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Bartenura on Mishnah Arakhin Chapter 1

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הַכֹּל מַעֲרִיכִין. הַכֹּל לַאֲתוֹיֵי בֶּן שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא הֵבִיא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, שֶׁהוּא מַעֲרִיךְ. וְהוּא מֻפְלָא הַסָּמוּךְ לְאִישׁ. וּמֻפְלָא אִקְּרֵי לֵיהּ לְפִי שֶׁבּוֹדְקִים אוֹתוֹ אִם יוֹדֵעַ לְהַפְלוֹת וּלְפָרֵשׁ לְשֵׁם מִי נָדַר וּלְשֵׁם מִי הִקְדִּישׁ. אַף עַל גַּב דְּאִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִיא כְתִיב (ויקרא כז), כְּשֶׁהוּא סָמוּךְ לְפִרְקוֹ קָרוּי אִישׁ לְעִנְיָן זֶה. וְהַכֹּל דְּקָאֵי נַמִּי עַל נֶעֱרָכִים, לַאֲתוֹיֵי מְנֻוָּל וּמֻכֶּה שְׁחִין, שֶׁאֵין שָׁוִין דָּמִים, דְּסָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ אֲמֵינָא נֶדֶר בְּעֶרְכְּךָ כְּתִיב (שם), כָּל שֶׁיֶּשְׁנוֹ בְדָמִים יֶשְׁנוֹ בַעֲרָכִין, וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ בְדָמִים אֵינוֹ בַעֲרָכִין, קָמַשְׁמַע לָן. וְהַכֹּל דְּקָאֵי עַל נוֹדְרִים, מִשּׁוּם נִדָּרִים נָקַט לֵיהּ. וְנִדָּרִים גּוּפֵיהּ אִצְטְרִיךְ, לַאֲתוֹיֵי פָּחוּת מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ שֶׁהוּא נִדָּר אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נֶעֱרָךְ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הכל מעריכין (dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar) – "הכל" /everyone includes a male who is thirteen years and one day old who did not bring forth two [pubic] hairs, that he dedicates the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar, or he is a minor one year before he (or she) reaches majority/adulthood [if it can be shown that the child understood the nature of the vow] (which is based upon Numbers 6:2: “If anyone, man or woman כי יפלא/explicitly utters a Nazirite’s vow to set himself apart for the LORD”), and he is called מופלא/uttering a distinct vow because they examine him if he knows how to utter a vow distinctly and to explain in the name of Whom he made the vow, and in the name of whom he dedicated [to the altar]. And even though it is written (Leviticus 27:2): “[Speak to the Israelite people and say to them:] When anyone explicitly vows/"איש כי יפלא נדר בערכך" [to the LORD the equivalent for a human being],” when he is near his period of maturity/adulthood, he is called a man (i.e., an adult) in this matter. And [the word] "הכל"/everyone that also refers to [the individual who is] the subject of the valuation, including someone disfigured/disgraced and/or afflicted with boils, who is not worth anything [financially]. For you might think that I would say that a vow of assessment of a person or animal dedicated to the sanctuary, as it is written (Leviticus 27:2 -see above), he whose person has a value, can vow the value of a person or an animal, but he whose person has no value cannot (see Tractate Arakhin 2a), which comes to tell us that [the word] "הכל"/everyone that refers to those entitled to dedicate, because it is taken for being dedicated, and those being dedicated is necessary [to teach] to include those who are younger than a month old, which can be dedicated [for a sacrifice] even though they are not the subject of valuation.

מַעֲרִיכִין. אִם אָמַר עַל אֶחָד, עֵרֶךְ פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, נוֹתֵן עֵרֶךְ אוֹתוֹ פְּלוֹנִי כְּפִי שָׁנָיו כְּמוֹ שֶׁקָּצוּב בְּפָרָשַׁת עֲרָכִין, שֶׁהָעֵרֶךְ נוֹתֵן לְפִי שָׁנִים שֶׁל נֶעֱרָכִין:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

מעריכין – if a person said about someone, “I vow the value of so-and-so,” he gives the value of that individual according to his years as it is determined in the [Torah] portion of valuations, as the vow of value is regulated by the condition of the person whose value is vowed.

וְנֶעֱרָכִין. אִם אָמַר אַחֵר עָלָיו עֵרֶךְ פְּלוֹנִי זֶה עָלָי, אוֹ אָמַר הוּא עַצְמוֹ עֶרְכִּי עָלָי:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ונערכין – if another person said about him, “the value of this individual is upon me” or he said himself, “I vow my own value,” (see Talmud Arakhin 7b).

נוֹדְרִים. אָמַר דְּמֵי פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, צָרִיךְ שֶׁיִּתֵּן כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא יָפֶה לִמָּכֵר בַּשּׁוּק:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

נודרין – if he said: “the monetary value of so-and-so is upon me,” he must give according to what is appropriate to be sold in the marketplace.

וְנִדָּרִין. אָמַר אַחֵר עָלָיו דְּמֵי פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, אוֹ אָמַר הוּא עַצְמוֹ דָּמַי עָלָי:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ונידרין – another person said regarding him: “the monetary value of so-and-so is upon me,” or he himself said: “the monetary value is upon me.”

כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם. כֹּהֲנִים אִצְטְרִיכָא לֵיהּ לְאַשְׁמְעִינַן דְּנֶעֱרָכִין, דְּסָלְקָא דַעְתָּךְ אֲמֵינָא הוֹאִיל וּכְתִיב (שם) וְהֶעֱמִידוֹ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן וְהֶעֱרִיךְ אוֹתוֹ הַכֹּהֵן, יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי כֹהֵן וְלֹא כֹהֵן לִפְנֵי כֹהֵן, הִלְכָּךְ כֹּהֵן לֵיתֵיהּ בַּעֲרָכִין, דְּאִי עָנִי הוּא לֹא קָרֵינָא בֵּיהּ וְהֶעֱמִידוֹ לִפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן, קָמַשְׁמַע לָן דְּכֹהֲנִים אִיתַנְהוּ בְתוֹרַת עֲרָכִין. וְאַיְדֵי דִתְנַן כֹּהֲנִים, תְּנַן לְוִיִּם וְיִשְׂרְאֵלִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

כהנים ולוים – it was necessary for him (i.e., the teacher of this Mishnah) to teach us that they (Kohanim and Levites) are valuated, for you might think that I would say, since it is written (Leviticus 27:8): “[But if one cannot afford the equivalent,] he shall be presented before the priest, and the priest shall assess him,” an Israelite comes before a Kohen but not a Kohen before a Kohen, therefore, a Kohen is not [personally involved] in valuation, for if he is poor, we do not call upon him: “he shall be presented before the priest,” it comes to tell us that Kohanim are included in the laws of Arakhin/valuation, and since it teaches Kohanim [in the Mishnah], it also teaches Levites and Israelites [in the Mishnah].

נָשִׁים וַעֲבָדִים. וְהָאִשָּׁה מְשַׁלֶּמֶת כְּשֶׁתִּתְאַלְמֵן אוֹ תִּתְגָּרֵשׁ, וְהָעֶבֶד כְּשֶׁיִּשְׁתַּחְרֵר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

נשים ועבדים – that the woman pays when she becomes a widow or when she becomes a widow or when she becomes a divorcee, whereas the slave [pays] when he is freed.

טֻמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס נוֹדְרִים וְנִדָּרִים. שֶׁהֲרֵי יֵשׁ לָהֶם דָּמִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

טומטום ואנדרוגינוס נודרים ונידרים – for behold they have monetary value.

וּמַעֲרִיכִין. אֶת אֲחֵרִים, אִם אָמְרוּ עֵרֶךְ פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, נוֹתְנִים עֵרֶךְ אוֹתוֹ פְּלוֹנִי:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ומעריכין –(pledge the valuation/dedicate the value of a person or an animal unfit for the altar) – of others, if they said, “the valuation of so-and-so is upon me,” they give the valuation of that individual.

אֲבָל לֹא נֶעֱרָכִין. אִם אָמַר עֶרְכִּי עָלָי, אוֹ אָמַר אַחֵר עָלֵיהֶם עֵרֶךְ פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם. דְּזָכָר וּנְקֵבָה אֲמוּרִים בְּפָרָשַׁת עֲרָכִין, עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה זָכָר וַדָּאִי אוֹ נְקֵבָה וַדָּאִית:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אבל לא נערכין – if he said: “my value is upon me,” or another person said about them: “the value of so-and-so is upon me” (regarding someone who is of doubtful sexual traits or exhibits traits of both sexes), he did not say anything, for a male and a female are mentioned In the [Torah] portion of Arakhin/valuation, until he will be a real male or [she] a real female.

פָּחוּת מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ נִדָּר. אִם אָמַר דָּמָיו עָלָי. שֶׁהֲרֵי שָׁוֶה דָּמִים כָּל שֶׁהֵן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

פחות מבן חודש נידר – if [another] person said: “his monetary value is upon me,” because he is worth something fiscally.

אֲבָל לֹא נֶעֱרָךְ. שֶׁלֹּא נֶאֱמַר עֵרֶךְ בַּפָּרָשָׁה אֶלָּא מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ וָמַעְלָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אבל לא נערך – for the word ערך/valuation is not mentioned in this [Torah] portion other than with something from one month old and beyond.

הַנָּכְרִי רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר נֶעֱרָךְ. תְּרֵי קְרָאֵי כְתִיבֵי בְּפָרָשַׁת עֲרָכִין, חַד רִבּוּי וְחַד מִעוּט. בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִעֵט אֶת הַנָּכְרִים. אִישׁ כִּי יַפְלִיא, רִבָּה כָל אִישׁ וַאֲפִלּוּ נָכְרִי בְּמַשְׁמַע. רַבִּי מֵאִיר סָבַר נָכְרִי נֶעֱרָךְ וְלֹא מַעֲרִיךְ, שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ שֶׁרִבָּה הַכָּתוּב בַּנֶּעֱרָכִים יוֹתֵר מִבַּמַּעֲרִיכִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן נֶעֱרָכִין, אֲבָל לֹא מַעֲרִיכִין, הִלְכָּךְ שְׁדֵי מִעוּטָא לַמַּעֲרִיךְ וְרִבּוּיָא לַנֶּעֱרָךְ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הנכרי ר' מאיר אומר נערך – two Biblical verses are written in the [Torah] portion of Arakhin/valuation – one is an amplification and the other is a restriction. The words "בני ישראל" /Israelites (see Leviticus 27:2), excludes heathen. [The words] "איש כי יפלא"/When anyone explicitly vows, amplifies/expands upon "כל איש"/every person, and even a heathen [is included] by implication. Rabbi Meir holds that a heathen is subject to the pledge of Valuation [by others] but does not pledge the Valuation [of others], for we found that Scripture amplified those who are subject to the pledge of Valuation by others more than pledging the Valuation of others, for a deaf-mute, imbecile and a minor are subject to the pledge of Valuation by others, but they do not pledge the Valuation of others, therefore, it is sufficient that the restriction is for those who pledge the Valuation of others and the amplification is for those subject to the pledge of Valuation by others.

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר נָכְרִי מַעֲרִיךְ וְלֹא נֶעֱרָךְ. שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ טֻמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס מַעֲרִיכִים וְלֹא נֶעֱרָכִים. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה. הִלְכָּךְ נָכְרִי שֶׁאָמַר עֵרֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, חַיָּב לִתֵּן כְּפִי שָׁנָיו הָעֵרֶךְ הַקָּצוּב בַּפָּרָשָׁה. וְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁאָמַר עֵרֶךְ נָכְרִי פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, אוֹ נָכְרִי שֶׁאָמַר עֶרְכִּי עָלָי, לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ר' יהודה אומר נכרי מעריך ואינו נערך – for we have found that a person who is of doubtful sexual traits and a person who exhibits elements of both sexes pledge the Valuation [of others] but are not subject to the pledge of Valuation by others. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda. Therefore, a heathen who said: “the value of this Israelite person is upon me is liable to give according to the years of the determined value in the [Torah] portion [of Arakhin]. But an Israelite who said: “the value of this particular heathen is upon me,” or a heathen who said, “my value is upon me,” did not say anything.

הַגּוֹסֵס. לֹא נִדָּר, דְּלָאו בַּר דָּמִים הוּא, דִּלְמִיתָה הוּא עוֹמֵד:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הגוסס – is not subject to the vow [of payment of their worth to another], for he stands to be dead.

וְלֹא נֶעֱרָךְ. דִּכְתִיב וְהֶעֱמִידוֹ וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ, וְהַאי לָאו בַּר הַעֲמָדָה וְהַעֲרָכָה הוּא:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ולא נערך – as it is written (Leviticus 27:8): “he shall be presented…and [the priest] shall assess him,” but this one (i.e., the person at the point of death) is presentable nor assessable.

וְהַיּוֹצֵא לֵהָרֵג. שֶׁנִּגְמַר דִּינוֹ בְּבֵית דִּין שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֲבָל יוֹצֵא לֵהָרֵג עַל פִּי הַמַּלְכוּת, לֹא שְׁנָא מַלְכוּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא שְׁנָא מַלְכוּת שֶׁל נָכְרִים, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל מַעֲרִיךְ וְנֶעֱרָךְ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

והיוצא ליהרג – that the proceedings [of his trial] are finished (i.e., the sentence has been pronounced) in an Israelite court. But if he goes to be killed at the hands of the [heathen] kingdom, it does not matter whether it is a kingdom of Israelites or a kingdom of heathens, everyone holds that he pledges the Valuation [of others] and he is subject to the Valuation [by others].

לֹא נִדָּר. דְּלָאו בַּר דָּמִים הוּא:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לא נידר – that he is not worth anything [monetarily].

וְלֹא נֶעֱרָךְ. דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כז) כָּל חֵרֶם אֲשֶׁר יָחֳרַם מִן הָאָדָם לֹא יִפָּדֶה. וְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶּן עֲקַבְיָא דְּאָמַר נֶעֱרָךְ, מוֹקֵי לְהַאי קְרָא דְּכָל חֵרֶם אֲשֶׁר יָחֳרַם לִדְרָשָׁא אַחֲרִיתִי:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ולא נערך – as it is written (Leviticus 27:29): “No human being who has been proscribed can be ransomed; [he shall be put to death].”But Rabbi Haninah ben Akaviah who stated that he is subject to the Valuation [of others], maintains this Biblical verse (Leviticus 27:29): “No human being who has been proscribed” for a different exposition.

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר כוּ'. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְתַנָּא קַמָּא לֹא פְלִיגֵי בְנוֹדֵר וּמַעֲרִיךְ וּמַקְדִּישׁ. כִּי פְלִיגֵי בְאִם הִזִּיק. תַּנָּא קַמָּא סָבַר, אִם הִזִּיק פָּטוּר מִן הַתַּשְׁלוּמִים. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַמַּזִּיק חַיָּב בְּתַשְׁלוּמִין מִן הַתּוֹרָה, מִלְוָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּתּוֹרָה לָאו כִּכְתוּבָה בִשְׁטָר דָּמְיָא, אֶלָּא כְמִלְוָה עַל פֶּה, וּמִלְוָה עַל פֶּה אֵינוֹ גוֹבֶה מִן הַיּוֹרְשִׁים. וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי סָבַר, מִלְוָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּתּוֹרָה כְּמִלְוָה הַכְּתוּבָה בִשְׁטָר דָּמְיָא, וְגוֹבֶה מִן הַיּוֹרְשִׁים. וַהֲלָכָה כְתַנָּא קַמָּא. אֲבָל לְאַחַר שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ דְמִלְוָה עַל פֶּה גוֹבֶה מִן הַיּוֹרְשִׁים, בֵּית דִּין גּוֹבִין מִמָּמוֹנוֹ וּמְשַׁלְּמִים מַה שֶּׁהִזִּיק:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ר' יוסי אומר כו' – Rabbi Yossi and the first Tanna/teacher do not disagree regarding a person who takes a vow and makes an assessment and who sanctifies. But they disagree if it caused damaged. The first Tanna/teacher holds, if it caused damage, it is exempt from payment/indemnity. For even if the one who causes damage is liable for indemnity/payment from the Torah, a loan that is written about in the Torah is not equivalent to something written in a document, but it is an oral loan. And an oral loan does not collect from the heirs. But Rabbi Yossi holds, that the loan that is written in the Torah is equivalent to a loan written in a document and he collects from the heirs. But the Halakha is according to the first Tanna/teacher. But after they have established that an oral loan collects from the heir, the Jewish court collects his money and they pay for what he has damaged.

אֵין מַמְתִּינִין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתֵּלֵד. דְּמַהוּ דְתֵימָא וְלָדוֹת מָמוֹנָא דְבַעַל הֵן כְּדִכְתִיב (שמות כא) כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשִׁית עָלָיו בַּעַל הָאִשָּׁה, וְלֹא נַפְסְדִּינְהוּ מִנֵּיהּ, קָמַשְׁמַע לָן דִּכְתִיב (דברים כב) וּמֵתוּ גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם, גַּם לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַוָּלָד:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אין ממתינין לה עד שתלד – for you might have thought that offspring, the monies belong to the husband, as it is written (Exodus 21:22): “the one responsible shall be fined according to the woman’s husband may exact from him.” But we don’t cause him to lose, as it comes to teach us as it is written (Deuteronomy 22:22): “both of them – the man and the woman with whom he lay – shall die,” also including the offspring.

יָשְׁבָה עַל הַמַּשְׁבֵּר. מְקוֹם מוֹשַׁב הָאִשָּׁה הַיּוֹלֶדֶת קָרוּי מַשְׁבֵּר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ישבה על המשבר – it is the place of sitting for the woman in labor is called משבר/the travailing stool.

מַמְתִּינִין לָהּ עַד שֶׁתֵּלֵד. דְּכֵיוָן דְּנֶעֱקַר לָצֵאת, גּוּפָא אַחֲרִינָא הוּא וְאֵינוֹ כְגוּף אִמּוֹ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ממתינין לה עד שתלד – for since it (i.e., the fetus) is uprooted/removed to depart, it is another body and is not like the body of the mother.

נֶהֱנִין בִּשְׂעָרָהּ. לָאו שְׂעָרָהּ מַמָּשׁ קָאָמַר, אֶלָּא פֵּאָה שֶׁהָיְתָה לָהּ מִשְּׂעַר אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת קְשׁוּרָה לִשְׂעָרָהּ. וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁאָמְרָה תְנוּ אוֹתָהּ לְבִתִּי אוֹ לִפְלוֹנִית, דְּכֵיוָן דְּאָמְרָה תְנוּ גַּלְיָא דַעְתָּהּ דְּלֹא נִיחָא לַהּ דְּתֶהֱוֵי כְגוּפָה לְאִתְּסוֹרֵי, וְכִנְטוּלָה מֵחַיִּים דָּמְיָא. אֲבָל בְּעִנְיָן אַחֵר אָסוּר, שֶׁנּוֹיֵי הַמֵּת אֲסוּרִים בַּהֲנָאָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

נהנין בשערה – it is not an actual hair that is stated, but rather a wig that she had from the hair of another woman tied to her hair. And especially when she said [to them]: “Give it to my daughter or to so-and-so (i.e., another woman), for since she said, “Give it,” she revealed her intention that it is not appropriate for her that it would be like her body to prohibit it, and when it is taken from a living person it is similar. But for another matter, it is prohibited, for the strangeness of the dead is prohibited to derive benefit from it.

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנֶּהֶרְגָה אֲסוּרָה בַהֲנָאָה. אֲפִלּוּ שְׂעָרָהּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

בהמה שנהרגה אסורה בהנאה – even its hair.

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