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Mishnayos Negaim Perek 14 Mishnah 5

נגעים פרק י"ד משנה ה׳

5

With regard to the two birds: the commandment is that they be alike in appearance, in size and in price; and they must be purchased at the same time. But even if they are not alike they are valid; And if one was purchased on one day and the other the next they are also valid. If after one of the birds had been slaughtered it was found that it was not wild, a partner must be purchased for the second, and the first may be eaten. If after it had been slaughtered it was found to terefah, a partner must be purchased for the second and the first may be made use of. If the blood had been spilled out, the bird that was to be let go must be left to die. If the one that was to be let go died, the blood must be spilled out.

שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים מִצְוָתָן שֶׁיְּהוּ שָׁווֹת בַּמַּרְאֶה וּבַקּוֹמָה וּבַדָּמִים, וּלְקִיחָתָן כְּאֶחָת. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינָם שָׁווֹת, כְּשֵׁרוֹת. לָקַח אַחַת הַיּוֹם וְאַחַת לְמָחָר, כְּשֵׁרוֹת. שָׁחַט אַחַת מֵהֶן וְנִמְצֵאת שֶׁלֹּא דְרוֹר, יִקַּח זוּג לַשְּׁנִיָּה. הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מֻתֶּרֶת בַּאֲכִילָה. שְׁחָטָהּ וְנִמְצֵאת טְרֵפָה, יִקַּח זוּג לַשְּׁנִיָּה. הָרִאשׁוֹנָה מֻתֶּרֶת בַּהֲנָאָה. נִשְׁפַּךְ הַדָּם, תָּמוּת הַמִּשְׁתַּלַּחַת. מֵתָה הַמִּשְׁתַּלַּחַת, יִשָּׁפֵךְ הַדָּם:

ה׳
Bartenura

מצותן שיהיו שוות – for the All-Merciful writes, “birds”/צפרים (i.e., Leviticus 14:4: “The priest shall order two live birds…to be brought to him for him who is to be purified.”) and the least of [the plural of] “birds” is two. The two [birds] that the All-Merciful wrote [in the Torah], why do I need it? But rather to teach that both of them should be equal.

ונמצאת טריפה כו' – for it is written "חיות" /live (see Leviticus 14:4: “The priest shall order two live pure birds"/"שתי צפרים חיות טהרות" , excluding those which are defective/having a fatal organic disease.

תמות המשתלח – it should be left until it dies on its own.

מצותן שיהיו שוות. דלכתוב רחמנא צפרים, ומיעוט צפרים שתים. שתי דכתב רחמנא למה לי, אלא ללמד שיהיו שתיהם שוות:

ונמצאת טריפה כו׳ דחיות כתיב [שם יד], פרט לטריפות:

תמות המשתלחת. יניחנה עד שתמות מאליה: