Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot Chapter 2
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הַקּוֹמֵץ אֶת הַמִּנְחָה. מוֹדֶה רַבִּי יוֹסֵי שֶׁהוּא פִּגּוּל. מִשּׁוּם דְּבָעֵי לְמַתְנֵי סֵיפָא לְהַקְטִיר לְבוֹנָתָהּ לְמָחָר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר פָּסוּל וְאֵין בּוֹ כָּרֵת, מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא טַעֲמָא דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי מִשּׁוּם דְּסָבַר אֵין מְפַגְּלִין בַּחֲצִי מַתִּיר, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁאִם חָשַׁב לַעֲבֹד לְמָחָר עֲבוֹדַת חֲצִי מַתִּיר לֹא פִּגֵּל, וְהַךְ לְבוֹנָה חֲצִי מַתִּיר הוּא, דְּבֵין הַקְטָרַת קֹמֶץ וּלְבוֹנָה מַתִּירִים הַשִּׁירַיִם, וַאֲפִלּוּ רֵישָׁא כִּי חָשַׁב בְּהַקְטָרַת קֹמֶץ עֲבוֹדַת חֲצִי מַתִּיר הִיא וּפָלֵיג רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לָן דִּבְהָא מוֹדֶה. דְּטַעֲמָא לָאו מִשּׁוּם הָכִי הוּא, אֶלָּא מִשּׁוּם דְּאֵין מַתִּיר מְפַגֵּל אֶת הַמַּתִּיר:
הקומץ את המנחה. מודה ר' יוסי שהוא פגול (Rabbi Yossi’s statement is equivalent to what is found in Tractate Menahot, Chapter 1, Mishnah 3) – because it is necessary to teach the ending clause: “to burn its frankincense on the morrow, Rabbi Yossi states that it is invalid, but there is no extirpation,” you might have thought that the reason of Rabbi Yossi is because that he holds that he does not make a sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal (see Leviticus 19:7) with the half which fits the sacrifices for eating, that is to say, that if he thought to perform the act of Divine service on the morrow that the act of Divine service of half permits it, he did not have an inappropriate intention, and this frankincense is one-half makes the object permissible for enjoyment, for whether it is the burning on the altar of the handful of meal-offering and the frankincense which permit the residue, but even the first clause of the Mishnah, when he thought with the burning on the altar of the handful of meal-offering is an act of Divine service which is half permissible, and Rabbi Yossi disputes, this comes to teach us that in this he agrees. For the reason is not because of this, but rather because that which permits does not invalidate by inappropriate intention that which is permitted.
מַה שָּׁנָה זוֹ מִן הַזָּבַח. שֶׁהַשּׁוֹחֲטוֹ עַל מְנָת לְהַקְטִיר אֵמוּרִים לְמָחָר פִּגּוּל:
מה שנה זו מן הזבח – that he ritually slaughters it in order to offer up those parts of the sacrifice on the altar on the morrow, it is an offering disqualified by inappropriate intention.
אֵינָהּ מִן הַמִּנְחָה. אֵינָהּ מִמִּין הַמִּנְחָה כְּמוֹ הַקֹּמֶץ, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא מִמַּתִּירֵי הַמִּנְחָה. דְּקָסָבַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי שֶׁאֵין מַתִּיר מְפַגֵּל אֶת הַמַּתִּיר, שֶׁאֵין עֲבוֹדַת מַתִּיר זֶה שֶׁהוּא קוֹמֵץ מוֹעֶלֶת לְפַגֵּל מַתִּיר הָאַחֵר שֶׁהִיא הַלְּבוֹנָה בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה שֶׁהוּא מְחַשֵּׁב עַל הַלְּבוֹנָה בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַקּוֹמֵץ. וְרַבָּנָן אָמְרֵי לֵיהּ, כִּי אָמְרִינַן דְּאֵין מַתִּיר מְפַגֵּל אֶת הַמַּתִּיר, הֵיכָא דְּלֹא אִקְּבַע בְּחַד מָנָא, כְּגוֹן שְׁנֵי כִּבְשֵׂי עֲצֶרֶת דִּשְׁנֵיהֶם מַתִּירִים אֶת הַלֶּחֶם, וְאִם שָׁחַט אֶחָד מֵהֶם עַל מְנָת לֶאֱכֹל אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ לְמָחָר שְׁנֵיהֶם כְּשֵׁרִים. אֲבָל הֵיכָא דְּאָקְבְּעוּ בְּחַד מָנָא, כְּגוֹן קֹמֶץ וּלְבוֹנָה שֶׁשְּׁנֵיהֶם בִּכְלִי אֶחָד, מוֹעֶלֶת מַחֲשֶׁבֶת מַתִּיר זֶה לְפַגֵּל מַתִּיר אַחֵר. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:
אינה מן המנחה – it is not from the species of the meal-offering like the taking of a fistful of meal-offering, and even though it is from those that permit the meal-offering. For Rabbi Yossi holds that what makes an object permitted for eating cannot unfit another act of the same nature (i.e., if the priest on offering a handful of flour had in mind an unlawful application of the frankincense, the latter is not hereby made rejectable – see Talmud Menahot 13b, for the act of Divine service with that which is permitted which is the taking of a handful of the meal-offering have any effect to invalidate by inappropriate intention something else that is permitted which is the frankincense, which is a thought on the frankincense while performing the act of taking the handful of meal-offering. But the Rabbis say to him: just as we state , that what makes an object permitted for eating cannot unit an other act of the same nature, where he did not establish with one of them, as for example, the two lambs for Atzeret/Shavuot, where both of them permit the bread, but if he ritually slaughtered one of them in order to eat its companion on the morrow, both of them are kosher, but where he established with one of them, such as the handful of the meal-offering and the frankincense in one utensil, his thought-process [to eat one of them at a different time] of one act which fits the sacrifice for eating makes unfit by inappropriate intention another act of the same nature. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.
שָׁחַט שְׁנֵי כְבָשִׂים. שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת, דִּכְתִיב בְּהוּ (ויקרא כג) שְׁנֵי כְבָשִׂים בְּנֵי שָׁנָה לְזֶבַח שְׁלָמִים, וְאוֹתָן כְּבָשִׂים מַתִּירִין וּמְקַדְּשִׁין לִשְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם, שֶׁאֵין הַלֶּחֶם קָדוֹשׁ אֶלָּא בִּשְׁחִיטַת שְׁנֵי כְּבָשִׂים, הוֹאִיל וְהֻזְקְקוּ עִמּוֹ בִּתְנוּפָה. וּשְׁאָר כְּבָשִׂים שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת, דְּמוּסָפִים נִינְהוּ:
שחט שני כבשים – of Atzeret/Shavuot, as it is written regarding them (Leviticus 23:19): “[You shall also offer one as a he-goat as a purification offering] and two yearling lambs as a sacrifice of well-being,” and those yearling lambs permit and sanctify the two loaves, for the bread is not holy other than with the slaughtering of the two yearling lambs, since they were needed with it in waving. But the rest of the lambs of Atzeret/Shavuot, are of the Musaf [sacrifice].
לֶאֱכֹל אַחַת מִן הַחַלּוֹת לְמָחָר. וּזְמַן אֲכִילַת הַחַלּוֹת אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְיוֹם וְלַיְלָה, כְּדִין מִנְחָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהּ כַּחַטָּאת וְכָאָשָׁם:
לאכול אחת מן החלות למחר – for the time for the eating of the loaves is none other than during that day and night, like the law of the meal-offering, where it states concerning it (Leviticus 7:7): “The reparation offering/כחטאת is like the purification offering/כאשם. [The same rule applies to both: it shall belong to the priest who makes expiation thereby].”
הִקְטִיר שְׁנֵי בְזִיכִין. לִשְׁתֵּי מַעֲרָכוֹת שֶׁל לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים כְּדִכְתִיב (ויקרא כד) וְשַׂמְתָּ אוֹתָם שְׁתַּיִם מַעֲרָכוֹת, הָיְתָה עַל כָּל מַעֲרֶכֶת כַּף אַחַת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ לְבוֹנָה כְּדִכְתִיב (שם) וְנָתַתָּ עַל הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת לְבֹנָה זַכָּה. וּשְׁתֵּי הַכַּפּוֹת הַלָּלוּ שֶׁבָּהֶם נְתוּנָה הַלְּבוֹנָה נִקְרָאִים שְׁנֵי בְּזִיכִים. וְהַלְּבוֹנָה נִקְטֶרֶת כְּדִכְתִיב (שם) וְהָיְתָה לַלֶּחֶם לְאַזְכָּרָה. וְהַלֶּחֶם נֶאֱכָל, וּזְמַן אֲכִילָתוֹ כָּל אוֹתוֹ שַׁבָּת שֶׁמְּסִירִים אוֹתוֹ מִן הַשֻּׁלְחָן בִּלְבַד. וְאִם בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהִקְטִיר שְׁנֵי בְּזִיכִים שֶׁל לְבוֹנָה חָשַׁב עַל אַחַת מִן הַמַּעֲרָכוֹת שֶׁל לֶחֶם לְאָכְלוֹ לְמָחָר, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנּוֹ:
הקטיר שני בזיכים – for two piles of wood on the altar in the Temple of the shewbread , as it is written (Leviticus 24:6): “Place them on the pure table before the LORD in two rows, six to a row,” there was on each pile of wood one spoon which has in it frankincense, as it is written (Leviticus 24:7): “With each row you shall place pure frankincense, [which is to be the a token offering for the bread, as a gift to the LORD].” And these two spoons which in them is placed the frankincense are called the two censers/vessels. And the frankincense is burned as it is written (Leviticus 24:7): “which is to be token offering for the bread, And the bread is consumed, and the time for its consumption is only all of that week that they remove it from the table. But if at the time when the two censers of frankincense are offered, he thought of one of the other piles of wood on the altar of bread to eat it on the morrow, that is to say, not at its appropriate time.
אוֹתָהּ חַלָּה. שֶׁל שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת:
אותה חלה – of the two loaves of Atzeret/Shavuot.
וְאוֹתוֹ הַסֵּדֶר. שֶׁל לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים:
ואותו הסדר – of the shewbread.
זֶה וָזֶה פִּגּוּל. שֶׁכֻּלָּן נֶחְשָׁבִים גּוּף אֶחָד:
זה וזה פגול – for all of them are considered as one body.
נִטְמֵאת אַחַת מִן הַחַלּוֹת. דַּוְקָא כְּשֶׁנִּטְמֵאת אַחַת מִשְּׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם קֹדֶם זְרִיקַת דַּם הַכְּבָשִׂים, אוֹ אֶחָד מִן הַסְּדָרִים קֹדֶם הַקְטָרַת הַבְּזִיכִים, הוּא דְּאִיפְלִיגוּ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה וְרַבָּנָן. אֲבָל אִם נִטְמָא לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת הַדָּם אוֹ לְאַחַר הַקְטָרַת הַבְּזִיכִים, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל הַטָּמֵא בְּטֻמְאָתוֹ וְהַטָּהוֹר יֵאָכֵל:
נטמאת אחת מן החלות – and specifically when one of the two loaves are defiled before the sprinkling of the blood of the lambs, or one from the rows prior to the burning of [on the altar] of the dishes/censers, is what Rabbi Yehuda and the Rabbis disagree upon. But if it was defiled after the sprinkling of the blood or after the burning of the dishes/censers, everyone agrees that what is defiled remains in its defiled state and that which is pure can be eaten.
שֶׁאֵין קָרְבַּן צִבּוּר חָלוּק. בַּגְּמָרָא מַסִּיק דְּלֹא מִקְּרָא וְלֹא מִסְּבָרָא אֲמָרָהּ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה לְמִלְּתֵיהּ, אֶלָּא גְּמָרָא עָרוּךְ בְּיָדוֹ. וְכָךְ הָיָה מְקֻבָּל מֵרַבּוֹתָיו שֶׁאֵין קָרְבַּן צִבּוּר חָלוּק וְאִם נִפְסַל חֶצְיוֹ נִפְסַל כֻּלּוֹ:
שאין קרבן צבור חלוק – in the Gemara (Tractate Menahot 15a) it reaches a definite conclusion that Rabbi Yehuda stated that this matter is not from a Scriptural verse nor from logic, but rather it is an accepted teaching in the mouth of Rabbi Yehuda, and such it was received from his Rabbis/teachers that an offering of the congregation may not be divided, and if half of it was disqualified, all of it is disqualified.
הַתּוֹדָה מְפַגֶּלֶת אֶת הַלֶּחֶם. שֶׁהַלֶּחֶם בָּא בִּשְׁבִיל הַתּוֹדָה וְהוּא טָפֵל לָהּ, וְאֵין הַתּוֹדָה טְפֵלָה לַלֶּחֶם. וְכֵן שְׁנֵי כְּבָשִׂים שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת, שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם הַבָּאִים עִמָּהֶם הֵם טְפֵלִים לַכְּבָשִׂים וְאֵין הַכְּבָשִׂים טְפֵלִים לַלֶּחֶם, וְהָעִקָּר מְפַגֵּל הַטָּפֵל וְאֵין הַטָּפֵל מְפַגֵּל הָעִקָּר. וְאִי אַשְׁמוֹעִינַן תַּנָּא הַאי דִּינָא בַּתּוֹדָה וְלֹא אַשְׁמוֹעִינַן בַּכְּבָשִׂים שֶׁל עֲצֶרֶת הֲוָה אֲמֵינָא הָתָם הוּא דְּכִי מִפַּגַּל לֶחֶם לֹא מִפַּגְּלָא תּוֹדָה מִשּׁוּם דְּלֹא הֻזְקְקוּ בִּתְנוּפָה עִם הַחַלּוֹת, אֲבָל כְּבָשִׂים דְּהֻזְקְקוּ בִּתְנוּפָה עִם הַחַלּוֹת דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא כג) וְהֵנִיף הַכֹּהֵן אֹתָם עַל לֶחֶם, אֵימָא כִּי מִפַּגַּל לֶחֶם לִפַּגְּלוּ נַמִּי כְּבָשִׂים. וְאִי תָּנָא כְּבָשִׂים, הֲוָה אֲמֵינָא הָתָם כִּי מִפַּגְּלֵי כְּבָשִׂים מִפַּגַּל לֶחֶם מִשּׁוּם דְּהֻזְקְקוּ זֶה עִם זֶה בִּתְנוּפָה, אֲבָל תּוֹדָה דְּלֹא הֻזְקְקוּ אֵימָא כִּי מְפַגֵּל בַּתּוֹדָה לֹא מְפַגְּלֵי בַּחַלּוֹת, צְרִיכָא:
התודה מפגלת את הלחם – that the bread (i.e., loaves) comes for the thanksgiving offering and it is of secondary import to it, but the thanksgiving offering is not of secondary import to the bead. And similarly, the two lambs of Atzeret/Shavuot, the two loaves that come with them are of secondary import to the lambs but the lambs are not of secondary import to the bread, but the principal [item(s)] make the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal but that of secondary import do not make the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal. But if it was necessary for the Tanna/teacher to teach this law regarding the thanksgiving offering but it was not necessary [to teach this law with regard] to the lams of Atzeret/Shavuot, I would think that it is there that the when the bread makes the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal, the thanksgiving-offering does not make the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal because it was not dependent upon the waving with the loaves, but the lambs [for Atzeret/Shavuot] which were dependent upon the waving with the loaves, as it is written (Leviticus 23:20): “The priest shall elevate these – the two lambs- together with the bread [of first fruits as an elevation offering before the LORD],”I would say that the bread makes the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal to also make the lambs rejectable through improper mental disposal. But if the Tanna/teacher taught [only] the lambs, I would state there that when the lambs make the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal, it makes the bread rejectable through improper mental disposal because they were dependent upon each other in waving, but the thanksgiving-offering which were not dependent, I would state that when the thanksgiving offering makes the sacrifice rejectable through improper mental disposal, it does not make the loaves rejectable through improper mental disposal, hence, they are both necessary.
הַזֶּבַח מְפַגֵּל אֶת הַנְּסָכִים. וְהַשּׁוֹתֶה מֵהֶן עָנוּשׁ כָּרֵת:
הזבח מפגל את הנכסים – and a person who drinks from them is punished with extirpation.
מִשֶׁקָּדְשׁוּ בִכְלִי. לְאַחַר שֶׁשָּׂמוּ אוֹתָם בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת, שֶׁהַכְּלִי מְקַדְּשָׁן קְדֻשַּׁת עוֹלָם דְּשׁוּב אֵין לָהֶם פִּדְיוֹן:
משקדשו בכלי – after they placed them in the sacred vessels, for the vessel sanctifies them with an eternal holiness, and furthermore they don’t have any redemption.
דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. דְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר סָבַר שֶׁנְּסָכִים מִתְפַּגְּלִים לְפִי שֶׁהַדָּם שֶׁל הַזֶּבַח הוּא שֶׁמַּכְשִׁיר וּמַתִּיר אוֹתָן לַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְהוֹאִיל וְיֵשׁ לָהֶן מַתִּיר, מִתְפַּגְּלִים בְּמַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוּץ לִזְמַנּוֹ. וַחֲכָמִים פְּלִיגֵי עֲלֵיהּ בְּפֶרֶק בֵּית שַׁמַּאי בְּמַסֶּכֶת זְבָחִים [דַּף מד] וְאָמְרֵי שֶׁהַנְּסָכִים אֵין לָהֶם מַתִּיר, לְפִיכָךְ אֵין מִתְפַּגְּלִין. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר:
דברי ר' מאיר – for Rabbi Meir holds that the libations make the sacrifice rejectable, because the blood of the offering is what makes it appropriate and permits them for the altar. And since they have something that makes it permitted, it becomes rejectable through an intention/thought outside of its proper time. But the Sages dispute him in the Tractate Zevakhim in the chapter “The School of Shammai” (Chapter 4, Mishnah 3 – Talmud Zevakhim) [44a] and they (i.e., the Sages] state that the libations do not have that which makes them permissible [for consumption], therefore they do not become rejectable. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Meir.
פִּגֵּל בַּקֹּמֶץ. בְּהַקְטָרַת הַקֹּמֶץ חָשַׁב עַל הַשִּׁירַיִם לְאָכְלָן שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּן:
פיגל בקומץ – in the burning on the altar of the handful of meal-offering, he thought about the eating the residue/remnants not at their appropriate time.
עַד שֶׁיְּפַגֵּל בְּכָל הַמַּתִּיר. וְהַקְטָרַת אֶחָד מֵהֶן חֲצִי מַתִּיר הוּא, דְּאִיכָּא נַמִּי הַקְטָרַת חֲבֵרוֹ, שֶׁאֵין שְׁיָרֵי הַמִּנְחָה מֻתָּרִים בַּאֲכִילָה לַכֹּהֵן עַד שֶׁיַּקְטִירוּ הַקֹּמֶץ וְהַלְּבוֹנָה:
עד שיפגל בכל המתיר – for the burning on the altar of one of them is half of what makes an object permitted for enjoyment, for there is also the burning on the altar of its partner, for the residue of the meal-offering is not permitted for consumption by a Kohen until he burns on the altar the handful of the meal-offering and the frankincense.
בְּמִנְחַת חוֹטֵא וּבְמִנְחַת קְנָאוֹת. שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶן לְבוֹנָה, וְהַקֹּמֶץ לְבַדּוֹ הוּא הַמַּתִּיר:
במנחת חוטא ובמנחת קנאות – which do not have frankincense, and the handful of meal-offering alone is what is permitted [for consumption].
שָׁחַט אַחַד מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים. שֶׁל כִּבְשֵׂי עֲצֶרֶת. וְאֵין הַלֶּחֶם מֻתָּר אֶלָּא אַחַר שֶׁיִּשְׁחֲטוּ שְׁנֵיהֶן:
שחט אחד מן הכבשים – [he slaughtered one] of the lambs of Atzeret/Shavuot. But the bread is not permitted other than after both of them (i.e., the lambs) have been ritually slaughtered.
הִקְטִיר אַחַד מִן הַבְּזִיכִין. וַהֲרֵי אֵין מַתִּיר הַלֶּחֶם אֶלָּא הַקְטָרַת שְׁנֵיהֶם:
הקטיר אחד מן הבזיכין – for behold it does not permit the bread other than through the burning of both of them on the altar.
רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר פִּגּוּל. דְּסָבַר חֲצִי מַתִּיר נַמִּי מְפַגֵּל. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר:
ר' מאיר אומר פגול – for he holds that half of what is permitted also makes improper intention. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Meir.