Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bava Basra 2:13 - 2:14
The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, November 15, 2024 is Bava Basra 2:13 - 2:14
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Bava Basra Perek 2 Mishnah 13
בבא בתרא פרק ב׳ משנה י"ג
Bartenura
קוצץ. הענפים עד גובה מלא מרדע, שלא יעכבוהו מלהוליך מחרשתו שם:
מרדע. מלמד הבקר:
החרוב והשקמה. שצילן מרובה וקשה לשדה:
כנגד המשקולת. קוצץ כל מה שנוטה לתוך שדהו. משקולת, חוט שבוני החומה תולים בה משקולת של אבר:
ואם בית השלחין היא. ארץ צמאה למים:
כל האילן כנגד המשקולת. אפילו אינו חרוב ושקמה, קוצץ כנגד המשקולת. שהצל רע לבית השלחין:
אבא שאול אומר כו׳ ארישא קאי, דאמר ת״ק קוצץ מלא מרדע ואפילו היא אילן סרק חוץ מחרוב ושקמה, ואמר ליה אבא שאול כל אילן סרק שאינו עושה פירות קוצץ כנגד המשקולת. ואין הלכה כאבא שאול:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bava Basra Perek 2 Mishnah 14
בבא בתרא פרק ב׳ משנה י"ד
Bartenura
אילן הנוטה לרה"ר – cut the lowest branches in order that the camel and its rider can pass by.
גמל טעון פשתן – and there is no need to cut in order that the camel and its rider, for the rider bends and passes by underneath him.
מפני הטומאה – lest the branches form a roof/tent on an olive’s bulk from a dead person, and similar matters, and the person who passes there will become ritually defiled. But the Halakha is according to the first Tanna/teacher alone.
אילן הנוטה לרה״ר. קוצץ את הענפים התחתונים כדי שיהא הגמל עובר ורוכבו:
גמל טעון פשתן. ואין צריך לקוץ כדי גמל ורוכבו, דרוכב גחין וחליף תותיה:
מפני הטומאה. שמא יאהילו הענפים על כזית מן המת וכיוצא בה ויטמא האדם העובר שם. והלכה כת״ק בלבד:
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קוצץ – [he cuts] the branches until the height of the handle protruding over the plough (i.e., the ox-goad), to not prevent him from bringing his plough there (see Talmud Bava Batra 27b).
מרדע – which teaches the cattle [sense].
החרוב והשקמה – that their shade is great and difficult for the field.
כנגד המשקולת – cuts everything that hangs over into his field. משקולת/plummet is a threat that those who build walls suspend from it the weight of lead.
ואם בית השלחין היא – a land thirsting for water.
כל האילן כנגד המשקולת – even if it is not a carob or sycamore tree, he cuts as measured by the plummet, for the shade is bad for a field requiring irrigation.
אבא שאול אומר וכו' – he is referring to the first part [of the Mishnah], as the first Tanna/teacher stated, “he cuts them off as far as the ox-goad protrudes [over the plough] and even if it is a tree that bears no fruit, except for a carob [tree] and sycamore [tree] and Abba Shaul said to him: Any non-fruit bearing tree may be cut by measuring with the plummet. But the Halakha is not according to Abba Shaul.