Today's Mishnah Yomi
Chagigah 3:5 - 3:6
The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, October 22, 2023 is Chagigah 3:5 - 3:6
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Chagigah Perek 3 Mishnah 5
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מן המודיעית ולפנים. מודיעית כרך רחוק מירושלים ט״ו מיל. ממנו ולפנים, לצד ירושלים, נאמנים קדרים עמי הארץ ליקח מהן כלי חרס הדקים, כגון כוסות קדרות וקיתונות. לפי שא״א בלא הם. ובירושלים אין עושין כבשונות, מפני העשן, לא לסיד ולא לקדרות, לפיכך האמינום ולא גזרו עליהם, שאין גוזרים גזירה על הצבור שאין יכולין לעמוד בה:
הוא הקדר. מי שהביאן מחוץ למודיעית לו בלבד האמינו, לפי שא״א שלא להאמינו, אבל אם מסרם ליד קדר אחר עם הארץ היושב במודיעית או לפנים, לא האמינוהו:
והן הקדרות. על אותן קדרות שהביא הוא נאמן. ואינו נאמן לצרף עמהם קדרות של קדר אחר שיושב במודיעית או לפנים:
והן הלוקחין. חברים שראוהו שהביאם, נאמן הקדר אצלם. ולא אצל לוקחים אחרים:
יצא. מן המודיעית לשוב לאחוריו, אינו נאמן:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Chagigah Perek 3 Mishnah 6
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הגבאים – Jewish tax collectors of a king from the nations of the world who collect taxes and taxes from crops and other farmer’s produces delivered in kind, and they entered into the house to seize his pledge.
וכן הגנבים – who stole earthenware and restored/returned them.
נאמנים לומר לא נגענו – [we did not touch] inside them, and they returned them on account of repentance that they did on their own and not on account of fear [of punishment].
ובירושלים נאמנים על הקדש – they are believed on all earthenware utensils, whether big or small, to state that they are pure for sacred things, because they do not make kilns in Jerusalem. Therefore, they were believed and did not make decrees against them.
But during the season of the Festival/Jewish holy day(s), even on the Terumah/priest’s due [they are assumed to be ritually pure], as is said in Scripture (Judges 20:11): “So all the men of Israel, united as one man, massed against the town.” The Biblical verse called them “united” at the time of gathering, and the Festival was a time of gathering together/being united.
הגבאים. ישראל שהן גבאים למלכי אומות העולם לגבות מישראל מסים וארנוניות. ונכנסו לתוך הבית לעבוט עבוטו:
וכן הגנבים. שגנבו כלי חרס והחזירום:
נאמנים לומר לא נגענו. לתוכו. והוא שהחזירום מחמת תשובה שעשו מעצמם, לא מחמת יראה:
ובירושלים נאמנים על הקודש. נאמנים על כל כלי חרס בין גדולים בין קטנים, לומר שהן טהורין לקודש, לפי שאין עושין כבשונות בירושלים, לפיכך האמינום ולא גזרו עליהם:
ובשעת הרגל אף על התרומה. דאמר קרא (שופטים כ י״א) ויאסף כל איש ישראל אל העיר כאיש אחד חברים, הכתוב קראם בשעת אסיפה כולם חברים, ורגל שעת אסיפה היא:
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Mishnah Yomi is a daily study program where participants study two mishnayot (individual teachings from the Mishnah) every day. By following this program, one can complete the entire Mishnah in about six years.
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In 1934, the Kozoglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, who took over from Rav Meir Shapiro (the founder of Daf Yomi) as the head of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, initiated the Mishnah Yomi cycle, focusing on Seder Zeraim and Seder Taharos. After World War II, in 1947, Rav Yonah Sztencl, a disciple of Rav Frommer, expanded the program, advocating for a comprehensive study of Shishah Sidrei Mishnah. The idea of studying two Mishnayos daily gained the support of figures like Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, and the Gerer Rebbe, marking the formal inception of Mishnah Yomi.
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מן המודיעית ולפנים – Modin is a city fifteen miles [northwest] from Jerusalem. From it and inwards to the side of Jerusalem, the ignorant potters are believed to take thin earthenware, such as cups, pots and ladles, because it is impossible [to exist] without them. But in Jerusalem they do not erect furnaces (see Talmud Bava Kamma 82a) neither for plaster nor for pots; therefore, they believed them and didn’t make a decree against them, for we must not impose a restriction on the public which the majority cannot endure (see Tractate Bava Batra 60b).
הוא הקדר – whomever brought them from outside of Modin to him alone, they believed him, for it is impossible not to believe him, but if he transferred them to another ignoramus potter who dwells in Modin or inside of Modin [towards Jerusalem], they did not believe him.
והן הקדרות – on those selfsame pots that he brought, he is believed, but he is not believed to combine with the pots of another potter who dwells in Modin or inside [towards Jerusalem].
והן הלוקחין – members of the order who observe Levitical laws in daily intercourse who saw that he brought them, the potter is considered reliable with them, but not with other purchasers.
יצא – [but if he left] from Modin to return back [home], he is not believed.