Today's Mishnah Yomi
Meilah 2:3 - 2:4
The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, March 11, 2026 is Meilah 2:3 - 2:4
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Meilah Perek 2 Mishnah 3
מעילה פרק ב׳ משנה ג׳
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פרים הנשרפים. אין בהן לכהנים היתר כלל:
הוזה דמן כו׳ הזאת דמן קובעתן לפגול לענוש כרת האוכל מהן אם חישב עליהם בשעת שחיטה להקטיר אימוריהן חוץ לזמנן, וכיון דלית בהו היתר לכהנים, מועלין בהן בבית הדשן חוץ למחנה היכא דנשרפו אם נהנה מהן:
עד שיותך הבשר. כלומר שיהיה נשרף ונעשה פחמים. אבל לאחר שניתך, שוב אין בו מעילה, שאין לך דבר שנעשית מצותו ומועלים בו:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Meilah Perek 2 Mishnah 4
מעילה פרק ב׳ משנה ד׳
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ואין מועלין בעורה – because it belongs to the Kohanim, as it is written (Leviticus 7:8): “the priest [who offers a man’s burnt offering] shall keep the skin of the burnt offering that he offered.”
אבל מועלין בבשר – all the time that is burnet on the altar, it is burnt entirely.
עד שתצא לבית הדשן – when they lift all the ashes from top of the altar and cast them in the ash heap. And furthermore, there is no sacrilege, for its command had already been done/fulfilled.
ואין מועלין בעורה. דלכהנים היא, כדכתיב (שם ז,) עור העולה אשר הקריב לכהן לו יהיה:
אבל מועלין בבשר. כל זמן שהוא נשרף על גבי המזבח. דכליל הוא:
עד שתצא לבית הדשן. שמרימים כל האפר מעל המזבח ומשליכים אותו לבית הדשן. ושוב אין בה מעילה, שכבר נעשית מצותה:
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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.
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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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פרים הנשרפים – for the Kohanim do not have a moment of availability [for use] at all.
הוזה דמן כו' – the sprinkling of their blood establishes them for inappropriate intention to be punishable by extirpation for a person who eats of them, if he had in mind an undue intention [in the performance of a sacrificial ceremony] at the time of the ritual slaughter to offer their portions of the sacrifices offered on the altar outside of their appropriate time, for since there is no moment of availability [for use] by the Kohanim, they commit religious sacrilege with them in the house of the ashes outside of the camp where they were burned if he benefited from them.
עד שיתך הבשר (until the flesh is charred in small lumps) – that is to say, that it will be burned and become charcoal/used for kindling. But after it is charred into small lumps, furthermore, there is no sacrilege, for there is nothing where its command is performed where one commits religious sacrilege.