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Rosh Hashanah 1:6 - 1:7

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, May 9, 2029 is Rosh Hashanah 1:6 - 1:7

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Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Rosh Hashanah Perek 1 Mishnah 6

ראש השנה פרק א׳ משנה ו׳

6
There was once an incident where more than forty pairs of witnesses were passing through on their way to Jerusalem to testify about the new moon, and Rabbi Akiva detained them in Lod, telling them that there was no need for them to desecrate Shabbat for this purpose. Rabban Gamliel sent a message to him: If you detain the many people who wish to testify about the new moon, you will cause them to stumble in the future. They will say: Why should we go, seeing that our testimony is unnecessary? At some point they will be needed, and no witnesses will come to the court.
מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁעָבְרוּ יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים זוּג, וְעִכְּבָן רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְלוּד. שָׁלַח לוֹ רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, אִם מְעַכֵּב אַתָּה אֶת הָרַבִּים, נִמְצֵאתָ מַכְשִׁילָן לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:
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ארבעים זוג – sets of witnesses one pair after another

ועכבן ר"ע – for the Jewish court had no need of them

אתה מכשילן לעתיד לבא – they will be prevented from coming and testifying when they saw that their words were not listened to. And the Halakha is according to Rabban Gamaliel.

ארבעים זוג. כתי עדים זוג אחר זוג:

ועכבן רבי עקיבא. שלא היה לבית דין צורך בהן:

אתה מכשילן לעתיד לבא. שימנעו מלבוא להעיד כשיראו שדבריהן לא נשמעו. והלכה כרבן גמליאל:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Rosh Hashanah Perek 1 Mishnah 7

ראש השנה פרק א׳ משנה ז׳

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If a father and his son saw the new moon, they should both go to the court in Jerusalem. It is not that they can join together to give testimony, for close relatives are disqualified from testifying together, but they both go so that if one of them is disqualified, the second may join together with another witness to testify about the new moon. Rabbi Shimon says: A father and his son and all their relatives are fit to combine together as witnesses for testimony to determine the start of the month. Rabbi Yosei said: There was an incident with Toviyya the doctor. When he saw the new moon in Jerusalem, he and his son and his freed slave all went to testify. The priests accepted him and his son as witnesses and disqualified his slave, for they ruled stringently that the month may be sanctified only on the basis of the testimony of those of Jewish lineage. And when they came before the court, they accepted him and his slave as witnesses and disqualified his son, due to the familial relationship.
אָב וּבְנוֹ שֶׁרָאוּ אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ, יֵלְכוּ. לֹא שֶׁמִּצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה, אֶלָּא שֶׁאִם יִפָּסֵל אֶחָד מֵהֶן, יִצְטָרֵף הַשֵּׁנִי עִם אַחֵר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אָב וּבְנוֹ וְכָל הַקְּרוֹבִין, כְּשֵׁרִין לְעֵדוּת הַחֹדֶשׁ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, מַעֲשֶׂה בְטוֹבִיָּה הָרוֹפֵא, שֶׁרָאָה אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, הוּא וּבְנוֹ וְעַבְדּוֹ מְשֻׁחְרָר, וְקִבְּלוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת בְּנוֹ, וּפָסְלוּ אֶת עַבְדּוֹ. וּכְשֶׁבָּאוּ לִפְנֵי בֵית דִּין, קִבְּלוּ אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת עַבְדּוֹ, וּפָסְלוּ אֶת בְּנוֹ:
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אב ובנו וכל הקרובים כשרים לעדות החדש – For the All-Merciful One said to Moses and Aaron (Exodus 12:2): “This month shall mark for you [the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you],” this testimony of the [New] Moon will be valid through you, and even though you are brothers. But the Rabbis who dispute this state: “This month shall mark for you” – this testimony is transmitted to you, to the great ones of the generation like yourselves. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.

אב ובנו וכל הקרובים כשרים לעדות החדש. דאמר להו רחמנא למשה ולאהרן (שמות י״ב:ב׳) החדש הזה לכם, עדות זו של חדש תהא כשרה בכם ואע״פ שאתם אחים. ורבנן דפליגי עליה אמרי, החדש הזה לכם, עדות זו תהא מסורה לכם, לגדולים שבדור כמותכם. ואין הלכה כרבי שמעון:

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