brought according to the law and not defiled, its remnants are burned on the place where the ashes of sacrifices were deposited and are not consumed because her husband, the Kohen has a portion in it, for it comes from what is his , and the Torah stated (Leviticus 6:16): “So, too, every meal offering of a priest shall be a whole offering: it shall not be eaten.” But the bride is not a whole offering because she has a part in it, and it comes for her atonement. How is this so? The handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar is offered on its own and the left overs are offered on their own.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:1
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**וְכֹהֶנֶת שֶׁנִּשֵּׂאת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.** בַּת כֹּהֵן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כהנת שנשאת לישראל – the daughter of a Kohen.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:2
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**מִנְחָתָהּ נֶאֱכֶלֶת.** דְּכָל מִנְחַת כֹּהֵן כָּלִיל תִּהְיֶה כְּתִיב, כֹּהֵן וְלֹא כֹּהֶנֶת. וְכֵן כֹּהֶנֶת אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה שֶׁהֵבִיאָה מִנְחַת נְדָבָה, נֶאֱכֶלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מנחתה נאכלת – it is written (Leviticus 6:16): “So, too, every meal offering of a priest shall be a whole offering [it shall not be eaten].” A Kohen, but not the daughter of a Kohen, and similarly a daughter of a Priest who is a widow and–or a divorcee who brought a free-will donation of meal-offering is consumed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:3
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**כֹּהֶנֶת מִתְחַלֶּלֶת.** מִן הַתְּרוּמָה וּמִן הַכְּהֻנָּה, אִם נִבְעֲלָה לַפְּסוּלִים שׁוּב אֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת לְכַשְׁרוּתָהּ לְעוֹלָם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כהנת מתחללת – from the priest’s due and from the priesthood if she was engaged in a sexual affair to those who are unfit, she never can return to her state of fitness ever.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:4
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**כֹּהֵן אֵינוֹ מִתְחַלֵּל.** אִם נָשָׂא גְּרוּשָׁה חֲלָלָה אוֹ זוֹנָה, אֶלָּא כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהוּא עִמָּהּ הוּא פָּסוּל לָעֲבוֹדָה, מִשֶּׁגֵּרְשָׁהּ חוֹזֵר לְהֶכְשֵׁרוֹ, דִּכְתִיב (שם כא) וְלֹא יְחַלֵּל זַרְעוֹ, זַרְעוֹ חָלָל, וְהוּא אֵינוֹ חָלָל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כהן אינו מתחלל – if he married a divorcee, the priest’s wife’s illegitimately married to him or a harlot, but rather all the while that he is with her, he is unfit for Divine service. When he divorces her, he returns to his state of spiritual fitness, as it is written (Leviticus 21:15): “that he may not profane his offspring among his kin;” his progeny are profaned but he is not is not profaned.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:5
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**כֹּהֶנֶת מִטַּמְּאָה לְמֵתִים.** דִּכְתִיב (שם) בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן, וְלֹא בְנוֹת אַהֲרֹן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כהנת מטמאה למתים – as it is written (Leviticus 21:1): “[Speak to the priests,] the sons of Aaron,” and not the daughters of Aaron.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:7:6
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**וְאֵין כֹּהֶנֶת אוֹכֶלֶת בְּקָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים.** דְּחַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם וּמִנְחָה בְּכוּלְהוּ כְּתִיב (שם ו) כָּל זָכָר בִּבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן יֹאכְלֶנוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין כהנת אוכלת בקדשי קדשים – for the sin offering and guilt offering and meal-offering, with all of them it is written (Leviticus 6:11): “Only the males among Aaron’s descendants shall eat of it.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:1
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**הָאִישׁ פּוֹרֵעַ וּפוֹרֵם.** כְּשֶׁהוּא מְנֻגַּע פּוֹרֵעַ אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ וּפוֹרֵם אֶת בְּגָדָיו, דִּכְתִיב (שם יג) אִישׁ צָרוּעַ הוּא וְכוּ', אִישׁ פּוֹרֵעַ וּפוֹרֵם, וְאֵין אִשָּׁה פּוֹרַעַת וּפוֹרֶמֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש פורע ופורם – when he is afflicted with leprosy, he lets his hair grow and tears his garments, as it is written (Leviticus 13:44): “The man is leprous; he is unclean.” A man lets his hair grow and he tears his garments. A woman does not let her hair grow and she does not tear her garments.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:2
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**הָאִישׁ מַדִּיר בְּנוֹ בְּנָזִיר.** בְּנוֹ קָטָן. וְחָלָה נְזִירָתוֹ עָלָיו וַאֲפִלּוּ לִכְשֶׁיִּגְדַּל. וְזוֹ הֲלָכָה הִיא בַּנָּזִיר, וְאֵין לָהּ סֶמֶךְ מִן הַתּוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש מדיר בנו בנזיר – (this section of the Mishnah is also found in Tractate Nazir, Chapter 4, Mishnah 6) – His minor son and his Naziriteship falls upon him, and even when he grows up, and this Halakha is in [Tractate] Nazir and it has no support from the Torah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:3
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**הָאִישׁ מְגַלֵּחַ עַל נְזִירוּת אָבִיו.** אִם נָדַר אָבִיו בִּנְזִירוּת וְהִפְרִישׁ קָרְבְּנוֹתָיו וּמֵת וְהָיָה בְּנוֹ נָזִיר, אוֹ שֶׁנָּדַר בִּנְזִירוּת לְאַחַר מִיתַת אָבִיו, הֲרֵי הַבֵּן מְגַלֵּחַ בְּיוֹם מְלֹאֹת וּמֵבִיא קָרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁהִפְרִישׁ אָבִיו. וְגַם זוֹ הֲלָכָה וְאֵין לָהּ סֶמֶךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש מגלח על נזירו אביו – (this section of the Mishnah is also found in Tractate Nazir, Chapter 5, Mishnah 7) – if his father made a vow in his Naziriteship and separated out his sacrifice (i.e., hair offering), and died, and his son was a Nazir, or that he took the vow of Naziriteship after the death of his father, the son shaves his head on the day of his fulfillment [of the vow] and he brings the sacrifices that his father separated out. And also this Halakha has no support.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:4
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**הָאִישׁ מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת בִּתּוֹ.** מְקַבֵּל קִדּוּשֵׁי בִּתּוֹ קְטַנָּה שֶׁלֹּא מִדַּעְתָּהּ, דִּכְתִיב (דברים כב) אֶת בִּתִּי נָתַתִּי לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש מקדש את בתו – (this section of the Mishnah is also found in Tractate Kiddushin, Chapter 2, Mishnah 1) – he accepts the betrothal of his minor daughter against her will, as it is written (Deuteronomy 22:16): “I gave this man my daughter to wife.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:5
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**הָאִישׁ נִסְקָל עָרֹם.** דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כד) וְרָגְמוּ אוֹתוֹ, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹמַר אוֹתוֹ וְלֹא אוֹתָהּ, דְּהָא כְּתִיב (דברים יז) וְהוֹצֵאתָ אֶת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אוֹ אֶת הָאִשָּׁה הַהִיא, אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ בְּלֹא כְּסוּתוֹ אֲבָל אוֹתָהּ בִּכְסוּתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש נסקל ערום – (this section of the Mishnah is also found in Tractate Sanhedrin, Chapter 6, Mishnayot 3-4) – as it is written (Leviticus 24:14): “and let [the whole community] stone him,” but it is impossible to state him and not her, for behold it is written (Deuteronomy 17:5): “you shall take the man or the woman [who did that wicked thing] out [to the public place],” but rather, him but not his clothing, but her (i.e., this woman) with her clothes.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:6
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**הָאִישׁ נִתְלֶה.** דִּכְתִיב (שם כא) וְתָלִיתָ אוֹתוֹ עַל עֵץ, אוֹתוֹ וְלֹא אוֹתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש נתלה – as it is written (Deuteronomy 21:22): “and you impale him on a stake,” him and not her.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 3:8:7
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**הָאִישׁ נִמְכָּר בִּגְנֵבָתוֹ.** דִּכְתִיב (שמות כב) וְנִמְכַּר בִּגְנֵבָתוֹ, וְלֹא בִגְנֵבָתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
האיש נמכר בגניבתו – as it is written (Exodus 22:2): “he shall be sold for his theft,” and not her theft.