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Bartenura on Mishnah Demai Chapter 4

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הַלּוֹקֵחַ פֵּרוֹת. בְּשַׁבָּת יֹאכַל עַל פִּיו. דְּאֵימַת שַׁבָּת עָלָיו, שֶׁמִּתְיָרְאִים לַעֲבֹר עֲבֵרָה וּלְשַׁקֵּר בְּשַׁבָּת יוֹתֵר מִבְּחֹל:

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

הלוקח פירות. בשבת יאכל על פיו – for the fear of the Sabbath is upon him, for they fear to violate the Sabbath and to lie on the Sabbath more than on the weekdays.

תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל דְּמַאי. לְהָכִי נָקַט תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר, דְּעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ נֶחְשְׁדוּ עָלֶיהָ דְּסָבְרֵי אֵינָהּ בְּמִיתָה כָּל זְמַן שֶׁלֹּא הֻפְרַשׁ מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן, אֲבָל תְּרוּמָה גְדוֹלָה לֹא נֶחְשְׁדוּ עָלֶיהָ. וּתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר הַוְיָא אֶחָד מִמֵּאָה, וּכְשֶׁחָזְרָה לִמְקוֹמָהּ לְפָחוֹת מִמֵּאָה חָזְרָה וּמְדַמַּעַת:

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

תרומת מעשר של דמאי – And for this, [the Mishnah] took [the language] the “tenth of the tenth” (i.e., what the Levite must give to the Kohen after receiving his share of the “tenth”- after the original first two percent had been given to a Kohen by an Israelite), for the ignoramuses were suspected of this (i.e., of not fulfilling this Mitzvah) for they hold that [by not fulfilling it] it [is not punishable] by the death-penalty all the while that the First Tithe is not separated, but the Great Terumah/priest’s due (i.e., the initial two-percent that went to the Kohen), they are not suspected of [not fulfilling] it. But the “tenth-of-the-tenth” where one out of one-hundredth [of the portion which] is [questionably tithed] returned to its place (i.e., original pile), with less than one-hundred portions [fully tithed] all of it is “suspect.”

שׁוֹאֲלוֹ וְאוֹכֵל עַל פִּיו. דְּמֵאַחַר שֶׁנִּקְרָא לָהּ שֵׁם תְּרוּמָה אֵימַת דִּמּוּעַ עַל עַם הָאָרֶץ וְיָרֵא לְשַׁקֵּר. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שְׁזוּרִי:

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

שואלו ואוכל על פיו – For after it is called by name “Terumah”/priest’s due, the fear of “suspicion” of the ignoramus who is seen to lie. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Shimon Shezuri.

הַמַּדִּיר אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ שֶׁיֹּאכַל עִמּוֹ. דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ קוֹנָם מַה שֶּׁאַתָּה נֶהֱנֶה לִי אִם אֵין אַתָּה סוֹעֵד אֶצְלִי:

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

המדיר את חבירו שיאכל אצלו – for he said to him: “I make a vow [of abstinence] on what you cause me benefit, if you don’t eat with me.

שַׁבָּת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה. שֶׁל סְעֻדַּת נִשּׂוּאִין לְבָחוּר שֶׁנָּשָׂא בְתוּלָה הִתִּירוּ לוֹ לֶאֱכֹל עִמּוֹ מִשּׁוּם אֵיבָה:

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

שבת הראשונה – of the wedding meal of a young man who married a virgin, they permitted him to eat with him (who had doubtfully tithed) because of fear.

אֵין צָרִיךְ לִקְרוֹת שֵׁם לְמַעְשַׂר עָנִי שֶׁל דְּמַאי. דְּלֹא נֶחְשְׁדוּ עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ עַל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי, שֶׁהֵם יוֹדְעִים שֶׁפֵּרוֹת הַטְּבוּלִים לְמַעְשַׂר עָנִי הֵם בְּמִיתָה, וּמַפְרִישִׁים אוֹתוֹ וְלוֹקְחִים אוֹתוֹ לְעַצְמָן:

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

אין צריך לקרות שם למעשר עני של דמאי – for those not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes, they are not suspect regarding the Poor Man’s tithe for they know that the produce that is subject to sacred gifts are [punishable] by death and they set it aside and take it for themselves.

וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. אַף עַל פִּי כֵן קוֹרֵא לוֹ שֵׁם, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵינוֹ מַפְסִיד כְּלוּם בָּזֶה, דְּאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְהַפְרִישׁ וְלִתֵּן לֶעָנִי מִשּׁוּם דְּעָנִי הֲוֵי בָּזֶה מוֹצִיא מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וְהַמּוֹצִיא מֵחֲבֵרוֹ עָלָיו הָרְאָיָה:

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

וחכמים אומרים – nevertheless they designate it, for he doesn’t lose anything through this, and he does not need to separate and give them to the poor because the poor regarding himself removes something from his fellow and (see quote from Tractate Bava Kamma, Chapter 3, Mishnah 11): “He who wants to exact [compensation] from his fellow bears the burden of proof.”

מִי שֶׁקָּרָא שֵׁם לִתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל דְּמַאי. שֶׁאָמַר תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁאֲנִי חַיָּב לְהַפְרִישׁ מִכֶּרִי זֶה יְהֵא מֻנָּח בִּצְפוֹנוֹ אוֹ בִדְרוֹמוֹ, וְלֹא הִפְרִישָׁהּ. וּתְרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל דְּמַאי דְּנָקַט לְפִי שֶׁהַיִּשְׂרָאֵל קוֹרֵא לָהּ שֵׁם וְנוֹתְנָהּ לַכֹּהֵן וְלוֹקֵחַ הַמַּעֲשֵׂר לְעַצְמוֹ, אֲבָל תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁל וַדַּאי אֵין הַיִּשְׂרָאֵל קוֹרֵא לָהּ שֵׁם אֶלָּא הוּא נוֹתֵן מַעֲשֵׂר לַלֵּוִי וְהַלֵּוִי מַפְרִישׁ תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר וְנוֹתְנָהּ לַכֹּהֵן:

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

מי שקרא שם לתרומת מעשר של דמאי – that stated that the heave-offering of the tithe (i.e., by which the Levite gives a Kohen one-tenth of what he had received from an Israelite) that I am obligated to separate from this pile, will be placed in the north or in the south and he should not set it aside. But the heave-offering of the tithe of doubtfully tithed produce that he took because the Israelite designated it and gave it to the Kohen and he takes the tithe for himself, but the heave-offering of that which is definitely required being tithed an Israelite does not designate it, but rather he gives the tithe to the Levie and the Levite separates the heave-offering of the tithe and gives it to the Kohen.

לֹא יִטְּלֵם. כְּדֵי לִתְּנָם לַכֹּהֵן אוֹ לֶעָנִי שֶׁבֶּחָצֵר וְשֶׁבַּמָּבוֹי, שֶׁאָסוּר לִתֵּן מַתָּנוֹת לַכֹּהֵן וְלֶעָנִי בְּשַׁבָּת. אֲבָל בִּלְמוּדִים לֶאֱכֹל אֶצְלוֹ כְּלוֹמַר הָרְגִילִין לֶאֱכֹל עַל שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שָׁרֵי, וּבִלְבָד שֶׁיּוֹדִיעֵם שֶׁהֵם שֶׁל תְּרוּמַת מַעֲשֵׂר אוֹ שֶׁל מַעְשַׂר עָנִי, שֶׁאִם אֵינוֹ מוֹדִיעָם וְהֵם סְבוּרִים שֶׁמִּשֶּׁלּוֹ הוּא מַאֲכִילָם הֲוָה לֵיהּ כְּמַאֲכִיל אוֹרְחָיו תְּרוּמָה וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת, שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר:

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

לא יטלם – in order to give them to the Kohen or to the poor person that is in the courtyard or that is the alleyway, for it is forbidden to give gifts to the Kohen or to the poor on Shabbat. But when he is accustomed to eat with him, meaning to say who regularly eats at his table, it is permitted, as long as he informs them that they are the heave-offering of the tithe or of the Poor Man’s tithe, for if he does not inform them and they think that he is feeding them from his own, it would be like feeding his guests heave-offering and/or Poor Man’s tithe(s) which is forbidden.

אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן. דַּאֲפִלּוּ יִמָּצֵא שֶׁלָּקַח מִמִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן מָצֵי לְאִשְׁתַּמּוּטֵי וְלוֹמַר בְּעֵינַי הָיָה נֶאֱמָן. אֲבָל כִּי אָמַר לֵיהּ מֵאִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי לֹא מָצֵי לְאִשְׁתַּמוֹטֵי דְּהָא אֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי לִקַּח מֵאַחֵר:

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

אינו נאמן – for even if he would find that he acquired it from someone who is not [deemed] trustworthy, he is able to escape and to state: “in my eyes, he was trustworthy.” But when he stated to him: “from a certain person” (i.e., the agent was believed) he was not able to escape, for he is not permitted to take it from another person.

אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי נֶאֱמָן הֲרֵי זֶה נֶאֱמָן. אַף עַל גַּב דְּלֹא הָיָה רָאוּי לְהַאֲמִינוֹ כֵּיוָן שֶׁהוּא עַצְמוֹ חָשׁוּד, קֻלָּא הִיא שֶׁהֵקֵלּוּ בְּאַכְסְנַאי מִשּׁוּם חַיֵּי נֶפֶשׁ. וְדַוְקָא כְּשֶׁאֵין מַכִּיר אָדָם שָׁם אֲבָל אִם מַכִּיר אָדָם שָׁם, לֹא יִטֹּל אֶלָּא מִן הַמֻּמְחֶה:

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

איש פלוני נאמן ה"ז נאמן – even though that he was not worthy to be believed since he himself is suspect, there is a leniency that they made with an lodger/guest because of providing for his life. And especially when he doesn’t know a person there, but if he knows a person there, he should not take from anyone other than a specialist.

מִי כָּאן מוֹכֵר יָשָׁן. שֶׁיָּרֵא שֶׁמָּא יַאֲכִילוּהוּ חָדָשׁ קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְרַב הָעֹמֶר. וְרֹב עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ אֵין חֲשׁוּדִים עַל הֶחָדָשׁ וַהֲוֵי כִּדְמַאי דְּרֹב עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מְעַשְּׂרִים הֵן, הִלְכָּךְ לֹא הֶחְמִירוּ עֲלֵיהֶן כָּל כָּךְ דְּנֵימָא שֶׁהֵם גּוֹמְלִים חֶסֶד זֶה לָזֶה, תָּעִיד אַתָּה עָלַי וַאֲנִי אָעִיד עָלֶיךָ:

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

מי כאן מוכר ישן – for he fears lest they will feed him “new” grain (see Leviticus 23:14 and Tractate Menahot, Chapter 10, Mishnah 5) prior to the Omer being offered up as a sacrifice, and most of those not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes are not suspected on that which is “new” and if is like doubtfully tithed produce for most of those who are not observing certain religious customs regarding tithes do tithe, therefore, they were not so stringent upon themselves that we would say that they are rendering a service to each other [by mutual recommendations]- you testify about me and I will testify about you.

הַחַמָּרִים. הַמְּבִיאִים תְּבוּאָה מִמְּקוֹם הַזּוֹל לִמְקוֹם הַיֹּקֶר:

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

החמרים – that bring grain from the inexpensive place to the more expensive place.

אֵין נֶאֱמָנִים. דְּוַדַּאי גּוֹמְלִים זֶה אֶת זֶה וּמְשַׁבֵּחַ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ בְּעִיר זוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּשַׁבַּח חֲבֵרוֹ אֶת שֶׁלּוֹ בְּעִיר אַחֶרֶת:

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

אין נאמנים – for surely they are rendering a service to each other [by mutual recommendations] and he praises his colleague [and his grain] in this city in order that his colleague should praise his [grain] in another city.

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר נֶאֱמָנִים. הוֹאִיל וְרֹב עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מְעַשְּׂרִים הֵן, בִּדְמַאי הֵקֵלּוּ מִשּׁוּם חַיֵּיהֶן שֶׁל בְּנֵי הָעִיר, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מוֹכְרֵי תְבוּאָה וּפֵרוֹת רְגִילִין לָבֹא שָׁם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:

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

ר' יהודה אומר נאמנים – for since most of those who are not observing certain religious customs regarding tithing do tithe, with doubtfully tithed produce they are lenient because of the lives of the people of the city that that those who sell grain and produce would regularly come there. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.

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