## Mishnah Meilah Chapter 4

###### Mishnah Meilah 4:1
[Mishnah Meilah 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:1)

קָדְשֵׁי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה לִמְעִילָה, וּלְחַיֵּב עֲלֵיהֶן מִשּׁוּם פִּגּוּל, נוֹתָר וְטָמֵא. קָדְשֵׁי בֶדֶק הַבַּיִת מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. קָדְשֵׁי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְקָדְשֵׁי בֶדֶק הַבַּיִת מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה לִמְעִילָה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
All items **consecrated** to be sacrificed on the **altar join together** to constitute the measure with regard to liability **for misuse** of consecrated property, which is deriving benefit equivalent to one *peruta*. **And** they join together **to** constitute an olive-bulk, which is the measure that renders one **liable due to** violation of the prohibitions of ***piggul*, or *notar*, or** partaking of the item while **ritually impure.** All items **consecrated** for **Temple maintenance join together** to constitute the measure with regard to liability for misuse. **Both** items **consecrated** to be sacrificed on the **altar and** items **consecrated** for **Temple maintenance join together** to constitute the measure with regard to liability **for misuse.**


###### Mishnah Meilah 4:2
[Mishnah Meilah 4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:2)

חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים בָּעוֹלָה מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. הַבָּשָׂר, וְהַחֵלֶב, וְהַסֹּלֶת, וְהַיַּיִן, וְהַשָּׁמֶן. וְשִׁשָּׁה בַּתּוֹדָה. הַבָּשָׂר, וְהַחֵלֶב, וְהַסֹּלֶת, וְהַיַּיִן, וְהַשֶּׁמֶן, וְהַלָּחֶם. הַתְּרוּמָה, וּתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר, וּתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל דְּמַאי, הַחַלָּה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים, מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה לֶאֱסֹר וּלְחַיֵּב עֲלֵיהֶן אֶת הַחֹמֶשׁ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Five items in the burnt offering** and the accompanying meal offering and libation **join together** to constitute the one *peruta* measure with regard to liability for misuse, and the olive-bulk measure with regard to liability for *piggul*, *notar*, and partaking of sacrificial foods while ritually impure. They are: **The flesh; the fat** of the burnt offering that is sacrificed on the altar; **the fine flour** of the accompanying meal offering; **the wine** of the accompanying libation; **and the oil** of the accompanying meal offering. **And there are six** items **in the thanks offering** that join together: **The flesh, the fat, the fine flour, the wine, the oil, and the loaves** accompanying the thanks offering. Teruma**, and *teruma* of the tithe, and *teruma* of the tithe of doubtfully tithed produce [*demai*], and *ḥalla*, and first fruits** all **join together with one another** to constitute the requisite measure **to prohibit** a mixture with non-sacred produce, **and** to form the requisite measure of an olive-bulk that serves **to** render one **obligated for their** consumption in payment **of** an additional **one-fifth** over and above the principal.


###### Mishnah Meilah 4:3
[Mishnah Meilah 4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:3)

כָּל הַפִּגּוּלִין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. כָּל הַנּוֹתָרִין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. כָּל הַנְּבֵלוֹת מִצְטָרְפוֹת זוֹ עִם זוֹ. כָּל הַשְּׁרָצִים מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. דַּם הַשֶּׁרֶץ וּבְשָׂרוֹ מִצְטָרְפִין. כְּלָל אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, כֹּל שֶׁטֻּמְאָתוֹ וְשִׁעוּרוֹ שָׁוִין, מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. טֻמְאָתוֹ וְלֹא שִׁעוּרוֹ, שִׁעוּרוֹ וְלֹא טֻמְאָתוֹ, לֹא טֻמְאָתוֹ וְלֹא שִׁעוּרוֹ, אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**All** the pieces of sacrificial meat that are ***piggul* join together with one another** to constitute the olive-bulk measure for liability, **and all** sacrificial meat that is ***notar* joins together with one another** to constitute the olive-bulk measure for liability. **All animal carcasses,** whose consumption is prohibited and which transmit impurity through contact with them and through carrying, **join together with one another** to constitute the requisite olive-bulk measure. **And all repugnant creatures join together with one another** to constitute the requisite olive-bulk measure to render one who consumes it liable to receive lashes. The eight creeping animals enumerated in the Torah join together to constitute the measure of a lentil-bulk, which transmits impurity through contact, and to render one who consumes it liable to receive lashes. **The blood of** one of **the** eight **creeping animals** listed in the Torah **and** their **flesh join together** to constitute the lentil-bulk measure to impart impurity. **Rabbi Yehoshua stated a principle:** With regard to **any** items **whose impurity,** in terms of degree and duration, **and measure** to impart impurity, **are equal,** e.g., two halves of an olive-bulk from two corpses or two animal carcasses or two halves of a lentil-bulk from two creeping animals, **they join together** to constitute the requisite measure. Rabbi Yehoshua continued: By contrast, with regard to items whose **impurity** is equal **but** their **measure** is **not** equal, e.g., a creeping animal and an animal carcass, each of which renders one impure until the evening, but the measure of a creeping animal is a lentil-bulk, whereas that of an animal carcass is an olive-bulk; or items whose **measure** is equal **but whose impurity** is **not** equal, e.g., a corpse and an animal carcass, with regard to which the measure of each is an olive-bulk, but the duration of the impurity imparted by a corpse is one week and the duration of the impurity imparted by an animal carcass is until the evening; or items that are equal **neither in** terms of **their impurity** nor in terms of **their measure, they do not join together** to constitute the requisite measure.


###### Mishnah Meilah 4:4
[Mishnah Meilah 4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:4)

הַפִּגּוּל וְהַנּוֹתָר אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵם שְׁנֵי שֵׁמוֹת. הַשֶּׁרֶץ וְהַנְּבֵלָה, וְכֵן הַנְּבֵלָה וּבְשַׂר הַמֵּת, אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה לְטַמֵּא אֲפִלּוּ כַקַּל שֶׁבִּשְׁנֵיהֶם. הָאֹכֶל שֶׁנִּטְמָא בְאַב הַטֻּמְאָה וְשֶׁנִּטְמָא בִוְלַד הַטֻּמְאָה, מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה לְטַמֵּא כַקַּל שֶׁבִּשְׁנֵיהֶם:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Sacrificial meat that is ***piggul* and** sacrificial meat that is ***notar* do not join together** to constitute the requisite measure of an olive-bulk, **due to** the fact **that they** belong to **two** separate **categories** of prohibition. The flesh of the carcass of **the creeping animal and** the flesh of **the animal carcass, and likewise** the flesh of **the animal carcass and the flesh of the corpse, do not join together to transmit ritual impurity,** not **even for the** more **lenient of the two** impurities, i.e., the impurity that requires the greater measure. **The food that became ritually impure** through contact **with a primary source of ritual impurity,** thereby assuming first-degree ritual impurity, **and** the food **that became ritually impure** through contact **with a secondary source of ritual impurity,** thereby assuming second-degree ritual impurity, **join together** to constitute the requisite measure of an egg-bulk **to transmit impurity in accordance with the** more **lenient of the two,** i.e., second-degree ritual impurity.


###### Mishnah Meilah 4:5
[Mishnah Meilah 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:5)

כָּל הָאֳכָלִין מִצְטָרְפִין, לִפְסוֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בְכַחֲצִי פְרָס, בִּמְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעֻדּוֹת לָעֵרוּב, בְּכַבֵּיצָה לְטַמֵּא טֻמְאַת אֳכָלִין, בְּכַגְּרוֹגֶרֶת לְהוֹצָאַת שַׁבָּת, בְּכַכּוֹתֶבֶת בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין מִצְטָרְפִין, לִפְסוֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בִרְבִיעִית, וּבִמְלֹא לֻגְמָיו בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**All the** ritually impure **foods join together** to constitute the requisite measure **to disqualify the body [*hageviyya*]** of one who eats **half of a half-loaf-bulk [*peras*]** of the impure foods from partaking of *teruma*. Likewise, all foods join together to constitute the requisite measure **of food** sufficient for **two meals, to** establish **a joining of** Shabbat **boundaries; and** to form the requisite measure **of an egg-bulk, to render** an item **impure** with **the ritual impurity of food; and** to form the measure **of** a dried **fig-bulk,** which establishes liability **for carrying out** food on **Shabbat; and** to form the volume **of a large date,** which establishes liability for eating **on Yom Kippur. All the liquids join together** to constitute the requisite measure **to disqualify the body of** one who drinks **a quarter-*log*** of ritually impure liquid from partaking of *teruma*; **and** to constitute the measure **of a cheekful,** which establishes liability for drinking **on Yom Kippur.**


###### Mishnah Meilah 4:6
[Mishnah Meilah 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Meilah/r/4:6)

הָעָרְלָה וְכִלְאֵי הַכֶּרֶם מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפִין. הַבֶּגֶד וְהַשַּׂק, הַשַּׂק וְהָעוֹר, הָעוֹר וְהַמַּפָּץ, מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן רְאוּיִין לִטַּמֵּא מוֹשָׁב:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The fruit of a tree during the first three years after its planting [*orla*]** (see Leviticus 19:23), **and diverse kinds,**i.e., grain sown **in a vineyard** (see Deuteronomy 22:9) **join together** to constitute the requisite measure to prohibit a mixture that they are mixed into. This applies when the volume of the permitted produce is less than two hundred times the prohibited produce. **Rabbi Shimon says: They do not join together.** A garment must be at least three by three handbreadths in order to become a primary source of ritual impurity, by means of ritual impurity imparted by the treading of a *zav*. A sack made from goats’ hair must be at least four by four handbreadths, while an animal hide must be five by five, and a mat six by six. **The garment and the sack, the sack and the hide,** and **the hide and the mat all join together** to constitute the requisite measure to become ritually impure in accordance with the material of the greater measure. **Rabbi Shimon said: What is the reason** that they join together, despite the fact that their requisite measures are not equal? **Because** all the component materials **are fit to become ritually impure** through the ritual impurity imparted **to a seat** upon which a *zav* sits, as they can each be used to patch a saddle or saddlecloth. Since the measure of all these materials is equal in the case of a *zav*, they join together for other forms of ritual impurity as well.