Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bikkurim 1:11 - 2:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Thursday, November 3, 2022 is Bikkurim 1:11 - 2:1
Mishnah 1
Mishnayos Bikkurim Perek 1 Mishnah 11
ביכורים פרק א׳ משנה י"א
Bartenura
הקונה שלשה אילנות. בסתם, ולא פירש אם קנה קרקע אם לאו.
מביא וקורא דבסתם, קנה קרקע שתחתיהן וחוצה להן. אבל פחות משלשה אילנות בסתם לא קנה קרקע. ור׳ מאיר פליג ואמר דאף שני אילנות נמי קנה קרקע, ואין הלכה כר׳ מאיר:
אף בעלי אריסות וחכירות מביאים וקוראים. דסבר רבי יהודה אריס וחוכר יש לו קנין בארץ כאילו יש לו חלק בה. ואין הלכה כר׳ יהודה:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bikkurim Perek 2 Mishnah 1
ביכורים פרק ב׳ משנה א׳
Bartenura
התרומה והבכורים חייבין עליהן מיתה – A foreigner (i.e., non-Kohen/priest) who willfully eats them (i.e., the heave offering and the first-fruit offerings) are liable to death at the hands of heaven, as it is written regarding the heave offering (Leviticus 22:9): “[They shall keep My charge, lest they incur guilt thereby] and die for it, having committed profanation: [I the LORD consecrate them].” And “First-Fruits” are called/referred to as Terumah, “the Terumah of your hands” are the First Fruits, as it says concerning them (Deuteronomy 26:4): “The priest shall take the basket from your hand [and set it down in from pf the altar of the LORD your God.”
וחומש – He (i.e., the foreigner/non-Kohen) who eats of them inadvertently pays the principal amount to the owners and the additional fifth to any Kohen that he desires.
ואסורים לזרים – it is taught [in the Mishnah] for no reason, for since they (i.e., the non-Kohen who partakes of these) are liable for the death penalty [if eaten willfully] and the payment of the additional fifth [in addition to the principal if eaten inadvertently], it is obvious that it is forbidden to foreigners (i.e., non-Kohanim). And for Rabbi Yehuda who stated that half the legal size is forbidden from the Torah, we have found [worthy] to say that is taught in the Mishnah “forbidden to non-Kohanim/foreigners” for half the legal size – that this is forbidden from the Torah, and there is no death [penalty] or [payment of] the additional fifth.
ועולים באחד ומאה – If it got mixed with one-hundred parts of unconsecrated things.
וטעונים רחיצת ידים – A Kohen who wishes to touch them must first [ritually] wash his hands , for one’s unknown hands (i.e., if they are defiled or not) invalidate the Terumah/heave-offering and First Fruits are also called/referred to as Terumah.
והערב שמש – An impure person (i.e., in this case, a Kohen), who ritually immersed himself cannot partake of the Terumah until sunset, as it is written (Leviticus 22:7): ‘As soon as the sun sets, he shall be pure; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations [for they are his food].” And same law applies to the First Fruits.
משא"כ במעשר – which is permitted to foreigners (i.e., non-Kohanim). But it is forbidden to purchase with the monetary value of the Second Tithe/Ma’aser Sheni an impure animal or slaves and land, and it is made void with a majority of it where there is not an act that makes it permissible. But he who touches it does not require the ritual washing of the hands, and it does not require [waiting until] sunset for we have said: He may immerse and come up and eat the Second Tithe.
התרומה והבכורים חייבין עליהן מיתה. זר האוכלן במזיד חייב מיתה בידי שמים, דכתיב בתרומה (ויקרא כ״ב:ט׳) ומתו בו כי יחללוהו ובכורים אקרו תרומה, דאמר מר ותרומת ידך אלו בכורים, שנאמר בהן (דברים כ״ו:ד׳) ולקח הכהן הטנא מידך:
וחומש. האוכלן שוגג משלם קרן לבעלים וחומש לכל כהן שירצה:
ואסורים לזרים. בחנם היא שנויה, דכיון שחייבין עליהם מיתה וחומש פשיטא שאסורים לזרים. ולר׳ יוחנן דאמר חצי שיעור אסור מן התורה, מצינן למימר דתנן אסורים לזרים לחצי שיעור, שהוא אסור מן התורה, ואין בו לא מיתה ולא חומש:
והן נכסי כהן. שיכול למכרן וליקח בהן עבדים וקרקעות ובהמה טמאה:
ועולים באחד ומאה. אם נתערבו במאה של חולין:
וטעונים רחיצת ידים. הבא ליגע בהן צריך ליטול ידיו תחלה, שסתם ידים פוסלות את התרומה ובכורים נמי אקרו תרומה:
והערב שמש. טמא שטבל אינו אוכל בתרומה עד שיעריב שמשו, דכתיב (ויקרא כ״ב:ז׳) ובא השמש וטהר ואחר יאכל מן הקדשים, וה״ה לבכורים:
משא״כ במעשר. דשרי לזרים, ואסור לקנות בדמי מעשר שני בהמה טמאה ועבדים וקרקעות, ובטל ברוב היכא דאין לו מתירין, והנוגע בו אין טעון רחיצת ידים, ואין צריך הערב שמש דאמרינן טבל ועלה אוכל במעשר:
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הקונה שלשה אילנות – undefined, and it doesn’t explain if he purchased the land [as well] or not.
מביא וקורא – as is undefined. If he purchased the land under them and outside of them, but less than three trees undefined, he did not purchase the land. But Rabbi Meir disputes this and says that even [if he purchased] two trees, he also purchased the land [underneath]. But the Halakha does not follow Rabbi Meir.
אף בעלי אריסות וחכירות מביאין וקוראין – For Rabbi Yehuda holds that tenant who tills the owner’s ground for a certain share {percentage) in the produce and a tenant farmer who pays the landlord a certain rent in kind (whether the year is a good one or not, fiscally), there is purchase of the land as if he has a portion in it. But the Halakha does not follow Rabbi Yehuda.