Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah Chapter 6
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הַשָּׁלִיחַ. שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ בַעַל הַבַּיִת הֶקְדֵּשׁ אוֹ מָעוֹת הֶקְדֵּשׁ לְהוֹצִיאָם בְּתוֹרַת חֻלִּין, וְעָשָׂה הַשָּׁלִיחַ שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ:
השליח – the owner of the house/householder gave him (i.e., the agent) something that is dedicated to a sacred purpose of monies dedicated to the Temple to remove them in the designation of unconsecrated [things], and the agent performed his agency.
בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מָעַל. דְּבִמְעִילָה יֵשׁ שָׁלִיחַ לִדְבַר עֲבֵרָה. וּבְכָל הַתּוֹרָה כֻלָּהּ אֵין שָׁלִיחַ לִדְבַר עֲבֵרָה חוּץ מִמְּעִילָה, מִשּׁוּם דִּכְתִיב בָּהּ (במדבר ה) וְאָשְׁמָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִיא, מִי שֶׁשָּׁגַג תְּחִלָּה, דְּהַיְנוּ הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ:
בעל הבית מעל – for in regards to religious sacrilege, there Is a deputy to an illegal act (i.e., in this case, the responsibility for an illegal act can be shifted to the employer – as opposed to the normal scenario where it cannot – see Talmud Kiddushin 42b). But in entire Torah, there is no deputy for an illegal act except for the case of religious sacrilege/misappropriation because it is written concerning it (Numbers 5:6): “and that person realizes his guilt,” the person who acted inadvertently firs , which is the person who sent the individual representing him.
תֵּן בָּשָׂר לָאוֹרְחִים. מֵאוֹתוֹ בָשָׂר שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ:
תן בשר לאורחים – from that meat that is dedicated to a sacred purpose.
וְנָתַן לָהֶם כָּבֵד. שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ:
ונתן להם כבד – [liver] dedicated to a sacred purpose.
וְהוּא אָמַר טֹלוּ שְׁתַּיִם וְכוּ'. וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר הַשָּׁלִיחַ טְלוּ שְׁתַּיִם מִדַּעְתִּי, אָז בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מָעַל, דְּלֹא עָקַר הַשָּׁלִיחַ שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוֹסִיף עַל דִּבְרֵי הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ, הִלְכָּךְ הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מָעַל שֶׁהֲרֵי נַעֲשֵׂית שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ, וְהַשָּׁלִיחַ מָעַל עַל זֹאת שֶׁהוֹסִיף מִדַּעְתּוֹ, וְהָאוֹרְחִים נַמִּי חַיָּבִים עַל הַשְּׁלִישִׁית שֶׁנָּטְלוּ מִדַּעְתָּם. אֲבָל אִם לֹא אָמַר הַשָּׁלִיחַ טְלוּ שְׁתַּיִם מִדַּעְתִּי, אֶלָּא טְלוּ שְׁתַּיִם בִּשְׁלִיחוּת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מָעַל שֶׁהֲרֵי נַעֲשָׂה דְבָרוֹ, וְהַשָּׁלִיחַ פָּטוּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוֹסִיף עַל שְׁלִיחוּת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְלֹא עָקַר אֶת הַשְּׁלִיחוּת, וּמַה שֶּׁהוֹסִיף לֹא הוֹסִיף מִדַּעְתּוֹ:
והוא אומר טלו שתים – but only/provided that the agent would say, “take two [pieces],” from my own intention, then the owner of the house committed sacrilege/misappropriation , for the agent did not abrogate his agency even though he added on to the words of the person sending him, therefore, the person sending him misappropriated/committed sacrilege for his agency had been fulfilled, and the agent [himself] misappropriated/committed sacrilege because he added of his own consent/knowledge, and the guests also are liable on the third piece [of meat] that they took from their own consent/knowledge. But if the agent did not say, “take two [pieces of meat] from my own knowledge,” but rather [said], “take two [pieces of meat] through the agency of the owner of the house,” the person who sent him committed sacrilege for his words had been fulfilled, but the agent is exempt because he [merely] added upon the agency of the owner of the house and did not abrogate his agency – but what he had added, he did not add with his own consent.
גְּלֻסְקְמָא. בִּלְשׁוֹן יָוָן קוֹרִין לְתֵבָה גְלֻסְקוֹס. וַיִישֶׂם בָּאָרוֹן, תַּרְגּוּם יְרוּשַׁלְמִי וְשַׁווּן יָתֵיהּ בִּגְלֻסְקְמָא:
גלוסקמא (chest/case) – in the Greek language, they call a chest/case a גלוסקמא (Genesis 50:26): “and placed in a coffin [in Egypt],” the Aramaic Targum/translation “and they placed him in a chest.”
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָמַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת לֹא הָיָה בְלִבִּי אֶלָּא מִזֶּה כוּ' מָעַל. לְפִי שֶׁעָשָׂה הַשָּׁלִיחַ מַאֲמָרוֹ, וּדְבָרִים שֶׁבַּלֵּב אֵינָן דְּבָרִים:
אע"פ שאמר בעל הבית לא יה בלבי אלא מזה כו' מעל – because the agent acted according to his statement/word, but matters that are in the heart are not matters (as he had abrogated his agency).
בְּיַד חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן. שֶׁאֵינָן בְּנֵי שְׁלִיחוּת. אֲפִלּוּ הָכִי הוֹאִיל וְנַעֲשֵׂית שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ הַמְשַׁלֵּחַ מָעַל:
ביד חרש שוטה וקטן – who are not capable of carrying out a commission/agency, nevertheless, since his agency was done, the person who sent him committed sacrilege/misappropriation.
הַחֶנְוָנִי. שֶׁקִּבֵּל הַמָּעוֹת מִיַּד חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן, חַיָּב כְּשֶׁיּוֹצִיא הַמָּעוֹת שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ בַּחֲפָצָיו:
החנוני – who received the money from the hand of the deaf-mute/חרש, imbecile/שוטה or the minor/קטן, is liable when he spends the monies of sacred property on his possessions.
וְנִזְכַּר. בַּעַל הַבַּיִת קֹדֶם שֶׁהִגִּיעוּ הַמָּעוֹת לְיַד חֶנְוָנִי, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנִּזְכַּר שׁוּב אֵינוֹ חַיָּב קָרְבַּן מְעִילָה, שֶׁאֵין קָרְבַּן מְעִילָה אֵצֶל מֵזִיד:
ונזכר – the householder [is reminded] prior to the monies reaching the hand of the storekeeper, and since he remembered, he furthermore is not liable for a sacrifice of sacrilege/misappropriation, for there is no sacrifice of misappropriation/sacrilege for a wanton act.
הַחֶנְוָנִי חַיָּב. וְהוּא שֶׁנִּזְכְּרוּ בַעַל הַבַּיִת וְהַשָּׁלִיחַ, דְּהַשְׁתָּא אֵין כָּאן שׁוֹגֵג אֶלָּא חֶנְוָנִי. אֲבָל אִם נִזְכַּר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְלֹא נִזְכַּר הַשָּׁלִיחַ, הַשָּׁלִיחַ מָעַל שֶׁהוּא שָׁגַג תְּחִלָּה:
החנוני חייב – and this is the case where the houseowner and the agent were reminded, for here, there is no one who acted inadvertently other than the storekeeper. But if the houseowner is reminded but the agent is not reminded, the agent committed misappropriation because inadvertently erred first.
כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה. כְּלוֹמַר אִם יָדַע הַחֶנְוָנִי בִפְרוּטָה זוֹ שֶׁהִיא קֹדֶשׁ קֹדֶם שֶׁיּוֹצִיאֶנָּה וְנִתְעָרְבָה כְבָר עִם שְׁאָר פְּרוּטוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ, כֵּיצַד יַעֲשֶׂה וְיִהְיֶה מֻתָּר לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בִּפְרוּטוֹתָיו:
כיצד יעשה – that is to say if the storekeeper knew about this penny that it is holy prior to his spending it or that it became combined with the rest of the pennies that he has, how should he act and be free to use his pennies.
שְׁנֵיהֶם לֹא מָעֲלוּ. בַּעַל הַבַּיִת לֹא מָעַל שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא נַעֲשֵׂית שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ בִפְרוּטָה, וְהַשָּׁלִיחַ לֹא מָעַל שֶׁלֹּא עָקַר שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בִּפְרוּטָה, וּבְפָחוֹת מִפְּרוּטָה לֵיכָּא חִיּוּב מְעִילָה:
שניהם לא מעלו – the houseowner did not commit sacrilege for his agency was not performed with a penny, but the agent did not commit misappropriation because he did not abrogate his agency of the houseowner with a penny, but for less than a penny, there isn’t an liability for sacrilege.
הַשָּׁלִיחַ מָעָל. שֶׁעִקַּר שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בֵּין בִּפְתִילוֹת בֵּין בְּנֵרוֹת, וְיֵשׁ בִּשְׁנֵיהֶן פְּרוּטָה:
השליח מעל – that he abrogated the agency of the houseowner, whether with wicks or with candles, and there is In both of [the expenditure of] a penny.
שְׁנֵיהֶם מָעֲלוּ. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא אוֹתוֹ הָאֶתְרוֹג שָׁוֶה שְׁתֵּי פְרוּטוֹת כְּמוֹ שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ בַעַל הַבַּיִת. בַּעַל הַבַּיִת מָעַל כֵּיוָן שֶׁקָּנָה לוֹ הַשָּׁלִיחַ כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר וְשָׁוֶה כְמוֹ שֶׁנָּתַן לוֹ, הֲרֵי נַעֲשֵׂית שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ. וְהַשָּׁלִיחַ מָעַל, שֶׁהֲרֵי קָנָה רִמּוֹן בִּפְרוּטָה מִדַּעְתּוֹ שֶׁלֹּא בִשְׁלִיחוּת בַּעַל הַבַּיִת:
שניהם מעלו – as long as that Etrog/citron would be worth two pennies like the houseowner gave him. The houseowner committed sacrilege since the agent purchased for him according to what he said and worth as he gave him, he thusly performed his agency, but the agent committed a misappropriation for he purchased of his own intention a pomegranate with a penny that was not in the agency of the houseowner.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת לֹא מָעַל. דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ לַשָּׁלִיחַ אִלּוּ הָיִיתָ קוֹנֶה אֶתְרוֹג בִּשְׁתֵּי פְּרוּטוֹת כְּמוֹ שֶׁנָּתַתִּי לְךָ הָיִיתָ מֵבִיא לִי אֶתְרוֹג גָּדוֹל שָׁוֶה אַרְבַּע פְּרוּטוֹת, עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁלֹּא נָתַתָּ אֶלָּא פְרוּטָה הֵבֵאתָ לִי אֶתְרוֹג שָׁוֶה שְׁתֵּי פְרוּטוֹת שֶׁהוּא קָטָן וְרַע, וְנִמְצָא שֶׁלֹּא עָשִׂיתָ שְׁלִיחוּתִי. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:
ר' יהודה אומר בעה"ב לא מעל – for he (i.e., the houseowner) said to the agent, If you would purchase an Etrog/citron for two pennies like I gave to you, you would bring me a large Etrog/citron worth four pennies, [but] now that you didn’t give other than a penny, you brought me an Etrog/citron worth two pennies which is a small and bad, it is found that you did not perform my agency. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.
אִם צְרוּרִין. קְשׁוּרִים קֶשֶׁר מְשֻׁנֶּה אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין עָלָיו חוֹתָם, אוֹ קְשׁוּרִים כִּשְׁאָר קְשָׁרִים וַחֲתוּמִין:
אם צרורין – tied up with an unusual knot even though it doesn’t have upon it a seal, or knots like the other knots and seals.
לֹא יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן. דְּגַלֵּי דַעְתֵּיהּ דְּלֹא נִיחָא לֵיהּ שֶׁיִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן הַנִּפְקָד, הוֹאִיל וּקְשָׁרָן קֶשֶׁר מְשֻׁנֶּה אוֹ הִטִּיל עָלָיו חוֹתָם:
לא ישתמש בהן – for he (i.e., the owner) revealed his intention that it was not appropriate that he should use that which was deposited, for since, he bound them in an unusual knot or placed upon it a seal.
מֻתָּרִין. קָרֵי כָל זְמַן שֶׁאֵין קְשׁוּרִים קֶשֶׁר מְשֻׁנֶּה אֶלָּא קָשׁוּר כִּשְׁאָר קְשָׁרִים וְאֵין עָלָיו חוֹתָם:
מותרין – it is called (i.e., loose), all the time that it is not tied with an unusual knot but rather it is tied like other ties and lacks a seal upon it.
לְפִיכָךְ אִם הוֹצִיא לֹא מָעַל. דַּהֲוֵי כְּאִלּוּ אָמַר לוֹ הַמַּפְקִיד שֶׁיִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן, כֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ צְרוּרִין, וַהֲרֵי שְׁלִיחוּתוֹ עָשָׂה, וְהַמַּפְקִיד נַמִּי לֹא מָעַל דְּהָא לֹא אָמַר לוֹ בְּפֵרוּשׁ שֶׁיִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן:
לפיכך אם הוציא מעל – for it is like the depositor said to him that he can use them, since they are not bound up, and he had indeed performed his agency, and the depositor also did not commit an act of sacrilege for he did not state explicitly that he (i.e., the money changer) can use them.
הַחֶנְוָנִי. שֶׁמּוֹכֵר פֵּרוֹת אוֹ בְּשָׂמִים בַּחֲנוּת:
החנוני – who sells produce or spices in the store.
כְּבַעַל הַבַּיִת. וְאִם הִפְקִידוּ אֶצְלוֹ מָעוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָן צְרוּרִים, לֹא יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶם, הִלְכָּךְ אִם הָיוּ מָעוֹת שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ וְנִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן מָעַל:
כבעל הבית – if he deposited with him (i.e., the storekeeper) money, even though they are not tied up, he may not use them, therefore if they were monies devoted to a sacred purpose and they were used, he has committed religious sacrilege/misappropriation.
כְּשֻׁלְחָנִי. וּמֻתָּר לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בַּמָּעוֹת שֶׁהִפְקִידוּ אֶצְלוֹ כְּשֶׁאֵינָן צְרוּרִים, הִלְכָּךְ לֹא מָעַל. וַהֲלָכָה כְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה:
כשלחני – and he is permitted to use the monies that were deposited with him when they are not bound up, therefore, he did not commit a religious sacrilege.
כֵּיוָן שֶׁהוֹצִיא אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה. לְצֹרֶךְ תַּשְׁמִישׁוֹ, מָעַל:
כיון שהוציא את הראשונה – for the needs of his use, he has committed religious sacrilege.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. לֹא מָעַל:
וחכמים אומרים – he did not commit religious sacrilege
עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיא. כָּל הַמָּעוֹת שֶׁבַּכִּיס לְצֹרֶךְ חֻלִּין. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:
until he spent all the money that was in the purse for the needs of unconsecrated products. And the Halakah is according to the Sages.
פְּרוּטָה מִן הַכִּיס זֶה. כְּלוֹמַר לֹא תִכְלֶה פְרוּטָה מִכִּיס זֶה עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא בָהּ הֶקְדֵּשׁ:
פרוטה מן הכיס זה – that is to say, do not use up the penny from this purse until there will be in it something consecrated.