Today's Mishnah Yomi
Megillah 2:6 - 3:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Monday, June 18, 2029 is Megillah 2:6 - 3:1
Mishnah 1
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מגילה פרק ב׳ משנה ו׳
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ולהקטר חלבים ואברים. מותרי תמיד של בין הערבים, דכתיב בהו (ויקרא ו׳:ב׳) היא העולה על מוקדה על המזבח כל הלילה:
זה הכלל דבר שמצותו ביום כשר כל היום. לאתויי סדור שתי בזיכי לבונה שנותנים על לחם הפנים:
ודבר שמצותו בלילה כשר כל הלילה. לאתויי אכילת פסחים שכשר כל הלילה. ולא אמרו חכמים עד חצות אלא כדי להרחיק את האדם מן העבירה:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Megillah Perek 3 Mishnah 1
מגילה פרק ג׳ משנה א׳
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בני העיר, רחובה של עיר – it has holiness/Kedusha in it, for they pray in it (i.e., the streets of the city) on fast days. And the Sages dispute the anonymous Mishnah and say that the street of the city lacks coming under the category of holiness, since we don’t pray in it other than by mere chance. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.
בית הכנסת לוקחים תיבה – and specifically, the synagogue of the villages where he is able to sell it, but in the synagogues of walled cities, since in a general way one comes to it, and it is of the community and people cannot sell it.
ספרים – The Prophets and the Writings (i.e., the second and third sections of the Tanakh/Bible).
אבל אם מכרו תורה לא יקחו ספרים – for we ascend in holiness and do not descend [in it].
וכן במותריהן – They sold scrolls [of the Prophets and the Writings] and purchased from some of the monies a Torah, they should not purchase from what remains something whose holiness is less, and all of these things were not said other in order that the seven representatives of the town did not sell [them] in the presence of the witnesses/judges of the city, but if the seven representatives of the town did sell [them] in the presence of the witnesses/judges of the city, even to purchase with their monies liquor to drink, it is permitted, and especially of that [which belongs to] the villages, as we have said.
בני העיר. רחובה של עיר. יש בה קדושה, שמתפללין בה בתעניות. וחכמים פליגי על סתם מתניתין ואמרי רחובה של עיר אין בה משום קדושה, הואיל ואין מתפללין בה אלא באקראי בעלמא. והלכה כחכמים:
בית הכנסת לוקחים תיבה. ודוקא בית הכנסת דכפרים הוא דמצו מזבני לה. אבל בית הכנסת דכרכים כיון דמעלמא קא אתו לה הויא דרבים ולא מצו מזבני לה:
ספרים. נביאים וכתובים:
אבל אם מכרו תורה לא יקחו ספרים. דמעלין בקודש ואין מורידין:
וכן במותריהן. מכרו ספרים ולקחו ממקצת הדמים תורה, לא יקחו מן המותר דבר שקדושתו פחותה. ולא נאמרו כל הדברים הללו אלא כשלא מכרו שבעה טובי העיר במעמד אנשי העיר, אבל אם מכרו שבעה טובי העיר במעמד אנשי העיר, אפילו לקנות בדמים שכר לשתות מותר. ודוקא בשל כפרים כדאמרינן:
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What is Mishnah Yomi?
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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The Mishnah is the first major written collection of Jewish oral traditions, forming the basis of the Talmud. It dates back to around 200 CE and consists of teachings and discussions of Jewish law by various rabbis.
Who started the Mishnah Yomi program?
In 1934, the Kozoglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, who took over from Rav Meir Shapiro (the founder of Daf Yomi) as the head of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, initiated the Mishnah Yomi cycle, focusing on Seder Zeraim and Seder Taharos. After World War II, in 1947, Rav Yonah Sztencl, a disciple of Rav Frommer, expanded the program, advocating for a comprehensive study of Shishah Sidrei Mishnah. The idea of studying two Mishnayos daily gained the support of figures like Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, and the Gerer Rebbe, marking the formal inception of Mishnah Yomi.
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ולהקטר חלבים ואברים – the remainder of the daily burnt-offering of the time between the beginning of the decline of the sun until sunset (i.e., afternoon), as it is written, concerning them (Leviticus 6:2): “[This is the burnt offering:] The burnt offering itself shall remain where it is burned on the altar all night [until morning]….”
זה הכלל: דבר שמצותו ביום כשר כל היום – to include the arrangement of two fragments of frankincense which is placed on the show-bread (on the table of the Sanctuary).
ודבר שמצותו בלילה כשר כל הלילה – to include the eating of the Passover sacrifice which is valid all night long, and the Sages did not say “until midnight” other than in order to distance a person from sin.