Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bava Kamma 4:6 - 4:7
The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, August 21, 2024 is Bava Kamma 4:6 - 4:7
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Bava Kamma Perek 4 Mishnah 6
בבא קמא פרק ד׳ משנה ו׳
Bartenura
שור שהיה מתחכך בכותל וכו׳ פטור מן המיתה. ואם היה מועד, כגון שהיה מועד להתחכך בכתלים ולהפילם על בני אדם, ונתחכך בכותל להנאתו והפילו על האדם ומת, השור פטור מן המיתה, והבעלים משלמים את הכופר. השור פטור מן המיתה, דכתיב (שמות כ״א:כ״ט) השור יסקל וגם בעליו יומת, כמיתת הבעלים כך מיתת השור, מה בעלים אין חייבין אם הרגו את הנפש עד שיהרגו בכוונה, כך השור אינו חייב עד שיהרוג בכוונה. והבעלים משלמים את הכופר, דכתיב אם כופר, שהיה יכול לכתוב כופר יושת עליו, מאי אם כופר, לרבות ההורג שלא בכוונה לחיוב כופר:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bava Kamma Perek 4 Mishnah 7
בבא קמא פרק ד׳ משנה ז׳
Bartenura
ושור היתומים – that lack an administrator/guardian.
ושור האפוטרופוס – it is the ox of orphans, but it is upon the guardian/administrator to guard it.
הרי אלו חייבין – for seven “oxen” are written in the portion of goring a person (i.e., Exodus 21;28-30), one for itself and [the other] six for these six oxen.
שור הקדש שור הגר שמת ואין לו יורשים. פטורים מן שמיתה – even if it gored and afterwards was dedicated to the Temple; it gored and afterwards the proselyte died, Rabbi Yehuda would declare it exempt [from the death penalty – as they have no owners). But thee Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.
שור היתומים. שאין להם אפוטרופוס:
ושור האפוטרופוס. השור של יתומים, הוא אלא שעל האפוטרופוס לשמרו:
הרי אלו חייבין. דשבעה שור כתובים בפרשה בנוגח אדם. חד לגופיה, וששה לששה שוורים הללו:
רבי יהודה אומר שור הקדש שור הגר שמת ואין לו יורשים פטורים מן המיתה. אפילו נגח ואח״כ הקדיש, נגח ואח״כ מת הגר, היה פוטר ר׳ יהודה. ואין הלכה כר׳ יהודה:
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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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שור שהיה מתחכך בכותל וכו' – is exempt from the death penalty, but if if was forewarned, as in the case that it was forewarned to rub itself against walls and to knock them over on humans, and it rubbed itself against the wall for its pleasure and it fell on a human being and he died, the ox is exempt from the death penalty but the owners pay the ransom. The ox is exempt from the death penalty, as it is written (Exodus 21:29): “[If, however, that ox has been in the habit of goring, and is owner, though warned, has failed to guard it, and it kills a man or a woman -] the ox shall be stoned, and its owner, too, shall be put to death.” As it is with the death of the owners, so too with the death of the ox. Just as the owners are not liable if they killed a person, until they killed him with intent, so too, the ox is not liable until it kills with intent. And the owners pay ransom, as it is written (Exodus 21:30): “If ransom is laid upon him, [he must pay whatever is laid upon him to redeem his life],” for the Torah could have stated