Today's Mishnah Yomi
Avodah Zarah 4:12 - 5:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 is Avodah Zarah 4:12 - 5:1
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עבודה זרה פרק ד׳ משנה י"ב
Bartenura
והלה כותב לו התקבלתי ממך מעות מותר. אם הבית פתוח לרה״ר וישראלים דרים באותה העיר, כדאמרינן לעיל:
אבל אם רצה וכו׳ דהשתא הוי היין משכון אצל הנכרי הואיל ויש לו מלוה על היין, אסור. דלא מרתת, דסבר אי חזו לי ותבע לי, אמינא דידי הוא. ואע״פ שמפתח וחותם ביד ישראל, אסור:
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Mishnayos Avodah Zarah Perek 5 Mishnah 1
עבודה זרה פרק ה׳ משנה א׳
Bartenura
השוכר את הפועל לעשות עמו ביין נסך – to empty from one utensil to another or to bring barrels from place to place and even with wine of gentiles (where it is unknown that it has been dedicated to an idol – see Talmud Avodah Zarah 74a).
שכרו אסור – it is a fine that the Sages placed upon him with libations wine and wine of gentiles (where it is unknown where it is unknown that it has been dedicated to an idol).
שכרו מותר – as in the example where he said to him: “pass to me each and every barrel for a Perutah,” but if he said to him: “pass to me one hundred barrels for one hundred Perutot, and amongst them was found a barrel of libation wine, his hire is forbidden.
השוכר את החמור שכרה אסור – This Mishnah took hold of this because of the concluding segment [of the Mishnah] and the concluding part comes to teach us that even if he hires the donkey to ride upon it, he also hired it undefined to place his flash of wine and his provisions upon it, I might think that it is as if he hired it ab initio to bring upon it libation wine, and his hire is prohibited.
השוכר את הפועל לעשות עמו ביין נסך. להריקו מכלי אל כלי, או להוליך חביות ממקום למקום. ואפילו בסתם יינם:
שכרו אסור. קנס הוא שקנסו חכמים ביין נסך ובסתם יינם:
שכרו מותר. וכגון שאמר לו העבר לי כל חבית וחבית בפרוטה. אבל אם אמר לו העבר לי מאה חביות במאה פרוטות, ונמצאת חבית של יין נסך ביניהם, שכרו אסור:
השוכר את החמור שכרה אסור. הא מתניתין נקט ליה משום סיפא, וסיפא אתא לאשמועינן דאע״ג דהשוכר את החמור לרכוב עליו סתמא שכרה נמי להניח לגינו של יין ומזונותיו עליה, סלקא דעתך אמינא דהוי כאילו שכרה מעיקרא להביא עליה יין נמך ושכרו אסור, קמשמע לן:
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והלה כותב לו שנתקבלתי ממך מעות מותר – if the house is open to the public domain and Israelites live in that city as we have stated above (in the previous Mishnah).
אבל אם רצה – for now, the wine is a as a deposit with the idolater. And since he has a lien on the wine, it is prohibited, and that it does not bubble/ferment, he holds that if he sees me and claims it from me, I would say that it is mine. But even though the key and the lock are in the hand of an Israelite, it is prohibited.