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Mishnayos Avodah Zarah Perek 5 Mishnah 6

עבודה זרה פרק ה׳ משנה ו׳

6

In the case of a military unit [boleshet] that entered a city, if it entered during peacetime, then after the soldiers leave the open barrels of wine are forbidden, but the sealed barrels are permitted. If the unit entered in wartime, both these barrels and those barrels are permitted, because in wartime there is no time to pour wine for libations, and one can be certain that the soldiers did not do so.

בַּלֶּשֶׁת גּוֹיִם שֶׁנִּכְנְסָה לָעִיר בִּשְׁעַת שָׁלוֹם, חָבִיּוֹת פְּתוּחוֹת, אֲסוּרוֹת. סְתוּמוֹת, מֻתָּרוֹת. בִּשְׁעַת מִלְחָמָה, אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ מֻתָּרוֹת, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין פְּנַאי לְנַסֵּךְ:

ו׳
Bartenura

בולשת – soldiers who search breaches made in houses. It is the Aramaic for searching and patrolling.

בולשת. חיל שמחפשין וחותרין הבתים. תרגום ויחפש, ובלש: