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Sotah 3:5 - 3:6

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, May 15, 2024 is Sotah 3:5 - 3:6

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Sotah Perek 3 Mishnah 5

סוטה פרק ג׳ משנה ה׳

5
Rabbi Shimon says: Merit does not delay the punishment of the bitter water of a sota, and if you say that merit does delay the punishment of the water that causes the curse, as stated earlier by the Rabbis (20a), you weaken [madhe] the power of the bitter water before all the women who drink the water, who will no longer be afraid of it, as they will rely on their merit to save them. And you defame the untainted women who drank the water and survived, as people say: They are defiled but it is their merit that delayed the punishment for them. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: Merit delays the punishment of the water that causes the curse, but a woman whose punishment is delayed does not give birth and does not flourish; rather, she progressively deteriorates. Ultimately she dies by the same death as a sota who dies immediately.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵין זְכוּת תּוֹלָה בַמַּיִם הַמָּרִים. וְאִם אַתָּה אוֹמֵר, הַזְּכוּת תּוֹלָה בַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים, מַדְהֶה אַתָּה אֶת הַמַּיִם בִּפְנֵי כָל הַנָּשִׁים הַשּׁוֹתוֹת, וּמוֹצִיא אַתָּה שֵׁם רַע עַל הַטְּהוֹרוֹת שֶׁשָּׁתוּ, שֶׁאוֹמְרִים טְמֵאוֹת הֵן אֶלָּא שֶׁתָּלְתָה לָהֶן זְכוּת. רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, הַזְּכוּת תּוֹלָה בַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים, וְאֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת וְאֵינָהּ מַשְׁבַּחַת, אֶלָּא מִתְנַוְּנָה וְהוֹלֶכֶת, לְסוֹף הִיא מֵתָה בְּאוֹתָהּ מִיתָה:
ה׳

מדחה אתה את הטוב – weakens and darkens. The missing resemblance is called “feeble”–”faint” in the language of the Mishnah.

מתנוונה והולכת – to continually become more faint.

מדהה אתה את המים. מחסר ומחשיך. הגוון החסר נקרא דיהה בלשון משנה:

מתנוונה והולכת. נחלית והולכת:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Sotah Perek 3 Mishnah 6

סוטה פרק ג׳ משנה ו׳

6
If the meal-offering of the sota is rendered impure before it has been sanctified in the service vessel, its status is like that of all the other meal-offerings that are rendered impure before being sanctified in a service vessel, and it is redeemed. But if it is rendered impure after it has been sanctified in the service vessel, its status is like that of all the other meal-offerings that are rendered impure after being sanctified in a service vessel, and it is burned. And these are the sota women whose meal-offerings are burned if they have already been sanctified in a service vessel: A woman who confesses and says: I am defiled, and therefore prohibited to you; and a woman with regard to whom witnesses came and testified that she is defiled; and a woman who says: I will not drink the bitter water of a sota, even if she does not confess her guilt; and a woman whose husband changed his mind and does not want to force her to drink; and a woman whose husband engaged in sexual intercourse with her on the way to the Temple.
נִטְמֵאת מִנְחָתָהּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא קָדְשָׁה בַכְּלִי, הֲרֵי הִיא כְּכָל הַמְּנָחוֹת וְתִפָּדֶה, וְאִם מִשֶּׁקָּדְשָׁה בַכְּלִי, הֲרֵי הִיא כְּכָל הַמְּנָחוֹת וְתִשָּׂרֵף. וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁמִּנְחוֹתֵיהֶן נִשְׂרָפוֹת, הָאוֹמֶרֶת טְמֵאָה אֲנִי לְךָ, וְשֶׁבָּאוּ לָהּ עֵדִים שֶׁהִיא טְמֵאָה, וְהָאוֹמֶרֶת אֵינִי שׁוֹתָה, וְשֶׁבַּעְלָהּ אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְהַשְׁקוֹתָהּ, וְשֶׁבַּעְלָהּ בָּא עָלֶיהָ בַדֶּרֶךְ. וְכָל הַנְּשׂוּאוֹת לְכֹהֲנִים, מִנְחוֹתֵיהֶן נִשְׂרָפוֹת:
ו׳

נטמאת מנחתה עד שלא קדשה בכלי. הרי היא ככל המנחות – that it was defiled before it was sanctified in a utensil.

ותפדה – and it is removed for non-holy produce, and from the monies [from the sale of it], he should purchase another.

ותשרף – when the body was sanctified with holiness and it doesn’t go out anymore for non-holy produce.

וכל הנשואות לכהנים מנחותיהן נשרפות – and even if a fistful was brought according to the law and not defiled, its remnants are burned on the place where the ashes of sacrifices were deposited and are not consumed because her husband, the Kohen has a portion in it, for it comes from what is his , and the Torah stated (Leviticus 6:16): “So, too, every meal offering of a priest shall be a whole offering: it shall not be eaten.” But the bride is not a whole offering because she has a part in it, and it comes for her atonement. How is this so? The handful of the meal offering which the priest takes to be put on the altar is offered on its own and the left overs are offered on their own.

נטמאת מנחתה עד שלא קדשה בכלי הרי היא ככל המנחות. שנטמאו עד שלא קדשו בכלי:

ותפדה. ותצא לחולין ומן המעות יקנה אחרת:

ותשרף. שקדשה קדושת הגוף ואינה יוצאה עוד לחולין:

וכל הנשואות לכהנים מנחותיהן נשרפות. ואפילו קרב קומץ כהלכתו ולא נטמאת, נשרפים שיריה על בית הדשן ואינן נאכלים, מפני שיש לכהן בעלה חלק בה שמשלו היא באה, והתורה אמרה (ויקרא ו׳:ט״ז) וכל מנחת כהן כליל תהיה לא תאכל, ואין כולה כליל מפני שיש לה חלק בה שלכפרתה היא באה, הא כיצד, הקומץ קרב בעצמו והשירים קרבין בעצמן:

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