## Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid Chapter 4

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:1
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**לֹא הָיוּ כוֹפְתִין אוֹתוֹ.** אֶת הַתָּמִיד בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדָיו לְעַצְמָן אוֹ בִשְׁתֵּי רַגְלָיו לְעַצְמָן, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּחֻקּוֹת הַגּוֹיִים, שֶׁכָּךְ הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹחֲטִין לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא היו כופתין אותו (they did not twist/tie together the four feet of the lamb) – of the daily offering with two front hands to themselves or the two legs to themselves, in order that he should not act like the religious practices of the heathens, for such they would do when they performed slaughtering for idolatry (see Talmud Tamid 31b).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:2
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**אֶלָּא מַעֲקִידִין אוֹתוֹ.** הַיָּד עִם הָרֶגֶל, כַּעֲקֵדַת יִצְחָק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלא מעקידין אותו – the hand with the foot, like the Binding of Isaac.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:3
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**רֹאשׁוֹ לַדָּרוֹם.** הָיָה נִשְׁחָט עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפוֹנָה כְדִין עוֹלָה, וְהָיָה נוֹטֶה רֹאשׁוֹ לַדָּרוֹם וּפָנָיו לַמַּעֲרָב, שֶׁאִם יַרְבִּיץ גְּלָלִים לֹא יִהְיֶה סָמוּךְ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ראשו לדרום – it was slaughtered on the north side of the altar (see Leviticus 1:11) , according to the law of the burnt-offering, and he would turn its head to the south, and its face to the west, so that if it would sprinkle excrement, it would not be adjacent to the altar.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:4
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**שֶׁל שַׁחַר.** קָרְבַּן תָּמִיד שֶׁל שַׁחַר הָיָה נִשְׁחָט עַל קֶרֶן צְפוֹנִית מַעֲרָבִית, לְפִי שֶׁבַּבֹּקֶר שֶׁמֶשׁ בַּמִּזְרָח וְזוֹרַחַת כְּנֶגְדָּהּ לַמַּעֲרָב, וְהַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר שְׁנַיִם לַיּוֹם, כְּנֶגֶד הַיּוֹם, כְּלוֹמַר נֶגֶד הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, שֶׁהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ קָרוּי יוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
של שחר – the daily-offering sacrifice was slaughtered on the northwestern corner, because in the morning, the sun is in the east and shines opposite it to the west, and the Biblical verse states (Numbers 28:3): “as a regular burnt offering every day, two yearling lambs without blemish” corresponding to the day for the day (שנים ליום), meaning to say, corresponding to the sun, for the sun is called daylight.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:5
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**וְשֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם.** שֶׁחַמָּה בַמַּעֲרָב וּמְאִירָה כְנֶגֶד הַמִּזְרָח, הָיָה נִשְׁחָט עַל קֶרֶן צְפוֹנִית מִזְרָחִית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושל בין הערבים – that the sun is in the west and shines opposite the east, it was slaughtered on the northeastern corner.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:6
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**בְּטַבַּעַת שְׁנִיָּה.** רָחוֹק מִן הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, לְפִי שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ גָּבוֹהַּ וּמַאֲפִיל כֻּלּוֹ. וְיוֹחָנָן כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל הִתְקִין שִׁשָּׁה סְדָרִים שֶׁל טַבָּעוֹת, בְּכָל סֵדֶר אַרְבַּע טַבָּעוֹת לְאַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים מִשְׁמְרוֹת כְּהֻנָּה, וְהָיוּ קְבוּעוֹת בָּרִצְפָּה עֲשׂוּיוֹת כְּמִין קֶשֶׁת, וּלְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ כוֹפְתִים אֶת הַתָּמִיד כְּדִתְנַן בְּרֵישׁ פִּרְקִין, הָיוּ מַכְנִיסִין צַוַּאר הַבְּהֵמָה בְאוֹתָן הַטַּבָּעוֹת בִּשְׁעַת שְׁחִיטָה וְנוֹעֲצִים רֹאשׁ הַטַּבַּעַת בָּאָרֶץ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בטבעת שניה – far from the altar, because the altar was high and would obscure everything. But Yohanan the High Priest established six orders of rings, in each order, four rings, for twenty-four priestly divisions, and they were established on the floor and made like a bow, and since they would not tie together the daily offering, as it is taught at the beginning of our chapter, they would bring in the neck of the animal in those rings at the time of the ritual slaughtering and would wedge in the head of the ring in the ground.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:1:7
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**וְנוֹתֵן מִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית.** תְּחִלָּה. לְאַחַר שֶׁשָּׁחַט תָּמִיד שֶׁל שַׁחַר בְּקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית צְפוֹנִית הוֹלֵךְ לְצַד מִזְרָח וְעוֹמֵד בָּאָרֶץ וְזוֹרֵק הַדָּם בִּכְלִי לְמַטָּה מִן [חוּט] הַסִּקְרָא, וְנוֹתֵן שְׁתֵּי מַתָּנוֹת שֶׁהֵן אַרְבַּע, אַחַת שֶׁהִיא כִשְׁתַּיִם בְּקֶרֶן מִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית, וְהוֹלֵךְ לְמַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית וְנוֹתֵן אַחַת שֶׁהִיא כִשְׁתַּיִם בְּקֶרֶן מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ונותן מזרחית צפונית – first. After he slaughtered the morning burnt-offering in the northwest corner, he would go to the eastern side and stand on the ground and sprinkle the blood in the utensil below from the SIKRA/red paint and place two gifts which are four, one which is like two on the northeastern corner, and he would go to the southwestern corner and place one which is like two on the southwestern corner.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:1
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**לֹא הָיָה שׁוֹבֵר בּוֹ אֶת הָרֶגֶל.** כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהַטַּבָּחִים עוֹשִׂין שֶׁמְּחַתְּכִין אֶת הָרֶגֶל עִם הָעוֹר שֶׁבּוֹ, אֶלָּא נוֹקְבִין מִתַּחַת הָאַרְכּוּבָה הַנִּמְכֶּרֶת עִם הָרֹאשׁ וְתוֹלֶה בוֹ וּמַפְשִׁיט הָרֶגֶל עִם שְׁאָר הַבְּהֵמָה. וְהָא קָמַשְׁמַע לָן דְּהַכְּרָעַיִם בִּכְלַל הֶפְשֵׁט הֵן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא היה שובר את הרגל – like the manner in which the slaughterers would do when they cut/sever the leg with the flesh that is upon it, but rather, they make an incision from under the knee and its surrounding parts that is sold with the head and they suspend it and flay the leg with the the rest of the animal. But surely it comes to tell us that the knee is included in the flying.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:2
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**עַרְכּוּבּוֹ.** כְּמוֹ אַרְכּוּבוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ערכובו (ham) – like the knee (the inner part of the knee).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:3
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**מֵרַק אֶת הַהֶפְשֵׁט.** שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא הֻפְשַׁט אֶלָּא עַד הֶחָזֶה וַעֲדַיִן הָעוֹר מְחֻבָּר בּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מרק את ההפשט (stripped off the hide) – for behold it was not flayed other than to the breast and the hide was still attached to it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:4
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**נָטַל אֶת הַפֶּדֶר.** הַחֵלֶב:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נטל את הפדר – [forbidden] fat.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:5
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**וּנְתָנוֹ עַל בֵּית הַשְּׁחִיטָה.** וְזוֹ הִיא דֶרֶךְ כָּבוֹד שֶׁל מַעְלָה, שֶׁלֹּא יֵרָאֶה לִכְלוּךְ דַּם הַשְּׁחִיטָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נותנו על בית השחיטה – this is the way of honor/respect of above (i.e., God), so that he would not see the soiling/staining of the blood from the ritual slaughtering.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:6
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**וְהַכֶּרֶס מְדִיחִין אוֹתָהּ.** מִן הַפֶּרֶשׁ שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והכרס מדיחין אותה – from the secretions/excrement that is within it, separately.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:7
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**בְּבֵית הַמְדִיחִין.** בְּלִשְׁכָּה שֶׁהָיְתָה בַמִּקְדָּשׁ. וְלֹא מְדִיחִין אוֹתָהּ עִם שְׁאָר הַקְּרָבַיִם, שֶׁלֹּא תְטַנְּפֵם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בבית המדיחין – a chamber that was in the Temple. But they would not rinse it with the rest of the innards, so that it would not become soiled.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:8
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**שְׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים.** שֶׁאֵין הָרְעִי יוֹצֵא מֵהֶן אֶלָּא בְדֹחַק לְפִי שֶׁהֵן דַּקִּים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שלשה פעמים – since the feces do not come out from them other than with pressure, because they are thin.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:2:9
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**בְּמִעוּטָהּ.** לְכָל הַפָּחוֹת. וְאִם רָצָה לְהוֹסִיף לַהֲדִיחָן יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים מוֹסִיף:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
במיעוטה – at the very least. But if he wishes to supplement rinsing them more than three times, he increases it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:1
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**וְאֶצְבַּע הַכָּבֵד.** הָיָה מַפְרִישׁ מִן הַכָּבֵד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואצבע הכבד (the lobe of the liver) – he would separate from the liver.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:2
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**וְלֹא הָיָה מְזִיזָהּ.** לְאֶצְבַּע הַכָּבֵד מִמְּקוֹמָהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי הִיא הָיְתָה קְרֵבָה עִם הָעֹקֶץ וְהָאַלְיָה, וְהַכָּבֵד הָיָה עִם הַדֹּפֶן הַיְמָנִי, וְהָרֵאָה עִם הַגֵּרָה וּשְׁתֵּי צְלָעוֹת עִמָּהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסָמוּךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא היה מזיזה ממקומה – to the lobe of the liver from its place, for it was offered with the haunch and the tail, and the liver was with the right rib, and the lung with the throat/larynx with the wind-pipe and two ribs with it, as will be explained shortly.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:3
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**דֹּפֶן יְמָנִי.** חוֹתֵךְ סָמוּךְ לַשִּׁדְרָה, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיָה מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי צְלָעוֹת לְמַעְלָה אֶל הַשִּׁדְרָה וְכֵן שְׁתֵּי צְלָעוֹת לְמַטָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
דופן ימני – he cuts/severs near the spine/backbone, but he leaves two ribs above the spine/backbone and two ribs below the spine/backbone.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:4
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**וְהָרֶגֶל שֶׁל יָמִין בִּשְׂמֹאלוֹ.** וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּהוֹלָכַת אֵבָרִים לַכֶּבֶשׁ עֲבוֹדָה הִיא וַעֲבוֹדָה פְסוּלָה בִשְׂמֹאל, כֵּיוָן דְּלֹא מְעַכֶּבֶת כַּפָּרָה, שָׁרְיָא אֲפִלּוּ בִשְׂמֹאל, כִּדְאִיתָא בְיוֹמָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והרגל של ימין בשמאלו (the right hind-leg in his left hand) – and even though he brings limbs to the ramp of [Divine] Service, and [Divine] Service is invalidated on the left side, since it is not indispensable to atonement, it is permissible as is brought in [Tractate] Yoma.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:5
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**וּבֵית עוֹרוֹ לַחוּץ.** הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁמַּפְשִׁיטִים מִמֶּנּוּ הָעוֹר, וְהוּא סָמוּךְ לְרָאשֵׁי הָאֶצְבָּעוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובית עורו לחוץ (and the flayed end outward) – the place where they flay the hide which is near the heads of he fingers.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:6
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**בָּזָךְ.** תַּרְגּוּם כַּף אַחַת, בָּזִיכָא חֲדָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בזך – It is the Aramaic translation of (Numbers 7:14): “one ladle” – one dish, vessel, censer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:7
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**הַשְּׁבִיעִי בַּסֹּלֶת.** לְמִנְחַת נְסָכִים שֶׁעִם הַתָּמִיד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
השביעי בסולת – for the meal-offering of libations that is with the daily-offering


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:8
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**בַּחֲבִתִּין.** מִנְחַת מַחֲבַת שֶׁל כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל מַחֲצִיתָהּ בַּבֹּקֶר וּמַחֲצִיתָהּ בָּעֶרֶב שֶׁמַּקְרִיב בְּכָל יוֹם. וְהַאי דְּאַפְסְקֵיהּ לַחֲבִתִּין בֵּין סֹלֶת לִנְסָכִים שֶׁהֵן צָרְכֵי תָמִיד, מִשּׁוּם דְּסֹלֶת וַחֲבִתִּין לִשְׁנֵיהֶם שֵׁם מִנְחָה, לְכָךְ פֵּרְשָׁן יַחַד:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בחביתין – the meal-offering of cakes of the High Priest, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening that is offered every day (see Tractate Tamid, Chapter 3, Mishnah 1). But that they interrupted for cakes between the fine flour and the libations that are the needs of the daily-offering is because he name meal-offering is that both fine flour and cakes have the title of a meal-offering, for that reason both are explained together.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:9
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**מֵחֲצִי הַכֶּבֶשׁ וּלְמַטָּה בְּמַעֲרָבוֹ.** וְלֹא מֵחֶצְיוֹ וּלְמַעְלָה, כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא נִכֶּרֶת הַהוֹלָכָה לַמִּזְבֵּחַ כְּשֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ מִלִּקְרוֹת אֶת שְׁמַע. וְדַוְקָא בִימוֹת הַחֹל הָיוּ נוֹתְנִים אֵבְרֵי תָמִיד בַּמַּעֲרָב לְצַד הַשְּׁכִינָה, אֲבָל בְּשַׁבָּתוֹת דְּשֶׁל מוּסָפִין שֶׁהֵן חוֹבַת הַיּוֹם הָיוּ בַמַּעֲרָב, הָיוּ שֶׁל תָּמִיד בַּמִּזְרָח, כִּדְמוּכָח בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה פֶּרֶק הֶחָלִיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מחצי ולמטה במערבו – but not from the upper half of the ramp, in order that it would be recognized when one goes to the altar from when they return after the recitation of the Shema. But especially on weekdays, they would place the limbs of the daily-offering in the west, to the side of the Divine Presence, but on Sabbaths of the Additional Offering/Musaf, where the obligations of the day were in the west, the parts of the daily-offering were in the east, as is explained in the Tractate Sukkah, in Chapter [Five] of the Flute/החליל [51b – and Tractate Skekalim, Chapter 8, Mishnah 8].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Tamid 4:3:10
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**לִקְרוֹת אֶת שְׁמַע.** וְכָל שְׁאָר בְּרָכוֹת, כִּדְאִיתָא לְקַמָּן בְּאִידָךְ פִּרְקָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לקרות את שמע – and all the rest of the blessings, as is brought further in the next chapter (Chapter 5, Mishnah 1).