## Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah Chapter 5

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:1:1
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**כָּךְ בּוֹדְקִים אוֹתוֹ.** אֶת הַבּוֹעֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כך בודקין – adulterer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:1:2
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**וּבָאוּ וּבָאוּ.** שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּוָי"ו יְתֵרָא לִדְרָשָׁא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובאו ובאו – both of them (Numbers 5:22 and Numbers 5:27) have an extra [letter] “vav” for interpretation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:1:3
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**נִטְמְאָה וְנִטְמָאָה.** וָי"ו יְתֵרָא דִּבְוְנִטְמְאָה שְׁנִיָּה לִדְרָשָׁא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נטמאה ונטמאה – (Numbers 5:27 and Numbers 5:29) the extra “vav” in the second word "ונטמאה" –and defiles herself (Numbers 5:29) is for interpretation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:1:4
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**רַבִּי אוֹמֵר שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים וְכוּ'.** רַבִּי לֹא דָרֵישׁ וָי"ו יְתֵרָה כְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אֶלָּא רִבּוּי דִקְרָאֵי קָא דָרֵישׁ, בֵּין בְּוּבָאוּ וּבָאוּ, בֵּין בְּנִטְמְאָה וְנִטְמָאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי אומר שני פעמים וכו' – Rebbe (i.e., Rabbi Judah the Prince) did not expound the extra letter “vav” as Rabbi Akiva but rather the inclusion of the Biblical verses he expounds whether the two forms of "ובאו" –”and they enter” (verse 22) and “the spell-inducing waters enter” or whether two forms of "ונטמאה" –”if she defiled herself” (verses 28 and 29).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:1
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**בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם דָּרַשׁ.** כָּל הֵיכִי דִּתְנִינַן בּוֹ בַיּוֹם, בַּיּוֹם שֶׁהוֹשִׁיבוּ אֶת רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה לִנְשִׂיאוּת, שֶׁנִּתְרַבּוּ הַתַּלְמִידִים, שֶׁנָּתְנוּ רְשׁוּת לַכֹּל לִכָּנֵס. וּמִשּׁוּם דְּהַךְ דְּרָשָׁה דְנִטְמְאָה וְנִטְמָאָה נַמִּי בּוֹ בַיּוֹם נִדְרְשָׁה, נַקְטִינְהוּ לְכָל הָנָךְ הָכָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בו ביום דרש – every place where it teaches: "בו ביום"–on that selfsame day is the day where they appointed Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah to the presidency, when the [number of] students were increased, they gave permission to all to enter (see Talmud Berakhot 28a). [And because of] of this exposition of נטמאה ונטמאה–she defiled herself (Numbers 5:27); and defiles herself (Numbers 5:29), also was expounded on that selfsame day, we take it as a tradition for all of these here.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:2
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**כְּלִי חֶרֶס.** הוּא רִאשׁוֹן, שֶׁנִּטְמָא מִן הַשֶּׁרֶץ שֶׁהוּא אָב. וְהָאֹכֶל שֶׁבְּתוֹכוֹ שֵׁנִי, שֶׁטִּמְּאוֹ הַכְּלִי:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כלי חרס – it is a first level of ritual impurity which was defiled from the unclean reptile which is one of the direct causes of Levitical impurity.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:3
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**אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר טָמֵא.** כָּל אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכוֹ טָמֵא. אֶלָּא יִטְמָא, לְמִדְרָשׁ בֵּיהּ נַמִּי יְטַמֵּא, שֶׁמְּטַמֵּא אֶת אֲחֵרִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אינו אומר טמא – (Leviticus 11:33): “everything inside it shall be unclean”; it does not say טמא–is impure–unclean but rather יטמא–will be unclean–impure. It comes to expound also – that יטמא means – that it defiles other things.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:4
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**לִמֵּד עַל כִּכָּר שֵׁנִי.** לְהָכִי נָקַט כִּכָּר, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא מָצוּי בַּתַּנּוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
למד על ככר שני – therefore it took the tradition of a loaf because it is found in an oven.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:5
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**שֶׁמְּטַמֵּא אֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי.** וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּחֻלִּין. דִּקְרָא סְתָמָא כְּתִיב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שמטמא את השלישי – and even that which is non-holy, for the Biblical verse was written undefined.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:6
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**דּוֹר אַחֵר.** מִן הָעֲתִידִים לָבֹא. שֶׁיְּטַהֵר אֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, וְאַף בִּתְרוּמָה, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ מִקְרָא מִן הַתּוֹרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דור אחר – from those who will come in the future who will purify the third level of Levitical impurity, and even Terumah–priest’s due which has no Biblical verse regarding it from the Torah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:2:7
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**וַהֲרֵי עֲקִיבָא תַּלְמִידְךָ מֵבִיא לוֹ רְאָיָה מִן הַמִּקְרָא שֶׁהוּא טָמֵא.** אַף בְּחֻלִּין. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, דְּאֵין שֵׁנִי עוֹשֶׂה שְׁלִישִׁי בְּחֻלִּין, אֶלָּא בִּתְרוּמָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והרי עקיבא תלמידך מביא לו ראיה מן המקרא שהוא טמא – even for non-holy produce, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Akiva and something that is second level of Levitical impurity does not make something third level of Levitical impurity for non-holy produce, but only for produce dedicated to the Temple.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:3:1
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**מִגְרָשׁ.** רְחָבָה פְּנוּיָה מִזְּרִיעָה וּמֵאִילָנוֹת לְנוֹי הָעִיר: **וְאַלְפַּיִם.** לֹא הֻזְכַּר לְתִתָּם לַלְוִיִּם, וְלֹא נֶאֶמְרוּ אֶלָּא לִיצִיאַת תְּחוּם שַׁבָּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מגרש – an open place free from sowing and from trees for the beauty of the city. But two-thousand [cubits] is not mentioned there for the Levites and is not mentioned other than [for leaving from the limits of] Shabbat.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:3:2
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**שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים.** וְאַלְפַּיִם סָבִיב נִתְּנוּ לַלְוִיִּם. מֵהֶם הִנִּיחוּ אֶלֶף סָבִיב הָעִיר לַמִּגְרָשׁ, וְהַשְּׁאָר שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּנוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי, שֶׁתְּחוּם אַלְפַּיִם אַמָּה דְּרַבָּנָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שדות וכרמים – and two-thousand [cubits] surrounding they gave to the Levites, and from them they left one-thousand [cubits] surrounding the city for the fields and the rest of the fields and vineyards. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Eliezer the son of Rabbi Yosi HaGlili that the Sabbath limit is two-thousand [cubits] according to the Rabbis.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:4:1
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**שֶׁאֵין תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר לֵאמֹר.** שֶׁאֵין דּוֹמֶה לִשְׁאָר לֵאמֹר שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה מְדַבֶּרֶת לְמֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר הַדִּבּוּר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲבָל כָּאן אֵין לוֹמַר כֵּן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שאין ת"ל לאמר – which is not similar to the other [mentions] of [the word] "לאמר" –saying, that are in the Torah for the Divine Presence speaks to Moses stating the utterance to Israel. But here, we don’t say this.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:4:2
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**כְּקוֹרִין אֶת הַהַלֵּל.** רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים בִּלְבַד הָיוּ עוֹנִים אַחֲרָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בקורין את ההלל – headings of chapters alone that they would answer following them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:5:1
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**מֵאַהֲבָה.** שֶׁאָהַב אֶת הַמָּקוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מאהבה – that he loved “the place” (i.e., God).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:5:2
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**שָׁקוּל.** מִשְׁקָלוֹ שָׁוֶה, אֵינוֹ מַכְרִיעַ לְכָאן וּלְכָאן. יֵשׁ לוֹ הַכָּתוּב בְּוָי"ו וּמַשְׁמָעוּתוֹ כְאִלּוּ הָיָה לֹא בְאָלֶ"ף. וְיֵשׁ לֹא בְאָלֶ"ף וּמַשְׁמָעוּתוֹ כְּאִלּוּ כָּתוּב בְּוָי"ו. הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי, הַלֹּא הוּא הוֹרְגֵנִי, לֹא אֲיַחֵל לוֹ עוֹד. אוֹ לוֹ אֲנִי מְיַחֵל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שקול – the weight will be equivalent, not outweighing to one side or the other, and he holds the Biblical verse with the letter “Vav,” and its implication is that the Biblical verse ended with a “Vav.” "הן יקטלני"–He may well slay me (Job 13:15) – though he kills me, “yet I will trust in Him no longer,” or, “yet I will trust in Him.” (whether one reads the word as לא or לו ).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:5:3
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**מִיִּרְאָה.** מִדַּאֲגַת פֻּרְעָנוּת שֶׁלֹּא תָבֹא עָלָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מיראה – from fear of retribution that will not come upon him.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 5:5:4
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**יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים.** וְלֹא אוֹהֵב אֱלֹהִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ירא אלהים – and he doesn’t love God.