Today's Mishnah Yomi
Sanhedrin 9:4 - 9:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Thursday, January 16, 2025 is Sanhedrin 9:4 - 9:5
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Sanhedrin Perek 9 Mishnah 4
סנהדרין פרק ט׳ משנה ד׳
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מי שנתחייב שתי מיתות. כגון שעבר עבירה קלה ונגמר דינו לעבירה קלה, וחזר ועבר עבירה חמורה, סלקא דעתך אמינא כיון דנגמר דינו לעבירה קלה, האי גברא קטילא הוא, קמשמע לן:
עבר עבירה שיש בה שתי מיתות. כגון חמותו, והיא אשת איש:
נידון בחמורה. בשריפה. מפני שהיא חמותו. ולא כאשת איש שהיא בחנק:
נדון בזיקה הראשונה. באותו איסור שהוזקק תחלה להזהר ולפרוש ממנו הוא נידון. אבל לא באיסור הבא עליו אחרון, ואע״פ שהוא חמור, דקסבר ר׳ יוסי אין איסור חל על איסור, ואפילו חמור על הקל. ואם נשא בת אלמנה, שהיתה תחלה חמותו כשהיתה פנויה ואחר כך נישאת, נידון בשריפה. ואם היתה אשת איש ואח״כ נעשית חמותו, נידון בחנק כמיתה של אשת איש שהיתה תחלה. ואין הלכה כר׳ יוסי:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Sanhedrin Perek 9 Mishnah 5
סנהדרין פרק ט׳ משנה ה׳
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מי שלקה ושנה – he was flogged twice on a transgression that he would be liable for extirpation, for all those who are liable for extirpation are flogged, and when he would come back and perform that same transgression a third time.
מכניסין אותו לכיפה – a place that is measured like the stature (i.e. height) of a person and not more, and they would feed him first the bread of adversity (i.e., scanty rations) and water of distress/affliction until his intestines shrink (Sanhedrin 81b), and afterwards they would feed him barley that would blow up his intestines until his belly explodes.
שלא בעדים – for it is not through testimony that he will be liable for death. And nevertheless, it is known to the Jewish court that the matter is true and that he certainly killed, but the witnesses were contradicted in their examinations or that there was a doubtful warning.
ומאכילין אותו לחם צר ומים לחץ – first and afterwards we feed him barley until his stomach explodes, and that is the first part [of the Mishnah] and what this part was lacking, the other part revealed.
מי שלקה. ושנה. שלקה שני פעמים על עבירה שחייבים עליה כרת, שכל חייבי כריתות לוקים. כשיחזור ויעשה אותה עבירה עצמה פעם שלישית:
מכניסין אותו לכיפה. מקום כשיעור קומת אדם ולא יותר. ומאכילין אותו תחלה לחם צר ומים לחץ עד שיוקטנו בני מעיו, והדר מאכילין אותו שעורים שנופחות במעיו עד שכריסו נבקעת:
שלא בעדים. שלא בעדות שיהיה מחוייב עליה מיתה. ומכל מקום ידוע לבית דין שהדבר אמת שבודאי הרג, אלא שהוכחשו העדים בבדיקות או שלא היתה שם התראה מספקת:
ומאכילין אותו לחם צר ומים לחץ. תחלה, ואח״כ מאכילין אותו שעורים עד שכריסו נבקעת. והיינו רישא. ומה שחיסר זה גלה זה:
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What is Mishnah Yomi?
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.
What is the Mishnah?
The Mishnah is the first major written collection of Jewish oral traditions, forming the basis of the Talmud. It dates back to around 200 CE and consists of teachings and discussions of Jewish law by various rabbis.
Who started the Mishnah Yomi program?
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.
How long does it take to complete the Mishnah with Mishnah Yomi?
Following the Mishnah Yomi program, one can complete the Mishnah in approximately six years.
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Do I need to know Hebrew to study Mishnah Yomi?
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Is there a specific time of day to study Mishnah Yomi?
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Can I study Mishnah Yomi with a group?
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If you miss a day, you can catch up by studying the missed mishnayot alongside the current day’s study or by dedicating some extra time until you’re back on track.
מי שנתחייב שתי מיתות – such as the case where a person committed a minor transgression and when the proceedings were finished (i.e., the sentence was pronounced), he went and committed a major transgression; one might think that since the proceedings were finished for the minor transgression, that he is a man to be put to death, this comes to teach us that this is not the case.
עבר עבירה ישי בה שתי מיתות – such as the case of his mother-in-law, and she is a married woman.
נידון בחמורה – with burning (i.e., swallowing a molten-liquid), because she is his mother-in-law, and not like [for a transgression] with a married woman which is [punishable] by choking.
נדון בזיקה הראשונה – with that prohibited act that he was obligated to regard first to be careful to separate himself from he is judged, but not on the prohibition that he comes upon last, even though it is the more stringent, for Rabbi Yosi holds that one prohibition does not take effect on another, and even the more stringent upon the lenient, and if he married the daughter of a widow, who was first his mother-in-law when she was a free-woman and after that she married, he is judged with burning (i.e., swallowing a molten-liquid). And if she was a married woman and afterwards became his mother-in-law, she is judged with choking, like the death of a married woman that she was at first. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi.