## Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah Chapter 6

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:1:1
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**מִי שֶׁקִּנֵּא לְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְנִסְתָּרָה אֲפִלּוּ שָׁמַע מֵעוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ.** שֶׁנִּסְתְּרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משקינא לה ונסתרה אפילו שמע מעף הפורח that she retired under suspicious circumstances–secluded herself,


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:1:2
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**יוֹצִיא וְיִתֵּן כְּתֻבָּה.** רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר לְטַעֲמֵיהּ דְּאָמַר בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא סְתִירָה לֹא בַּעְיָא עֵדוּת, וַאֲפִלּוּ עֶבֶד וַאֲפִלּוּ שִׁפְחָה נֶאֱמָנִים, דְּהַיְנוּ נַמִּי כְּעוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ, דְּאִתַּקַּשׁ סְתִירָה לְטֻמְאָה דְּכֻלְּהוּ מְהֵימוֹנֵי בָהּ, הִלְכָּךְ נֶאֶסְרָה עָלָיו. וְאִם אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְהַשְׁקוֹתָהּ יוֹצִיא וְיִתֵּן כְּתֻבָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יוציא ויתן כתובה – he should divorce her and provide her Ketubah settlement. Rabbi Eliezer, according to his reasoning who said in the first chapter (Tractate Sotah, Chapter 1, Mishnah 1), that a married woman’s retirement with a man under suspicious circumstances does not require testimony and even a slave and even a maid-servant are believed, that is (identical with) a flying bird for a married woman’s retirement with a man under suspicious circumstances is compared through close analogy of Biblical verses to ritual defilement and everyone is believed regarding her. Therefore, if she retired with a man under suspicious circumstances and he does not want to have to cause her to drink [the bitter waters], he should divorce her and provide her with her Ketubah settlement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:1:3
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**רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר עַד שֶׁיִּשְׂאוּ וְיִתְּנוּ בָהּ מוֹזְרוֹת בַּלְּבָנָה.** נָשִׁים הַטֹּווֹת לְאוֹר הַלְּבָנָה. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְטַעְמֵיהּ דְּאָמַר מַשְׁקֶה עַל פִּי שְׁנַיִם. מִיהוּ מִשֶּׁיִּשְּׂאוּ וְיִתְּנוּ בָּהּ מוֹזְרוֹת בַּלְּבָנָה בִּפְרִיצוּתָהּ מְכֹעָר הַדָּבָר וְתֵצֵא, דְּהָא אֲפִלּוּ מַיָּא תּוּ לֹא בָּדְקֵי לָהּ כִּדְתַנְיָא בְּפֶרֶק קַמָּא. וּטְהוֹרָה הִיא. וְלֹא שֶׁיִּשְּׂאוּ וְיִתְּנוּ בָּהּ מוֹזְרוֹת בַּלְּבָנָה. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי יהושע אומר עד שישאו ויתנו בה מוזרות בלבנה – women who spin by the light of the moon. Rabbi Yehoshua, according to his reasoning, who said that we cause her to drink [by the testimony] of two [witnesses]. However, when they (i.e., the women twisting yarn) speak of her by [the light of] the moon, the matter is ugly licentiousness, and she should be divorced for even water, moreover, does not examine her as it is taught in the first chapter. But she is ritually pure, and women twisting yarn by moonlight should be talking about her. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:1
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**אֲנִי רְאִיתִיהָ שֶׁנִּטְמֵאת.** בְּאוֹתָהּ סְתִירָה, שֶׁהִיא עַל פִּי עֵדִים לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, אוֹ עַל פִּי עוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ לְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אני ראיתיה שנטמאת – in that retirement [of hers] under suspicious circumstances which is through two witnesses according to Rabbi Yehoshua or through the flying bird according to Rabbi Eliezer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:2
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**לֹא הָיְתָה שׁוֹתָה.** דְּעֵד אֶחָד נֶאֱמָן בָּהּ אַף לְהַפְסִידָהּ כְּתֻבָּתָהּ, שֶׁרַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא היתה שותה – for one witness is believed concerning her even to cause her to lose her Ketubah settlement for there is a basis for it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:3
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**אַף לְפָסְלָהּ מִכְּתֻבָּתָהּ.** שֶׁלֹּא תִשְׁתֶּה וְלֹא תִטֹּל כְּתֻבָּתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אף לפסלה מכתובתה – that she should not drink [the bitter waters] not take [the settlement of] her Ketubah.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:4
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**יְבִמְתָּהּ.** אֵשֶׁת אֲחִי בַּעְלָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
יבמתה – the wife of her husband’s brother.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:5
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**וּבַת בַּעְלָהּ.** מֵאִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובת בעלה – from another wife.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:2:6
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**הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָנוֹת.** לְעֵדוּת זוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵן פְּסוּלוֹת לְכָל שְׁאָר עֵדוּת שֶׁהוּא לְרָעָתָהּ, לְפִי שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה הֶאֱמִינָה כָּל עֵדוּת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ. וּמִיהוּ לֹא לְפָסְלָהּ מִכְּתֻבָּתָהּ, הוֹאִיל וְשׂוֹנְאוֹת אוֹתָהּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא תִשְׁתֶּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הרי אלו נאמנות – for this testimony, even though they are ineligible for all other testimony which is to her detriment because the Torah believed all testimony that there is concerning her. But, however, not to make her ineligible for her Ketubah [settlement], for they hate her, but rather, that she should not be suspected by her husband of having been unfaithful.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:1
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**שֶׁהָיָה בְדִין.** שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא נֶאֱמָן בָּהּ עֵד אֶחָד, אִם לֹא מִגְּזֵרַת הַכָּתוּב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהיה בדין – that one witness should not be believed concerning her if it is not from the decree of the Biblical verse.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:2
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**עֵדוּת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה.** סְתִירָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עדות הראשונה – her retirement under suspicious circumstances which does not make her forbidden [to her husband] eternally other than until she drinks [the bitter waters].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:3
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**שֶׁאֵין אוֹסַרְתָּהּ אִסּוּר עוֹלָם.** אֶלָּא עַד שֶׁתִּשְׁתֶּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אינה מתקיימת בפחות משנים – since we require to state from an analogy–Gezerah Shavah, and this is Rabbi Yehoshua’s view.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:4
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**אֵינָהּ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת בְּפָחוֹת מִשְּׁנַיִם.** כִּדְבָעִינַן לְמֵימַר מִגְּזֵרָה שָׁוָה, וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עדות האחרונה – ritual impurity.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:5
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**עֵדוּת הָאַחֲרוֹנָה.** טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כל [עדות] שיש בה – it is believed concerning her, as it is written (Numbers 5:13): “and there is no witness against her,” and all mentions of the word "עד"–witness that is mentioned in the Torah, undefined, is not other than two, as it necessitated the Bible to state (Deuteronomy 19:15): “A single witness may not validate against a person [any guilt or blame for any offense that may be committed: a case can be valid only on the testimony of two witnesses or more].” We learn from this that "עד"–witness implies two [witnesses], until the Biblical verse explicitly specifies one [witness]. And as it states, that she was not caught to be forbidden, so we see that one witness is believed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:3:6
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**כָּל עֵדוּת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ.** נֶאֱמָן בָּהּ, דִּכְתִיב וְעֵד אֵין בָּהּ, וְכָל עֵד הָאָמוּר בַּתּוֹרָה סְתָם אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא שְׁנַיִם, מִדְּאִצְטְרִיךְ קְרָא לוֹמַר (דברים יט) לֹא יָקוּם עֵד אֶחָד בְּאִישׁ, שְׁמַע מִנָּהּ דְּעֵד שְׁנַיִם בַּמַּשְׁמָע, עַד שֶׁיִּפְרֹט לְךָ הַכָּתוּב אֶחָד. וְהָכִי קָאָמַר קְרָא, תְּרֵי לֵית בָּהּ אֶלָּא חַד, וְקָאָמַר וְהִיא לֹא נִתְפָּסָה, לְאוֹסְרָהּ, אַלְמָא עֵד אֶחָד מְהֵימָן:


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:4:1
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**עֵד אוֹמֵר נִטְמֵאת וְעֵד אוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמֵאת.** אוֹקֵי חַד לַהֲדֵי חַד, וַהֲרֵי הִיא בִּסְפֵקָה וְשׁוֹתָה. וְדַוְקָא כִּי אָתוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי, אֲבָל בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה, כְּשֶׁאָמַר הָרִאשׁוֹן נִטְמֵאת, הָוֵי מְהֵימָן כְּבִתְרֵי, וְהַשֵּׁנִי הָאוֹמֵר לֹא נִטְמֵאת הָוֵי לֵיהּ חַד, וְאֵין דְּבָרָיו שֶׁל אֶחָד בִּמְקוֹם שְׁנַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד אומר נטמאת ועד אומר לא נטמאת – establish one near one, and there is doubt regarding her and she drinks, and especially when they come one in the presence of the other. But this one after that one, when the first stated that she was defiled, he is believed as two [witnesses]. But the second who states that was not defiled, is just considered as one, for the words of the one are not in place of two [witnesses].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah 6:4:2
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**וּשְׁנַיִם אוֹמְרִים לֹא נִטְמֵאת.** כְּלוֹמַר לֹא נִטְמֵאת בְּפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁכְּשֶׁבָּאתָ וּמָצָאת שֶׁנִּסְתְּרוּ יַחַד גַּם אָנוּ הָיִינוּ עִמְּךָ וּבְפָנֵינוּ לֹא נִטְמֵאת, הֲרֵי נִסְתַּלֵּק הָעֵד וּבָטְלוּ דְּבָרָיו מִפְּנֵי הַשְּׁנַיִם, וַהֲרֵי הִיא בִּסְפֵקָה אִם נִטְמֵאת קֹדֶם שֶׁבָּאוּ אֵלּוּ וּמְצָאוּם, וּלְפִיכָךְ שׁוֹתָה. וְאַשְׁמוּעִינַן תַּנָּא בְּהָנֵי תְּרֵי בָּבֵי דְּמַתְנִיתִין דְּבִפְסוּלֵי עֵדוּת הֲלֵךְ אַחַר רֹב דֵּעוֹת בֵּין לְקֻלָּא בֵּין לְחֻמְרָא, כְּלוֹמַר בֵּין לְהַשְׁקוֹתָהּ בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁקוֹתָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושנים אומרים לא נטמאת – meaning to say that she was not defiled in your presence, that when you came and found that they retired under suspicious circumstances together and we also were with you and in your presence she was not defiled, the one witness was dismissed and his words were voided because of the two [witnesses] and she remains in a state of “doubt” if she had been defiled before they came and found them [together] and therefore, she drinks [the bitter waters]. And we are taught by the Tanna–teacher in these two clauses of our Mishnah that they are ineligible for [providing] testimony, they went after the majority opinion whether for leniency or stringency, meaning to say, whether to cause her to drink or not to cause her to drink.