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Bartenura on Mishnah Terumot Chapter 8

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הָאִשָּׁה. בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַנְּשׂוּאָה לְכֹהֵן:

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

האשה – the daughter of an Israelite married to a Kohen.

מֵת רַבָּךְ. וִירָשׁוֹ בֶן בִּתּוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, אוֹ בִתּוֹ הַנְּשׂוּאָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

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

מת רבך – and he was inherited by the son of his daughter from an Israelite or his daughter was married to an Israelite.

שֶׁהוּא בֶן גְּרוּשָׁה אוֹ בֶן חֲלוּצָה. וּפָסוּל מִלֶּאֱכֹל בִּתְרוּמָה:

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

שהוא בן גרושה או בן חלוצה – and he is unfit/disqualified from eating Terumah/heave-offering.

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְחַיֵּב קֶרֶן וְחֹמֶשׁ. בְּכֻלְּהוּ:

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

רבי אליעזר מחייב קרן וחומש – in all of them.

וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ פּוֹטֵר. בַּגְּמָרָא מוֹקֵי לַהּ דַּוְקָא בְּאוֹכֵל תְּרוּמַת חָמֵץ בְּעֶרֶב פֶּסַח, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁזְּמַנּוֹ בָּהוּל, שֶׁהַשָּׁעָה דְחוּקָה וְעוֹמֵד לְבַעֵר הֶחָמֵץ שֶׁל תְּרוּמָה. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

ורבי יהושע פוטר – In the Gemara (Tractate Pesahim 72b; Tractate Yevamot 34a), it maintains it especially with eating leavened heave-offering on the Eve of Passover, because his time (for doing the thing) is pressed (and cannot be postponed) and the hour is pressed as he stands to remove the leavening from the Terumah/heave-offering. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.

וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מַכְשִׁיר. דִּכְתִיב (דברים לג) בָּרֵךְ ה'‏ חֵילוֹ וּפֹעַל יָדָיו תִּרְצֶה, אֲפִלּוּ חָלָל שֶׁבּוֹ פֹּעַל יָדָיו תִּרְצֶה:

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

ורבי יהושע מכשיר – as it is written (Deuteronomy 33:11): “Bless, O Lord, his substance, and favor his undertakings,” even one unfit for the priesthood on account of his father’s illegitimate connection, that he favor his undertakings.

נוֹדַע שֶׁהוּא בַעַל מוּם עֲבוֹדָתוֹ פְּסוּלָה. אַף לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, דִּכְתִיב (במדבר כח) אֶת בְּרִיתִי שָׁלוֹם, כְּשֶׁהוּא שָׁלֵם וְלֹא כְּשֶׁהוּא חָסֵר. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

נודע שהוא בעל מום עבודתו פסולה – even according to Rabbi Yehoshua, as it is written (Numbers 25:12 – and not chapter 28, as indicated in the printed text): “My pact of friendship/peace,” when he is complete and when he is lacking/defective. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.

וְכֻלָּם. עֶבֶד וְאִשָּׁה שֶׁאָכְלוּ מִתְּחִלָּה בְּהֶתֵּר, בְּהָא קָאָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר דְּיִבְלְעוּ, אֲבָל בֶּן גְּרוּשָׁה אוֹ בֶן חֲלוּצָה דְּמֵעוֹלָם לֹא אָכְלוּ בְּהֶתֵּר מוֹדֶה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר דְּיִפְלֹט, מִידֵי דַהֲוָה אַטָּמֵא הָיִיתָ אוֹ טְמֵאָה הָיְתָה הַתְּרוּמָה קֹדֶם שֶׁנְּתָנָהּ לְתוֹךְ פִּיו, דְּמוֹדֶה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר דְּיִפְלֹט:

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

וכולם – a slave and a woman who ate from the beginning with permission, it is in this that Rabbi Eliezer states that they should swallow it. But the son of a woman divorcee or the son of a woman who performed the ceremony of removing her deceased husband’s brother’s shoe, that forever did not eat with permission, Rabbi Eliezer admits that he should spit it out, something that he was disqualified, or the heave-offering was disqualified prior to his placing it in his mouth, as Rabbi Eliezer admits that he should spit it out.

אוֹ שֶׁטָּעַם טַעַם פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ. שֶׁרֶץ, כְּשֶׁמּוֹלְלִין אוֹתוֹ רֵיחוֹ מָאוּס בְּיוֹתֵר, וְהוּא מָצוּי בַּכְּתָלִים וּבַמִּטּוֹת, וְקוֹרִין לוֹ בַּעֲרָבִי בק"י וּבְלַעַ"ז צימיצ"א. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

אם שטעם טעם פשפש – an unclean reptile, for when they crush it, his breath is most repulsive, and it is found in the walls and in the beds and we call it B’KEE in Arabic and in the foreign language, TZIMITZA, and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.

הָיָה אוֹכֵל בְּאֶשְׁכּוֹל. תָּלַשׁ אֶשְׁכּוֹל מִגֶּפֶן שֶׁבַּגִּנָּה וְהָיָה אוֹכֵל וְהוֹלֵךְ עַד שֶׁנִּכְנַס לֶחָצֵר, וְחָצֵר קוֹבַעַת לְמַעֲשֵׂר, וַאֲפִלּוּ אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי אֲסוּרָה עַד שֶׁיִּתְרֹם וִיעַשֵּׂר:

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

היה אוכל באשכול – he detached a cluster from the vine that is in the garden and he would eat while walking until he entered the courtyard, for the courtyard establishes [its liability] for tithing, and even an incidental meal is forbidden until he separates heave-offering and tithes.

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר יִגְמֹר. לֹא שֶׁיֹּאכַל בֶּחָצֵר. אֶלָּא יֵצֵא חוּץ לֶחָצֵר וְיִגְמֹר לֶאֱכֹל הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל בַּגִּנָּה:

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

ר' אליעזר אומר יגמור – not that he should eat in the courtyard, but rather, he should leave outside the courtyard and complete eating the cluster in the garden.

לֹא יִגְמֹר. וַאֲפִלּוּ בַּגִּנָּה, עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר:

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

לא יגמור – and even in the garden, until he tithes.

חֲשֵׁכָה לֵילֵי שַׁבָּת. וְהָיָה אוֹכֵל אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי, וְשַׁבָּת קוֹבַעַת לְמַעֲשֵׂר וַאֲפִלּוּ אֲכִילַת עֲרַאי אֲסוּרָה:

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

חשיכה לילי שבת – and he was eating an incidental meal, for Shabbat establishes [liability for] tithing and even an incidental meal is prohibited.

יִגְמֹר. לְמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת, אֲבָל בַּשַּׁבָּת עַצְמוֹ מוֹדֶה דְּאָסוּר:

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

יגמור – on Saturday night, but on Shabbat itself, he admits that it is prohibited.

לֹא יִגְמֹר. אֲפִלּוּ לְמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת, עַד שֶׁיְּעַשֵּׂר. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

לא יגמור – even on Saturday night, until he tithes, and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.

יִשָּׁפֵךְ. וְאֵין כָּאן מִשּׁוּם אִבּוּד תְּרוּמָה, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹתוֹ, שֶׁמָּא שָׁתָה מִמֶּנּוּ נָחָשׁ:

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

ישפך – and there isn’t here because of the destruction of heave-offering because it is forbidden to drink of it, lest a snake drank from it.

וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִים מֻתָּרִים. שֶׁאֵין נָחָשׁ שׁוֹתֶה מֵהֶן. אֶלָּא שֶׁהַדְּבַשׁ וְהַצִּיר וְהַמּוּרְיָס וְשׁוּמִים כְּתוּשִׁים, כָּל אֵלּוּ הֻזְכְּרוּ בַגְּמָרָא לֶאֱסֹר, שֶׁהַנָּחָשׁ שׁוֹתֶה מֵהֶן:

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

ושארכל המשקים מותרים – because a snake does not drink from them, but that the honey and brine and pickle (containing fish-hash and sometimes wine) and pounded garlic, all of these are mentioned in the Gemara (Tractate Hullin 49b) for prohibition, for the snake drinks from them.

כַּמָּה יִשְׁהוּ. כַּמָּה יַעַמְדוּ מְגֻלִּין:

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

כמה ישתה – how much should stand uncovered.

הָרַחַשׁ. הַנָּחָשׁ, וּלְפִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ עַל גְּחוֹנוֹ קָרוּי רַחַשׁ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִרְאֶה כִּמְהַלֵּךְ אֶלָּא כְּרוֹחֵשׁ וּמִתְנַעְנֵעַ:

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

הרחש – the snake, and because it walks on its belly, it is called רחש/a creeping thing/reptile, for it does not appear like walking but rather, like moving/vibrating and shaking.

מִמָּקוֹם קָרוֹב. פֵּרְשׁוּ בוֹ (חולין י:) כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּצֵא מִתַּחַת אֹזֶן הַכְּלִי וְיִשְׁתֶּה וְיַחֲזֹר לְחוֹרוֹ:

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

ממקום קרוב – the explained it (Tractate Hullin 10b), in order that it can go out from underneath the ear of he utensil, and it will drink and return to its hole.

שִׁעוּר הַמַּיִם. לִהְיוֹת אֲסוּרִים מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי:

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

שיעור המים – that it would be forbidden because of being uncovered.

כְּדֵי שֶׁתֹּאבַד בָּהֶן מָרָה. אִם הָיוּ מְרֻבִּים כָּל כָּךְ עַד שֶׁאֶרֶס הַנָּחָשׁ יִפָּסֵד וְיֹאבַד בָּהֶן אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי. וְיוֹדְעִין הָיוּ כַּמָּה אֶרֶס הַנָּחָשׁ מַטִּיל בְּפַעַם אַחַת:

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

כדי שתאבד בהן מרה – if here was such a great deal that the poison of the snake would deteriorate [its venom] and would be lost in them, there would be nothing of being uncovered, and they would know how much poison a snake it puts in at one time.

מָרָה. הָאֶרֶס שֶׁהַנָּחָשׁ מַטִּיל קָרוּי מָרָה:

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

מרה – the poison that the snake puts in is called מרה/bitterness.

בְּכֵלִים כָּל שֶׁהֵן. אֲפִלּוּ מְרֻבִּין כָּל שֶׁהֵן יֵשׁ בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי כְּשֶׁהַמַּיִם בַּכֵּלִים:

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

בכלים כל שהן – even if they are many, whatever the amount as they are, there is in them on account of be uncovered, when the water is in the utensils.

וּבַקַּרְקָעוֹת עַד אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה. יֵשׁ בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי, טְפֵי מֵהָכִי אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי, שֶׁהָאֶרֶס מִתְבַּטֵּל בָּהֶם. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי. וּמַעְיָן הַמּוֹשֵׁךְ אֲפִלּוּ כָּל שֶׁהוּא אֵין בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי. וּמַיִם מְגֻלִּים כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹתָן כָּךְ אָסוּר לְהַשְׁקוֹתָן לִבְהֶמְתּוֹ, וְלִרְחֹץ בָּהֶן פָּנָיו יָדָיו וְרַגְלָיו, וּלְגַבֵּל בָּהֶן אֶת הַטִּיט, וּלְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן בְּשׁוּם תַּשְׁמִישׁ:

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

ובקרקעות עד מ' סאה – there is in them because of being uncovered, more than this, there is none because of uncovering, for the poison is abolished in them. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi. But a spring that draws out even a bit, there is nothing in it of uncovering. And uncovered kwaters when they are prohibited to drink them, thusly there are forbidden to give to his cattle to drink and to wash in them his face, hands and feet, and to knead the plaster, and to use them in any manner of usage.

נִקּוּרֵי תְאֵנִים. תְּאֵנָה שֶׁנִּרְאֶה בָהּ נִקּוּר, אָסוּר, שֶׁמָּא נִקֵּר בָּהּ נָחָשׁ וְהִטִּיל בָּהּ אֶרֶס:

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

נקורי תאנים – a fig in which appears in it a biting, it is prohibited, perhaps the snake bit it and put in it poison.

אֲפִלּוּ הֵן כִּכָּר. כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁהֵן גְּדוֹלִים הַרְבֵּה וְהַנִּקּוּר מִצַּד אֶחָד, לֹא יֹאמַר הוּא אָכַל מִצַּד אֶחָד, אֲנִי מִצַּד אַחֵר:

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

אפילו הן ככר – meaning to say that they are very large and the bite is from one side, he should not say that he eats from one side and I [eat] from the other side.

כָּל שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ לֵחָה. הָאֶרֶס מִתְעָרֵב עִם הַלֵּחָה וּמִתְחַלְחֵל בְּכֻלּוֹ. אֲבָל בְּדָבָר יָבֵשׁ חוֹתֵךְ אֶת הַנִּקּוּר וְאוֹכֵל אֶת הַשְּׁאָר:

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

כל שיש בו ליחה – the poison combines with the moisture, and permeates through everything, ut in a dry thing, he cuts the bitten part and eats the rest.

וּנְשׁוּכַת הַנָּחָשׁ. בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנְּשָׁכָהּ נָחָשׁ וּשְׁחָטָהּ, אֲסוּרָה, שֶׁהָאֶרֶס מִתְחַלְחֵל בְּכָל גּוּפָהּ:

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

ונשוכת נחש – a beast/cattle that was bitten by a snake and he slaughtered it (i.e., the cattle), it is forbidden, because the poison permeates in the entire body.

מְשַׁמֶּרֶת שֶׁל יַיִן. אַף עַל גַּב שֶׁהַכְּלִי הַתַּחְתּוֹן מְכֻסֶּה בַּמְשַׁמֶּרֶת, יֵשׁ בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם גִּלּוּי, שֶׁהָאֶרֶס עוֹבֵר דֶּרֶךְ הַמְשַׁמֶּרֶת וְהוֹלֵךְ לַכְּלִי הַתַּחְתּוֹן:

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

משמרת של יין – even though the lower uensil is covered with a strainer, there is in it because of uncovering, for the poison passes along the path of the strainer and goes into the lower utensil.

רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה מַתִּיר. לְפִי שֶׁהָאֶרֶס צָף וְאֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה:

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

רבי נחמיה מתיר – because the poison floats and does not pass, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Nehemiah.

סְפֵק טֻמְאָה. כְּגוֹן שְׁתֵּי חָבִיּוֹת בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד וְנָגַע שֶׁרֶץ בְּאַחַת מֵהֶן וְלֹא יְדִיעַ לְהֵי מִנַּיְהוּ, וּשְׁתֵּיהֶן תְּלוּיוֹת:

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

ספק טומאה – as, for example, two jugs in the private domain, and a reptile touched one of them, and it is not known to which of them, and both of them are suspended.

בִּמְקוֹם הַתֻּרְפָּה. מָקוֹם שֶׁל הֶפְקֵר וְעוֹמֶדֶת לִפָּסֵד שָׁם:

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

במקום התורפה – a place that is ownerless and it stands to suffer loss there.

יַנִּיחֶנָּה בְּמָקוֹם הַמֻּצְנָע. דַּעֲדַיִן מֻזְהָר עַל שְׁמִירָתָהּ, דִּכְתִיב (במדבר יח) אֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶת תְּרוּמֹתָי, בִּשְׁתֵּי תְרוּמוֹת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר, אַחַת תְּרוּמָה טְהוֹרָה וְאַחַת תְּרוּמָה תְלוּיָה, דְּתַרְוַיְהוּ בָּעוּ שִׁמּוּר:

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

יניחנה במקום המוצנע – for he is still careful on its being guarded, as it is written (Numbers 18:8): “[I hereby give you] charge of all My gifts, [all the sacred donations of the Israelites],” with two heave-offerings the Biblical verse speaks – one is pure heave-offering and the other is suspended Terumah and both of them require guarding.

רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר וְכוּ'. דְּסָבַר תְּרוּמֹתָי כְּתִיב בְּלֹא וָי"ו, וְיֵשׁ אֵם לַמָּסֹרֶת:

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

ר' יהושע אומר וכו' – for he holds that the word "תרומתי" – is written without the [letter] “Vav”, and there is the traditional Scriptural text (i.e., letters without vowels) is authoritative in Biblical interpretation.

אַל יְחַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ דָּבָר. שֶׁאֵין צָרִיךְ לְשָׁמְרָהּ, וְאַף אָסוּר לִגְרֹם לָהּ טֻמְאָה. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל:

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

אל יחדש בה דבר – and there is no need to guard it, and it is even prohibited to cause the riual defilement, and he Halakha is according to Rabban Gamaliel.

בַּגַּת הָעֶלְיוֹנָה. מָקוֹם שֶׁעוֹצְרִים שָׁם:

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

בגת העליונה – place where they store it away.

וְהַתַּחְתּוֹנָה. בּוֹר עַל פְּנֵי הַגַּת שֶׁהַיַּיִן יוֹרֵד לְתוֹכוֹ:

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

והתחתונה – a pit on the inside of the vat where the wine goes into it.

טְמֵאָה. חֻלִּין טְמֵאִים יֵשׁ בָּהּ, וּרְאוּיִין לוֹ בִּימֵי טֻמְאָתוֹ, אוֹ לְמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל חֻלִּין בְּטָהֳרָה, וְאִם תִּפֹּל לְתוֹכוֹ הַתְּרוּמָה הֲוָה לֵיהּ מְדֻמָּע טָמֵא, וְאַף לַכֹּהֵן לֹא חַזְיָא:

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

טמאה – it has ritually impure unconsecrated produce, and it is appropriate for it during the days of its ritual defilement, or for someone who does not consume unconsecrated produce in ritual purity, and if the heave-offering/Terumah falls into it, he should have something impure that is forbidden to all non-priests, but even to Kohanim, it is not appropriate.

שֶׁאִם יְכוֹלִים לְהַצִּיל מִמֶּנָּה רְבִיעִית. אִם יָכוֹל לְחַזֵּר אַחַר כֵּלִים וּלְהַצִּיל מִמֶּנָּה רְבִיעִית בְּטָהֳרָה קֹדֶם שֶׁתֵּרֵד כֻּלָּהּ וְתִטַּמֵּא:

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

ואם יכולים להציל ממנה רביעית – if he able to search around behind the utensils and to save from it a fourth [of a LOG; a LOG= six eggs) in ritual purity prior to its all descending and becoming defiled.

יַצִּיל. יְחַזֵּר אַחַר כֵּלִים וְיַצִּיל, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ כָּךְ שֶׁיְּחַזֵּר אַחַר כֵּלִים תֵּרֵד מִן הַתְּרוּמָה לַחֻלִּין שֶׁבַּתַּחְתּוֹנָה וְיִפָּסְדוּ הַחֻלִּין, לֹא יְטַמֵּא הַתְּרוּמָה בְּיָדַיִם לְהַצִּיל הַחֻלִּין, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהַצִּיל מִמֶּנָּה רְבִיעִית הַלֹּג בְּטָהֳרָה, שֶׁהוּא דָּבָר חָשׁוּב:

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

יציל – he should go around behind he utensils and save it, and even though it is within , he should go round behind the utensils that it would descend from the heave-offering to the unconsecraed produce that is in the lower [vats] and he will lose the heave-offering, he should no defile the heave offering with hands to save the heave-offering, since he is able to save from it one-quarter of a LOG in ritual purity which is an important thing.

וְאִם לָאו. שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא כְּלִי טָהוֹר, וְסוֹף סוֹף כֻּלָּהּ לְטֻמְאָה אַזְלָא, בְּהָא פְּלִיגֵי, דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ סָבַר יְטַמְּאֶנָּה בַּיָּד, לְהַצִּיל אֶת הַחֻלִּין, כִּדְקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא וְעַל זוֹ וְעַל זוֹ אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכוּ'. וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר סָבַר אַף עַל גַּב דְּסוֹף סוֹף כֻּלָּהּ לְטֻמְאָה אַזְלָא, לֹא יְטַמְּאֶנָּה בַּיָּד לְהַצִּיל הַחֻלִּין. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

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

ואם לאו – that he should not find a totally pure utensil, and eventually, all of it goes o riual impurity, and in this they dispute, for Rabbi Yehoshua holds that he should defile it by hand, to save the heave-offering as it is taught at the end [of this chapter, Mishnah 11) “but as regards both of these cases (Mishnayot 9-10), Rabbi Yehoshua stated, etc. But Rabbi Eliezer holds that even though that ultimately, it would all go to become unclean, he should not make it unclean by hand to save the Hullin, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.

וְכֵן חָבִית שֶׁל שֶׁמֶן. טְהוֹרָה שֶׁנִּשְׁפְּכָה וְכֻלָּהּ הוֹלֶכֶת לְאִבּוּד, פְּלִיגֵי כְּדִלְעֵיל. וּלְהָכִי קָתָנֵי גַבֵּי שֶׁמֶן נִשְׁפְּכָה וְלֹא נָקַט כְּמוֹ גַבֵּי יַיִן, מִשּׁוּם דִּבְחָבִית שֶׁל שֶׁמֶן [שֶׁנִּשְׁבְּרָה] בַּגַּת הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, וּבַתַּחְתּוֹנָה חֻלִּין טְמֵאִים, מוֹדֶה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שֶׁאִם יָכוֹל לְהַצִּיל מִמֶּנָּה רְבִיעִית בְּטָהֳרָה יַצִּיל וְאִם לָאו תֵּרֵד וְאַל יְטַמְּאֶנָּה בַּיָּד, מִשּׁוּם דְּשֶׁמֶן רָאוּי לְהַדְלִיק וְלֹא חָשׁוּ לְהֶפְסֵד מֻעָט. וּבְיַיִן נַמִּי לֹא נֶחְלְקוּ אֶלָּא דַוְקָא בִּדְאִיכָּא בַּתַּחְתּוֹנָה פָּחוֹת מִמֵּאָה חֻלִּין, שֶׁנַּעֲשִׂין הַחֻלִּין כֻּלָּן מְדֻמָּע וְאִיכָּא הֶפְסֵד, אֲבָל אִי אִיכָּא מֵאָה חֻלִּין כֻּלְּהוּ מוֹדוּ דְּאַל יְטַמְּאֶנָּה בַּיָּד, מִשּׁוּם דְּלֵיכָּא הֶפְסֵד:

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

וכן חבית של שמן – [a jug of] pure [oil] that spilled, and everything goes to loss, they dispute as what is above (in Mishnah 9), and thus they teach regarding oil that spilled, and they did not take it like regarding wine, because a barrel of oil [that broke] in the upper vat, but in the bottom is unconsecrated ritually impure produce, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua agree that if he is able to save from it one-fourth [of a LOG] in ritual purity, he should save it, and if not, let it descend, and he should not defile it by hand, because the oil is appropriate to kindle and they did not trouble to lose a little bit. And with wine, also, they did not dispute, other than specifically when the lower [vat] has less than one-hundred [parts] of unconsecrated produce, for the entire unconsecrated produce becomes forbidden even for non-priests, and there is loss, but if there is one-hundred [parts] of unconsecrated produce, everyone admits, do not defile it by hand because there is no loss.

עַל זוֹ וְעַל זוֹ. עַל זוֹ שֶׁנּוֹלַד לָהּ סְפֵק טֻמְאָה, וְעַל זוֹ שֶׁהוֹלֶכֶת לְאִבּוּד, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֻזְהָר עַל טֻמְאָתָן, וְאוֹתָהּ שֶׁמֻּזְהָר עָלֶיהָ בַּל תְּטַמֵּא, כֵּיצַד, הָיָה עוֹבֵר וְכוּ', דְּקָאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ יַנִּיחַ לְפָנָיו אַחַת עַל הַסֶּלַע כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִגְרֹם טֻמְאָה לָאֲחֵרוֹת, וְאַף אוֹתָהּ אַחַת יַנִּיחַ עַל הַסֶּלַע וְלֹא יִתְּנֶנָּה בְיָדוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא יְטַמְּאֶנָּה בַּיָּדַיִם. וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

ועל זו ועל זו – on that which a doubt of ritual impurity resulted, and on this that is getting lost, Rabbi Yehoshua stated he is not warned on their ritual defilement, and that which is is warned about, lest it become defiled, how so? He was passing [from place to place with loaves of heave-offering in his hand when a heathen approaches him who says to him – give him one of them so that he can defile it and if not he would defile all of them], Rabbi Yehoshua stated, he should leave one of them on the rock in order that he doesn’t cause ritual defilement to the others. Ans even that one, he should leave on the rock and not give it to him in his hand, so that he would not defile the hands. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehoshua.

תְּנוּ לָנוּ אַחַת מִכֶּם. שֶׁרוֹצִים לָבֹא עָלֶיהָ בְּאֹנֶס:

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

תנו לנו אחת מכם – they want to come upon her with force.

יְטַמְּאוּ כֻּלָּן. דְּאֵין דּוֹחִים נֶפֶשׁ מִפְּנֵי נֶפֶשׁ. וּבְהָא מוֹדוּ רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ:

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

יטמאו כולן – they do not set aside the regard due to one human life for the sake of saving another human life, and in this, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua agree.

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