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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat Chapter 13

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רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר הָאוֹרֵג שְׁלֹשָׁה חוּטִין בַּתְּחִלָּה. אִם זוֹ תְּחִלַּת אֲרִיגָתוֹ שֶׁל בֶּגֶד אֵינוֹ חַיָּב עַד שֶׁיֶּאֱרֹג שְׁלֹשָׁה חוּטִין, וְאִם מוֹסִיף הוּא עַל הָאָרִיג שִׁעוּרוֹ בְּאֶחָד, דְּמִצְטָרֵף עִם הַשְּׁאָר. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

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

רבי אליעזר אומר האורג שלשה חוטין בתחלה – if this is the beginning of his weaving of a clothing, he is not liable [for violating the Sabbath] until he weaves three threads, but if he adds on to something woven, its measure of one combines with the rest, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.

שְׁתֵּי בָתֵּי נִירִין. שֶׁנָּתַן שְׁנֵי חוּטִין שֶׁל שְׁתִי בַּנִּיר שֶׁקּוֹרִין ליצ"ש:

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

שתי בתי נירין – that he put two threads of warp (i.e., longitudinal direction) in the cross beam of the loom which we call “Leitschish.”

בַּנִּירִין. מְפָרֵשׁ בַּגְּמָרָא שֶׁמַּרְכִּיב שְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים [כָּל] חוּט שֶׁל שְׁתִי בַּנִּיר וּבַפַּעַם הַשְּׁלִישִׁית מַרְכִּיבוֹ עַל חוּט הַמֻּרְכָּב עַל הַקָּנֶה:

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

בנירין – it is explained in the Gemara (Tractate Shabbat 105a) that he extends two times [every] thread of warp in the cross-beam and a third time, he extends on the thread that is joined on to the branch of the reed.

בַּקֵּרוֹס. יְרִיעָה אֲרוּגָה מִסִּיב שֶׁל דֶּקֶל:

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

בקירוס – a curtain that is woven from the fibrous substance/bast of the palm-tree.

הַקּוֹרֵעַ עַל מֵתוֹ וְכוּ'. בְּמֵת שֶׁאֵינוֹ חַיָּב לִקְרֹעַ עָלָיו הוּא דַּהֲוֵי מְקַלְקֵל וּפָטוּר, אֲבָל עַל מֵת שֶׁחַיָּב לִקְרֹעַ עָלָיו, מְתַקֵּן הוּא וְחַיָּב:

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

הקורע על מתו – for a dead person for whom he is not required to tear clothing [when hearing of his passing] for he is ruining it and is exempt [from a sin-offering], but for a dead person for whom he is obligated to tear clothing and he repairs it/reconstructs it, he is liable [for a sin-offering].

וּבַחֲמָתוֹ. וְכָל הַמְקַלְקְלִים פְּטוּרִין. הָא מַתְנִיתִין אִדַּחְיָא לַהּ, וַהֲלָכָה שֶׁהַקּוֹרֵעַ בַּחֲמָתוֹ חַיָּב, שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמְּקַלְקֵל הוּא אֵצֶל הַבֶּגֶד, מְתַקֵּן הוּא אֵצֶל יִצְרוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ מִתְיַשֶּׁבֶת עָלָיו בְּכָךְ:

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

ובחמתו כל המקלקלים פטורין – but our Mishnah is superseded and the Halakha is that a person who rends [his garment] in his anger is liable [for a sin-offering] even though he ruins it, regarding the clothing, he repairs it, regarding his inclination, and his mind is at rest for him through this.

הַמְלַבֵּן. אֶת הַצֶּמֶר, וְהַמְנַפְּצוֹ וְהַצּוֹבְעוֹ וְהַטּוֹוֶה מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁהֵן כֻּלָּן אֲבוֹת מְלָאכוֹת, שִׁעוּרָן כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּטְוֶה מֵאוֹתוֹ הַצֶּמֶר חוּט אָרֹךְ כִּמְלֹא רֹחַב הַסִּיט כָּפוּל. וְהַסִּיט הוּא כְּדֵי הֶפְסֵק שֶׁיֵּשׁ בֵּין אַמָּה לָאֶצְבַּע כָּל מַה שֶּׁיּוּכַל אָדָם לְהַרְחִיבוֹ, וּכְשִׁעוּר הָרֶוַח הַזֶּה שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים הוּא הַסִּיט כָּפוּל. וְרֶוַח שֶׁבֵּין גֻּדָּל לָאֶצְבַּע פַּעַם אַחַת הוּא גַּם כֵּן כִּמְלֹא רֹחַב הַסִּיט כָּפוּל, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ כִּפְלַיִם כְּאוֹתוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בֵּין אַמָּה לָאֶצְבַּע:

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

המלבן – [he bleaches] the wool and hatchels/beats it, and/or dyes it and/or spins it – for all of them are primary categories of [forbidden] labor [on the Sabbath]; their required quantity is in order that he spin from that wool a thread whose length is as far as the width of double size of a "סיט" (between the tip of the thumb and that of the index finger when held apart OR between thee root of the thumb and the tip of the index finger, when the former is leaning against the latter – see Talmud Shabbat 106a). And the "סיט" is according to the interruption that exists between the thumb to the finger – all that a person is able to widen it – and the measurement of this width is doubled – this is the double "סיט" -and the width between the thumb and the finger once – is also as far as the distance of a double "סיט" because it has double like that which is between the thumb and the [index] finger.

הָאוֹרֵג שְׁנֵי חוּטִין. שִׁעוּרָן בְּרֹחַב הַבֶּגֶד כִּמְלֹא הַסִּיט, שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא אֲרָגָן עַל פְּנֵי כָּל רֹחַב הַבֶּגֶד, חַיָּב:

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

האורג שני חוטין – their measure/quantity is the width of the clothing as far as the "סיט" for even though he had not woven over the face of the entire width of the clothing, he is liable [for a sin-offering].

הַצָּד צִפּוֹר. עַד שֶׁהִכְנִיסוֹ לְמִגְדָּל שֶׁל עֵץ, ארמאריא"ו בְּלַעַ"ז, חַיָּב, שֶׁזּוֹ הוּא צִידָתוֹ, אֲבָל אִם הִכְנִיסוֹ לַבַּיִת אֵינוֹ נִצּוֹד בְּכָךְ:

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

הצד צפור – until he brought It into the turret/tower (i.e., trap) of wood “Armariav” in the foreign language, he is liable for this is hunting, but if he brought it into the house, it is not hunted through this.

וּצְבִי. נִצּוֹד מִשֶּׁהִכְנִיסוֹ לַבַּיִת וְנָעַל בְּפָנָיו, אֲבָל אִם הִכְנִיסוֹ לַגִּנָּה אוֹ לֶחָצֵר אֵין זוֹ צִידָה:

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

But a deer is hunted when from he brought it into the house and locked the door before it, but not if he brought it into a garden or courtyard – as this is not hunting.

וְלַבֵּיבָרִין. קַרְפִּיפוֹת הַמֻּקָּפִים חוֹמָה שֶׁמַּכְנִיסִין שָׁם חַיּוֹת וְנִשְׁמָרִים שָׁם:

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

ולביברין - an enclosed space [usually outside of a settlement] surrounded by a wall when we bring into it wildlife and they are guarded there.

כָּל הַמְחֻסָּר צִידָה. שֶׁקָּשֶׁה לְתָפְשׂוֹ שָׁם, כְּגוֹן שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַגִּיעַ לוֹ בִּשְׁחִיָּה אַחַת שֶׁשּׁוֹחֶה לְתָפְשׂוֹ. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל [דִּמְפָרֵשׁ] לְמִלְתַּיְהוּ דְּרַבָּנָן:

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

כל המחוסר צידה – that it is difficult to capture it there, such as the case where it does not approach him with one bending when he bends to catch it, but the Halakha is according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel [who explains] the matter of the Rabbis.

צְבִי שֶׁנִּכְנַס. מֵאֵלָיו לַבַּיִת וְנָעַל אֶחָד בְּפָנָיו, זוֹ הִיא צִידָתוֹ:

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

צבי שנכנס – [a deer who enters] on its own into the house and someone locks [the door] before him, that is his “hunting.”

נָעֲלוּ שְׁנַיִם פְּטוּרִים. דַּהֲווּ לְהוּ שְׁנַיִם שֶׁעֲשָׂאוּהָ:

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

נעלו שנים פטורים - because two have done it (i.e., neither of them completed the act on his own).

לֹא יָכֹל אֶחָד לִנְעֹל. אוֹרְחֵיהּ הוּא לְנוֹעֲלוֹ בִּשְׁנַיִם, וַהֲרֵי לְכָל אֶחָד מְלָאכָה, דִּבְלָאו אִיהוּ לֹא מִתְעַבְּדָה:

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

לא יכול אחד לנעול – it is the manner to lock it in with two [people], each of them has [performed] a [forbidden] labor that without him [doing so], it would not have been accomplished.

וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פּוֹטֵר. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

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

ור"ש פוטר – but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

הַשֵּׁנִי חַיָּב. שֶׁהוּא צָד אוֹתוֹ:

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

השני חייב – for he (i.e., the second person) hunted it (i.e., the animal).

הָא לְמַה זֶּה דּוֹמֶה. מֵאַחַר שֶׁנִּצּוֹד עַל יְדֵי רִאשׁוֹן:

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

הא למה זה דומה – after it was hunted by the first [person], to locking [the door of] the house to guard it, and not to hunt [it].

לְנוֹעֵל אֶת בֵּיתוֹ לְשָׁמְרוֹ. וְלֹא לָצוּד:

וְנִמְצָא צְבִי. שֶׁהוּא נִצּוֹד כְּבָר שָׁמוּר בְּתוֹכוֹ, כָּךְ זֶה אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָמַד רִאשׁוֹן אֵין זֶה אֶלָּא כְּשׁוֹמְרוֹ לַצְּבִי שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ מֵאֶתְמוֹל. וְהַשֵּׁנִי פָּטוּר הָאָמוּר בְּמַתְנִיתִין, פָּטוּר וּמֻתָּר:

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

ונמצא צבי – hat was already hunted being guarded inside it, such is this, that even though the first person stood up, this is not other than as a guard of the deer that he had from yesterday and the second [person] is exempt [from liability for a sin-offering] as is stated in our Mishnah that he is exempt and permitted.

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