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Bartenura on Mishnah Demai Chapter 3

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מַאֲכִילִין אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים דְּמָאי. אֲפִלּוּ הֵן חֲבֵרִים. וְצָרִיךְ לְהוֹדִיעָן, וְהָרוֹצֶה לְעַשְּׂרָן יְעַשְּׂרָן:

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

מאכילין את העניים דמאי – even if they are members of the order for the observance of Levitical laws to daily intercourse and one needs to inform them and the one who wishes to tithe will tithe them.

וְאֶת הָאַכְסַנְיָא. חַיִל שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעוֹבֵר מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם וּמֻטָּל עַל בְּנֵי הַמָּקוֹם לְפַרְנְסָם, מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתָם דְּמַאי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא עוֹבֶרֶת, אֲבָל לָנוּ שָׁם בַּלַּיְלָה חַיָּבִין לְתַקֵּן:

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

ואת אכסניא – army of the king of Israel that passes from place to place and it is upon the people of that place to support them, they feed them doubtfully tithed produce, at the time when it passes, but if he stayed there overnight, it is obligatory to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues.

רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הָיָה מַאֲכִיל אֶת פּוֹעֲלָיו דְּמַאי. עֲנִיִּים הָיוּ. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, דְּכֵיוָן דְּחַיָּב בִּמְזוֹנוֹתֵיהֶן נִמְצָא פּוֹרֵעַ אֶת חוֹבוֹ בִּדְמַאי:

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

רבן גמליאל היה מאכיל את פועליו דמאי – they were poor. But the Halakha is not according to Rabban Gamaliel for since he is liable for their food, it is found that he repays his obligation with doubtfully tithed produce.

וְאֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעֻשָּׂר לִמְעַשֵּׂר. וְנוֹתְנִין לוֹ בְּיוֹתֵר מִכְּדֵי מַעַשְׂרוֹתָיו, וְנִמְצְאוּ כָל הָאָדָם אוֹכְלִים מְתֻקָּן. וּבֵית שַׁמַּאי לְטַעֲמַיְהוּ דְּאָמְרֵי אֵין מַאֲכִילִין אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים דְּמָאי:

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

ואת שאינו מעושר למעשר – and the give him at a higher price because of his tithings, and it would be found that every person is eating that which is legally fit for use by having given the priestly dues. But the School of Shammai, according to their reasoning that states, they don’t feed the poor people doubtfully tithed produce.

וְהָרוֹצֶה לְתַקֵּן יְתַקֵּן. שֶׁלֹּא הֻתַּר הַדְּמַאי לָעֲנִיִּים אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁאוֹכְלִין אֲכִילָה אַחַת אֵצֶל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, אֲבָל הַפֵּרוֹת שֶׁיָּבֹאוּ לְיָדָם חַיָּבִים הֵם לְעַשְּׂרָן דְּמַאי. דַּיְקָא נַמִּי דְּקָתָנֵי מַאֲכִילִין אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים דְּמַאי וְלֹא תָנֵי הָעֲנִיִּים אוֹכְלִין דְּמַאי. כָּךְ כָּתַב הָרַמְבַּ"ם:

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

הרוצה לתקן יתקן – for the doubtfully tithed produce was not permitted to the poor other than when they eat one meal with the owner, but the produce that would come into their hands, it is obligatory for them to tithe the doubtfully tithed produce. You can also deduce it from as it is taught in the Mishnah: “We feed the poor doubtfully tithed produce,” but it does not teach that the poor eat doubtfully tithed produce. Such Maimonides wrote.

לַחֲזֹם. לִכְרֹת וּלְחַתֵּךְ. וְאֵין לוֹ דּוֹמֶה בַּמִּשְׁנָה:

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

לחזום (to trim leaves of vegetables for the sake of lightening the burden) – to cut and to sever but there is nothing similar to it in the Mishnah.

לְהָקֵל מִמַּשָּׂאוֹ. שֶׁלֹּא יִכְבַּד עָלָיו:

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

להקל ממשאו – that it will it will not weigh upon him.

לֹא יַשְׁלִיךְ עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר. שֶׁמָּא יִמְצָאֵם עַם הָאָרֶץ וְיֹאכַל אוֹתָם כְּשֶׁאֵינָם מְתֻקָּנִים, וְנִמְצָא נוֹתֵן מִכְשׁוֹל. וְהַנֵּי מִילֵי בְּיָרָק הַנֶּאֱגַד, דְּאִי בְּשֶׁלֹּא נֶאֱגַד אַכַּתִּי לֹא אִתְחַיֵּב בְּמַעֲשֵׂר:

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

לא ישליך עד שיעשר – lest those not observing religious customs regarding tithes and Levitical cleanness find them and eat them when they are not legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues, and it is found that he places a stumbling-block [before them]. But these words concern vegetables that are put up in bunches (which are subject to tithes from the time they are tied), for if they are not gathered in bunches, they are not yet obligated in tithes.

הַלּוֹקֵחַ יָרָק מִן הַשּׁוּק. וְנָטַל אֲגֻדּוֹת יָרָק בְּיָדוֹ שֶׁשּׁוּמָתָן יְדוּעָה כָּךְ וְכָךְ אֲגֻדּוֹת בִּפְרוּטָה, וּלְאַחַר שֶׁנְּטָלָן נִמְלַךְ עֲלֵיהֶן לְהַחֲזִירָן לַמּוֹכֵר:

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

הלוקח ירק מן השוק – and he took tied up bundles of vegetables in his hand whose value was known as such and -such bundles for a penny, and after he had taken them, he changed his mind upon them to return them to the seller.

לֹא יַחֲזִיר עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר. וְיִתֵּן לוֹ דְּמֵי הַמַּעֲשֵׂר שֶׁהוּא מַפְרִישׁ, דִּמְכִי אַגְבְּהִינְהוּ נַעֲשׂוּ שֶׁלּוֹ וְנִתְחַיֵּב עֲלֵיהֶן לְעַשְּׂרָן:

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

לא יחזיר עד שיעשר – and he will give him the cost of the tithing that he sets aside, for when when he lifts them they became his, and he is liable for them to tithe them.

שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעֻשָּׂר אֶלָּא מִנְיָן. הַאי מְעֻשָּׂר הֲוֵי פֵּרוּשָׁא מְחֻסָּר, כְּלוֹמַר כְּבָר קָנָה אוֹתָם בְּהַגְבָּהָה וְלֹא הָיָה מְחֻסָּר אֶלָּא לִמְנוֹתָן, שֶׁכְּבָר הָיָה יָדוּעַ כָּךְ וְכָךְ אֲגֻדּוֹת בִּפְרוּטָה:

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

שאינו מעושר אלא מנין – this [word] "מעושר" its meaning is "מחוסר"/lacking, meaning to say, he already bought them through lifting them and nothing was lacking other than to count them, for he already knew such-and-such bundles for a penny.

הָיָה עוֹמֵד וְלוֹקֵחַ. וְלֹא נְטָלָם בְּיָדוֹ וְלֹא הִגְבִּיהָם:

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

היה עומד ולוקח – but he did not take them in his hand and he did not lift them up.

טֹעַן אַחֵר. מַשְּׂאוֹי אַחֵר שֶׁל יְרָקוֹת:

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

טוען אחר – another load of vegetables.

לֹא יַצְנִיעַ עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר. דְּאָסוּר לְהוֹצִיא מִיָּדוֹ דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְתֻקָּן:

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

לא יצניע עד שיעשר – since it is forbidden to remove from his hand something that is not legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues.

שֶׁלֹּא יֹאבֵדוּ. וְלֹא נִתְכַּוֵּן לִזְכּוֹת בָּהֶן:

שֶׁאֵין אָדָם רַשַּׁאי לְמָכְרוֹ דְּמָאי. כְּגוֹן בְּמִדָּה דַקָּה דְּאָמְרִינַן בְּפִרְקִין דִּלְעֵיל:

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

שאין אדם רשאי למכרו דמאין – as for example at a small quantities (i.e., retail) as we stated in the chapter above (Tractate Demai, Chapter 2, Mishnayot 4-5).

לֹא יִשְׁלַח לַחֲבֵרוֹ דְּמָאי. בְּדַקָּה, אֲבָל שׁוֹלֵחַ לוֹ בְּגַסָּה כֵּיוָן שֶׁרַשַּׁאי לְמָכְרוֹ בְּגַסָּה:

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

לא ישלח לחבירו דמאי – in a small measuer, but he sends him a large measure, since he is permitted to sell it in a large measure.

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַתִּיר. לִשְׁלֹחַ לַחֲבֵרוֹ וַדַּאי אֲפִלּוּ בְּדַקָּה, וּבִלְבָד שֶׁיּוֹדִיעוֹ. וּמוֹדֶה רַבִּי יוֹסֵי שֶׁבִּדְמַאי אָסוּר בְּדַקָּה. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי:

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

רבי יוסי מתיר – permits sending to his friend something that is definitely tithed, even in a small measure, as long as he informs him. But Rabbi Yossi agrees that with something doubtfully tithed, it is forbidden with a small measure. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.

לְטוֹחֵן כּוּתִי. לְכוּתִי שֶׁטּוֹחֵן הַתְּבוּאָה:

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

לטוחן כותי – to a Cuthean who mijlls grain.

הֲרֵי הֵן בְּחֶזְקָתָן. דְּלֹא חֲשִׁידֵי שֶׁמָּא הֶחְלִיפוּ אֵלּוּ הַמְתֻקָּנִים בַּאֲחֵרִים שֶׁאֵינָן מְתֻקָּנִין:

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

הרי אלו בחזקתן – - they do not suspect that perhaps they switches those that were made legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues with others that are not legally fit for use.

לְטוֹחֵן עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים דְּמָאי. דְּעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים חָשׁוּד לְהַחְלִיף. וּלְבָתַר דְּאַשְׁכְּחוּ יוֹנָה בְּרֹאשׁ הַר גְּרִיזִים לַכּוּתִים שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹבְדִים אוֹתָהּ, כּוּתִי הֲרֵי הוּא כְּעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים:

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

לטוחן עובד כוכבים דמאי – for an idolator is suspected of exchanging. But after [the effigy] of a dove was found at the top of Mount Gerizim that they were worshipping it, a Cuthean is [considered] like an idolater.

אֵצֶל הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים כְּפֵרוֹתָיו. וּפֵרוֹת שֶׁל עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים פְּטוּרִים מִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר. וְרֵישָׁא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם לְהוֹלִיךְ קֻפּוֹת רַבּוֹת שֶׁל חִטִּים וּלְהַנִּיחָן אֵצֶל הַטּוֹחֵן חַיְשִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא נִתְחַלְּפָה קֻפָּה זוֹ בְּקֻפּוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֵן דְּמַאי, אֲבָל פֵּרוֹת לֵיכָּא לְמֵימַר שֶׁמָּא הֶחְלִיפָן בְּפֵרוֹת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָּא שֶׁמָּא הֶחְלִיפָן הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים בְּפֵרוֹתָיו, לְפִיכָךְ הֲרֵי הֵן כְּפֵרוֹתָיו שֶׁל עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים. וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן סָבַר דְּאַף בְּפֵרוֹת חַיְשִׁינַן שֶׁמָּא נִתְחַלְּפוּ בְּבֵית הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים בְּפֵרוֹת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֵר, שֶׁכְּשֵׁם שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל זֶה הִפְקִיד פֵּרוֹתָיו בְּיַד הָעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים כָּךְ יֵשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֵר מִן הַחֲשׁוּדִים עַל הַמַּעַשְׂרוֹת הִפְקִיד גַּם כֵּן בְּיָדוֹ וְנִתְחַלְּפוּ אֵלּוּ בָאֵלּוּ. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

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

אצל העובד כוכבים כפירותיו – and the produce of idolaters are exempt from tithing. But the first clause [of the Mishnah] because it was the manner of people to bring many baskets of wheat and to leave them with the miller, we suspect lest this basket was exchanged with other baskets of Israelites which are doubtfully tithed, but regarding produce one is not able to say lest he exchanged them with produce of an Isaelite but rather lest the idolater exchanged them with his produce, therefore they are like the produce of the idolater. But Rabbi Shimon holds that even with produce we suspect lest they were exchanged in the house of the idolater with produce of another Israelite, for just as this Israelite deposited his produce in the hands of an idolater, so there is reason to suspect lest another Israelite is among those who are suspect sn tithing, he also deposited [produce] in his care and these were exchanged with those. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

פֻּנְדָּקִית. שׁוֹמֶרֶת הַפֻּנְדָּק וְהוֹלְכֵי דְרָכִים מִתְאַכְסְנִים אֶצְלָהּ:

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

פונדקית – mistress of the inn and those who travel on the way lodge with her [at the inn].

מְעַשֵּׂר אֶת שֶׁהוּא נוֹתֵן לָהּ. דְּאֵין חָבֵר מוֹצִיא מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְתֻקָּן:

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

מעשר את שהוא נותן לה – a person who is a member of the order for the observance of Levitical laws in daily intercourse doesn’t release anything from his hand that is not made legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues.

וְאֶת שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֵל מִמֶּנָּה. דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּעַם הָאָרֶץ אֵינוֹ חָשׁוּד לְהַחְלִיף כִּדְאָמְרָן לְעֵיל, הַפֻּנְדָּקִית חֲשׁוּדָה לְהַחְלִיף שֶׁהִיא מִתְכַּוֶּנֶת לְטוֹבָה וְנוֹתֶנֶת מִשֶּׁלָּהּ שֶׁהוּא יוֹתֵר יָפֶה לֶחָבֵר, וְאוֹמֶרֶת בְּלִבָּהּ רָאוּי שֶׁאַאֲכִיל מִשֶּׁלִּי שֶׁהוּא חַם וְיָפֶה לֶחָבֵר וַאֲנִי אֶטֹּל אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ הַקַּר וְהַגָּרוּעַ:

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

ואת שהוא נוטל ממנה – for even though someone not observing certain religious customs concerning tithing is not suspected of exchanging as we stated above (in Mishnah 4), the mistress of an inn is suspected of exchanging, which she intends for good and gives from her own which is better to a person who is a member of the order for the observance of Levitical laws in daily intercourse, for she says to her heart that it appropriate that I will feed from own which is worm and good to a member of the order for the observance of Levitical laws in daily intercourse and I will take his which is cold and worse.

אֵין אָנוּ אַחֲרָאִין לָרַמָּאִים. כְּלוֹמַר אֵין אַחְרָיוּת הָרַמָּאִים עָלֵינוּ לְשָׁמְרָם שֶׁלֹּא יֹאכְלוּ דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעֻשָּׂר. לְפִיכָךְ אֵינוֹ מְעַשֵּׂר מַה שֶּׁהוּא נוֹתֵן לָהּ, וְאִם תִּקָּחֶנּוּ הַפֻּנְדָּקִית לְעַצְמָהּ וְתֹאכְלֶנּוּ כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מְתֻקָּן אֵין לֶחָבֵר מִזֶּה כְּלוּם, וְאֵינוֹ מְעַשֵּׂר אֶלָּא מַה שֶּׁהוּא נוֹטֵל בִּלְבָד. וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי סָבַר דְּלִגְזֹל הִיא מִתְכַּוֶּנֶת, וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי:

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

אין אנו אחראין לרמאין – that is to say, the responsibility of deceivers is not upon us to guard them that they will not eat something that is not tithed. Therefore he does not tithe what he gives her (i.e., the mistress of the inn) and if the mistress of the inn acquires it for herself and to eat it when it is not legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues, the person who is a member of the order for the observance of Levitical laws in daily intercourse has nothing from this and does not tithe other than what he takes alone. But Rabbi Yossi holds that she intends to steal. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.

הַמִּתְקַלְקֵל. פַּת אוֹ תַּבְשִׁיל שֶׁנִּתְקַלְקֵל:

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

המתקלקל – bread or a cooked dish that spoiled.

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. בַּיְרוּשַׁלְמִי מְפָרֵשׁ דְּקָמַיְתָא נַמִּי מִלְּתֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא. וְהָכִי קָאָמַר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא חֲשׁוּדָה לְהַחְלִיף אֶת הַמִּתְקַלְקֵל, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, שֶׁרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר רוֹצָה הִיא בְּתַקָּנַת בִּתָּהּ וְכוּ':

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

אמר רבי יהודה – In the Jerusalem Talmud it explains that the first clause is also the words of Rabbi Yehuda. And this is what he said: Because she is suspected of exchanging that which is spoiled, these are the words of Rabbi Yehuda for Rabbi Yehuda states that she desires the well-being of her daughter, etc.

בְּנוֹתֵן לַחֲמוֹתוֹ שְׁבִיעִית. בְּנוֹתֵן לָהּ לֶאֱפוֹת וּלְבַשֵּׁל בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁבִיעִית:

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

בנותן לחמותו שביעית – by giving her to bake and to cook in the seventh year.

שֶׁאֵינָהּ חֲשׁוּדָה לְהַאֲכִיל אֶת בִּתָּהּ שְׁבִיעִית. דַּחֲמִירָא לְהוּ שְׁבִיעִית וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם יִתְקַלְקֵל לֹא תַחְלִיפֶנּוּ בְּפֵרוֹת שְׁבִיעִית. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

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

שאינה חשודה להאיל את בתה שביעית – for the seventh year is more stringent to them and even if it [what she had prepared] would be spoiled, she would not exchange it for seventh year produce. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.

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