Today's Mishnah Yomi
Avodah Zarah 2:7 - 3:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, April 26, 2025 is Avodah Zarah 2:7 - 3:1
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Avodah Zarah Perek 2 Mishnah 7
עבודה זרה פרק ב׳ משנה ז׳
Bartenura
וישראל רואהו. לאו דוקא רואהו, אלא כיון דאי קאי חזי ליה אע״ג דכי יתיב לא חזי ליה, הנכרי ארתותי מרתית, אמר השתא קאי וחזי לי:
והדבדניות. החלות שרודין מן הכוורת שבהם הדבש. אע״פ שהו נוטפות לא חיישינן שמא עירב בהם יין נסך. פירוש אחר, אשכולות של ענבים. אע״פ שהיין נוטף מהן אין בהן משום יין נסך, ואין בהם משום הכשר משקה שיהא מוכשר לטומאה, דסתמן לאכילה ולא ניחא ליה במשקה הנוטף מהן:
וטרית שאינה טרופה. ואע״פ שהיא עשויה חתיכות, [נשאר] ראש הדג ושדרתו קיימין וניכר שהוא טהור:
עלה של חלתית. דהא לא מפסקו לה בסכין:
וזיתים גלוסקאות מגולגלים. זיתים הכנוסים בכלי עגול ומתחממים ונעצרים מאליהן ונעשים כגלוסקים מגולגלים כמו ביצה מגולגלת שנתחממו:
השלחין אסורין. אם נתרככו הזיתים כל כך עד שכשלוקח הזית בידו הגרעין שבתוכו משתלח ונופל מאליו, אסורין, דמחמת היין נתרככו. ואין הלכה כרבי יוסי:
מן הסלולה. מן הסל שלפני החנוני, אסורים. שמזלף עליהם יין כדי שיתרככו:
מן ההפתק. ממקום שכונסן שעוצרים אותם שם זה על זה, מותרין. שאינו מזלף עליהן יין עד שנותנן לפניו למכור:
וכן לתרומה. וכן כהן החשוד למכור תרומה לשם חולין, כל הנמצא לפניו אסור, שמא תרומה היא. אבל הבא מן האוצר, מותר, דארתותי מרתת דלמא שמעי רבנן ויפקירו כל האוצר:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Avodah Zarah Perek 3 Mishnah 1
עבודה זרה פרק ג׳ משנה א׳
Bartenura
כל הצלמים אסורים – for deriving benefit.
שהם נעבדים פעם אחת בשנה – when the sun is at the same height that the image is made for even though that there are many that are not other than for beauty and are not worshipped, Rabbi Meir, according to his reasoning, is suspect of the minority.
כל שיש בידו וכו' – since these are definitely worshipped, and because of their importance, they considered these objects that are in their hands. And in a Baraitha (Talmud Avodah Zarah 41a), they added a sword, a crown and a ring and the Halakha is according to the Sages. But their prohibition is not other than when they stand at the entrance to the state and in the villages where it was not their practice to make images for beauty, everyone states that it is prohibited, and even if there was nothing in his hand to serve it with, they worship it.
כל הצלמים אסורים. בהנאה:
שהם נעבדים פעם אחת בשנה. כשהשמש באותה מעלה שהצלם עשוי בו. דאע״ג דאיכא טובא שאינן אלא לנוי ואינן נעבדין, ר׳ מאיר לטעמיה דחייש למיעוטא:
כל שיש בידו וכו׳ דהני ודאי נעבדים, הם דמשום חשיבותייהו אשקלינהו להנך חפצי בידייהו. והוסיפו עליהם בברייתא, חרב ועטרה וטבעת. והלכה כחכמים. ואין אסורין אלא כשעומדין על פתח המדינה. ובכפרים שאין דרכן לעשות צורות לנוי, דברי הכל אסורין ואפילו אין בידו דבר, דלמפלחינהו עבדי להו:
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וישראל רואהו – not exactly see him, but rather, since that if he is standing, he can see him even though when he is sitting, he cannot see him, but the idolater, who knows one another’s ways, are afraid (lest they be watched – see Talmud Avodah Zarah 22b) says: now I am standing and he sees me.
והדבדניות – the cakes when detach them out of receptacle wherein there is honey, even though thy drip, we don’t concern ourselves lest wine suspected of having been manipulated by an idolater was mixed in. Another commentary: clusters of grapes even though the wine drips from them, they don’t have any wine suspected of having been manipulated by an idolater and the law [of food rendered susceptible to uncleanness] by a liquid does not apply to them which would be susceptible to uncleanness and undefined for consumption, for it is not satisfactory for him with liquid dripping from them.
שאינה טרופה – and even though it is made into pieces, the head of the fish [remains] and its backbone exists and is recognized that it is pure.
עלה של חלתית – which is not torn with a knife.
וזיתי גלוסקים מגולגלים – olives are brought into a round utensil and are warmed and gathered together on their own and are made like round eggs like a roasted egg that had been warmed.
השלחין אסורין – if the olives were softened so much until the when one takes the olive in one’s hand, the seed within it comes out and falls on its own, they are forbidden, for on account of the wine, they became soft, but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi.
מן הסלולה – a kind of basket that is in front of the shopkeeper are forbidden, for when he sprinkles upon them wine in order that they soften.
מן ההפתק – from the place that they gather and store them there one on top of another are permissible, for he does not sprinkle upon them wine until they are placed before him to sell.
וכן לתרומה – and similarly, a Kohen who is suspect to sell priest’s due for the purposes of non-holy produce. All that is found before him is prohibited lest it is priest’s due. But that which comes from the storehouse is permitted, for they are afraid lest the Rabbis will hear and will make all of the stock in the store ownerless.