Today's Mishnah Yomi
Oholos 16:2 - 16:3
The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, November 8, 2026 is Oholos 16:2 - 16:3
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Oholos Perek 16 Mishnah 2
ืืืืืช ืคืจืง ื"ื ืืฉื ื ืืณ
Bartenura
ืืืฉ. ืคืื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืืืืช ืื. ืืืขืดื ืืคืฉืืื ืืื ืขืฅ ืืื ืืงืื ืืืืื, ืืฉืื ืฆื ืืจืช ืฉื ืืชืืช ืืงืืืขื ืื:
ืืขืดืค ืฉืืื ื ืืืืื ืื. ืฉืืื ืฉื ื ืืฆืื ืืืชืื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื ืื ืื:
ืืื. ืืืืฉ. ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืขื ืขืฆืื ืืื ืฉืืื:
ืืงืืจ. ืืืืจ ืืงืืืจืืช:
ืืืกื. ืืืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืื ืืช ืืงืืืจืืช. ืืืืกืืช ืืืื ืงืืจืื ืืืกื, ืืชื ื ืืชื [ืคืจืง ืืดื ืืฉื ื ืืดื] ืืืืกื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืช ืงืืืื ืืขืืช:
ืืื ืืฉ ืืกื ืคืืชื ืืคื. ืืืื ืืืืื ืขื ืืงืืืจืืช ืฉืชืืชืื ืืฆื ืืฉื ื ืฉืชืืืืืช ืื:
ืืชืืืืืืช. ืืฉืื ืชื:
ืืงืจืืืืช ืืื ืืขืืจ. ืืกืืืื ืืืืช ืืงืืจืืช:
ืืื ืืืจื. ืืกืืื ืืืืช ืืงืืจืืช:
ืืื ืืืฉืืช ืืืื ืืฉื ืืช ืืืืืช. ืืคื ื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืงืืืจืืช ืฉื ื ืคืืืื, ืืขื ืืืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืืื ืืงืืืจืช ืฉื ืื ืคื ืฉืื. ืืื ืจืืืงืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืงืืืจ ืืชื, ืืืืืื ืืฆืจืืื ืืืืฉ ืฉืืื ืขืื, ืืืืืช ืืืืช ืืงืืจืืช ืืืื ื ืงืืืจืช ืืชื. ืืื ืืืืืืื ื ืืืฉื ืืช ืืืคืืื ืจืืืงืืช, ืืืืืฉืื ื ืฉืื ืงืจืืืืช ืืื ืืชืืืชื ืืืจืื ืืขืืจ ืื ืฉืชืื ืืืืจ:
ืจืณ ืืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืณ ืืืืื ืืจืณ ืืืืื:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Oholos Perek 16 Mishnah 3
ืืืืืช ืคืจืง ื"ื ืืฉื ื ืืณ
Bartenura
ืืืืฆื ืืช ืืชืืื โ for it was not known that there was a graveyard there, and this what we say in the Gemara in [Tractate] Nazir [folio 64b]: "ืืืืฆื"/He who finds a corpse, but not that it was accessible; dead, excluding one that was killed, for a killed person has no ground which is pressed by a body in the grave (and which is considered the dead personโs property) and he lacked a neighborhood of graves, and this is what is derived.
ืืืฉืื โ and not that he was sitting.
ืืืจืื โ and not that his head was lying between his thighs. For all of these, we are concerned/worried lest they are heathens, for it is not manner of Israelites to bury their dead as such.
ื ืืืื ืืืช ืชืืืกืชื (if one finds in his field a body in the usual position of a buried man, the first time, he may remove it with the ground which it occupies โ for burial in another place) โ it is permissible to remove him from there and to bury him in another place. And he must take from the dust of the grave with him, the ground which is pressed by the body in the grave (and which is considered the dead manโs property), which is all the crushed, loose earth that is underneath him, and he digs in virgin earth three fingerbreadths as it is written (Genesis 47:30): โ[When I lie down with my fathers,] take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place,โ for he didnโt need to say, โfrom Egyptโ, but rather, this is what he said: โfrom the dust of Egypt take with me.โ But Maimonides had the reading "ืชืืืกืชื"/his ground that is pressed by a body in a grave (as opposed to the reading in the Mishnah"ืชืืืกืชื"/their ground that is pressed by a body in a grave, the dust that is mixed from blood and the moisture/secretion of the corpse. It is the language of (Ezekiel 16:6): โ[When I passed by you] and saw your wallowing in your blood, [I said to you: โlive in spite of your blood.โ].โ
ืืฆื ืฉืืฉื. ืื ืืฉ ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืขื ืฉืืื ื โ meaning to say, from the first grave until the third, there is no less than four cubits and not more than eight [cubits].
ืืจื ืื ืฉืืื ืช ืงืืืจืืช (behold, this is a graveyard) โ and it is recognized that to there burial is provided to them there, and it is prohibited to remove them, for they have acquired their place. And even,one corpse if it is known that to there burial was given to him, it is forbidden to remove him. But that for one or two we suspend [this view] that they were not buried there other than on a temporary basis and it was their intention to have them removed, but with three, it is proven that this is a special place for burials. And the length of the cave is its manner to be six [cubits] long and four [cubits] wide with a diagonal line of the surplus of two cubits which is eight. And because of this, it is taught [in our Mishnah]: โfrom four cubits and until eight.โ
ืืืืื ืืื ืืงืืืจืื โ we donโt have this reading here.
ืืืืง ืืื ื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื โ that the cave is four cubits wide by six in length, and the courtyard and the caves are open to him from here and from there, six [cubits] by six [cubits], for this is what the Rabbis hold in [Tractate] Bava Batra, in the chapter: "ืืืืืจ ืคืืจืืช" /He who sells fruit (Chapter 6) [folio 101a, see also the Gemara on folio 102a], it is found that the length of two caves and a courtyard that is between them is eighteen cubits, and because that sometimes they dig one cave in a diagonal, and the diagonal of a cave has a surplus on its square of two cubits, they are found to be twenty cubits, eighteen of the first cave with a diagonal and six [cubits] of the courtyard that is between the two caves and six [cubits] of the second cave, for one diagonal we have stated, two diagonals we have not stated. And that is what is taught [in the Mishnah] regarding twenty. And further one needs to check from above and below twenty cubits, and that is forty cubits, for perhaps this is a cave that is in the eastern part of the courtyard and there still another [cave] that is opposite on the western side of the courtyard; alternatively, this one is on the western side of the courtyard and there is still another on the eastern part of the courtyard.
ืืฆื ืืช ืืื ืืกืืฃ ืขืฉืจืื ืืืืง ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื โ for who would say that from this cemetery there is this cave, perhaps there is another cave and another courtyard of another person, and one must also make to there all of the examinations mentioned above, for just as there is a grave there, just like this, there are others.
ืฉืจืืืื ืืืืจ โ after that is found already in this field a graveyard.
ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืฆืื โ for this grave prior to his having found the first three, he removes it and its soil that it occupies, as it is taught in the first clause of the Mishnah: "ืืืืฆื ืืช ืืชืืื ืื' ื ืืืื ืืืช ืชืคืืกืชื"/a person finds a corpse in first instance, he removes it and the soil that is with it.
ืืืืฆื ืืช ืืชืืื. ืฉืื ืืื ืืืืข ืฉืืื ืฉื ืงืืจ. ืืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืืจื ืื ืืืจ [ืืฃ ืกืดื] ืืืืฆื, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืฆืื. ืืช, ืคืจื ืืืจืื, ืืืจืื ืืื ืื ืชืืืกื ืืืื ืื ืฉืืื ืช ืงืืจืืช, ืืืื ืืืืจื ืื.
ืืืฉืื. ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืฉื:
ืืืจืื. ืืื ืฉืืื ืจืืฉื ืืื ื ืืื ืืจืืืชืื. ืืื ืื ื ืืืืฉืื ื ืืื ืฉืื ื ืืจืื ืื, ืฉืืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืืฉืจืื ืืงืืืจ ืืชืื ืื:
ื ืืืื ืืืช ืชืคืืกืชื. ืืืชืจ ืืคื ืืชื ืืฉื ืืืงืืจื ืืืงืื ืืืจ. ืืฆืจืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืืขืคืจ ืฉื ืืงืืจ ืขืื, ืืื ืชืคืืกื, ืฉืืื ืื ืืขืคืจ ืชืืืื ืฉืชืืชืื, ืืืืคืจ ืืงืจืงืข ืืชืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืฆืืขืืช. ืืืชืื (ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืณ) ืื ืฉืืชื ื ืืืฆืจืื ืืงืืจืชื ื ืืงืืืจืชื, ืฉืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืจ ืืืฆืจืื, ืืื ืืื ืงืืืจ, ืืขืคืจ ืฉื ืืฆืจืื ืืื ืขืื. ืืจืืืดื ืืจืืก ืชืืืกืชื, ืืขืคืจ ืืืขืืจื ืืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืช. ืืฉืื ืืชืืืกืกืช ืืืืื (ืืืืงืื ืืดื):
ืืฆื ืฉืืฉื. ืื ืืฉ ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืขื ืฉืืื ื. ืืืืืจ ืืงืืจ ืจืืฉืื ืขื ืฉืืืฉื ืืื ืคืืืช ืืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืื ืืืชืจ ืขื ืฉืืื ื:
ืืจื ืื ืฉืืื ืช ืงืืจืืช. ืื ืืืจ ืฉืืฉื ืงืืืจื ื ืชื ืื ืฉื, ืืืกืืจ ืืคื ืืชื, ืืงื ื ืืงืืื. ืืืคืืื ืืช ืืื ืื ื ืืืจ ืฉืืฉื ืงืืืจื ื ืชื ืืื ืฉื ืืกืืจ ืืคื ืืชื. ืืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืืฉื ืื ืื ื ืชืืืื ืฉืื ื ืงืืจื ืฉื ืืื ืืคื ืฉืขื ืืืื ืืขืชื ืืคื ืืชื, ืืื ืืฉืืฉื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืงืื ืืืืื ืืงืืจืืช. ืืืืจื ืืืขืจื ืืจืื ืืืืืช ืฉืฉ ืืจืืื ืืจืืข ืืืืืกืื ื ืขืืืฃ ืฉืชื ืืืืช ืืืืื ื ืฉืืื ื, ืืืฉืื ืืื ืชื ื ืืืจืืขื ืืขื ืฉืืื ื:
ืืืืื ืืื ืืงืืืจืื. ืื ืืจืกืื ื ืื ืืื:
ืืืืง ืืื ื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื. ืฉืืืขืจื ืืจืืข ืืืืช ืจืืื ืขื ืฉืฉ ืืืจื, ืืืืฆืจ ืฉืืืขืจืืช ืคืชืืืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืืื, ืฉืฉ ืขื ืฉืฉ, ืืืื ืกืืืจื ืืื ืืจืื ื ืืืื ืืชืจื ืคืจืง ืืืืืจ ืคืืจืืช (ืืื ืืชืจื ืืฃ ืงืดื), ื ืืฆื ืืืจื ืฉืชื ืืขืจืืช ืืืฆืจ ืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืขืฉืจ ืืืืช, ืืืคื ืฉืคืขืืื ืืืคืจืื ืืขืจื ืืืช ืืืืืกืื ื, ืืืืืกืื ืฉื ืืขืจื ืขืืืฃ ืขื ืจืืืืขื ืฉื ื ืืืืช, ื ืืฆืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื, ืฉืืื ื ืืืขืจื ืจืืฉืื ื ืืืืืกืื ื ืืฉืฉ ืืืฆืจ ืฉืืื ืฉืชื ืืืขืจืืช ืืฉืฉ ืืืขืจื ืฉื ืื, ืืื ืืืืกืื ืืืจืื ื ืชืจื ืืืืกืื ื ืื ืืืจืื ื, ืืืืื ื ืืงืชื ื ืขืฉืจืื. ืืขืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืง ืืืืขืื ืืืืืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื, ืืืืื ื ืืจืืขืื ืืื, ืืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืขืจื ืฉืืืืจื ืืืฆืจ ืืืฉ ืขืืืื ืืืจืช ืื ืืื ืืืขืจื ืืืฆืจ, ืื ื ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืขืจื ืืืฆืจ ืืืฉ ืขืืืื ืืืจืช ืืืืจื ืืืฆืจ:
ืืฆื ืืช ืืื ืืกืืฃ ืขืฉืจืื ืืืืง ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืื. ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืืช ืืงืืจืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืจื, ืฉืื ืงืืจ ืืืจ ืืื ืืืฆืจ ืืืจืช ืฉื ืืื ืืืจ, ืืฆืจืื ืืขืฉืืช ืื ืืฉื ืื ืืืืงืืช ืืืขืื, ืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืฉื ืงืืจ ืืื ืื ืืฉ ืืืจืื:
ืฉืจืืืื ืืืืจ. ืืืจื ืฉื ืืฆื ืืืจ ืืฉืื ืื ืฉืืื ืช ืงืืจืืช:
ืฉืืืื ืืชืืื ืืฆืื. ืืงืืจ ืื ืงืืื ืฉืืฆื ืืฉืืฉื ืืจืืฉืื ืื, ืืื ื ืืืื ืืืช ืชืคืืกืชื, ืืืชื ื ืืจืืฉื ืืืืฆื ืืช ืืชืืื ืืืณ ื ืืืื ืืืช ืชืคืืกืชื:
Mishnah Yomi FAQ
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.
What is the Mishnah?
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.
How long does it take to complete the Mishnah with Mishnah Yomi?
Following the Mishnah Yomi program, one can complete the Mishnah in approximately six years.
Can anyone join Mishnah Yomi?
Yes, anyone interested in studying the Mishnah can start the Mishnah Yomi cycle. There’s no need for prior knowledge; beginners are welcome.
Do I need to know Hebrew to study Mishnah Yomi?
While the Mishnah is originally in Hebrew, there are numerous translations and commentaries available in various languages, making it accessible to anyone interested in studying.
Is there a specific time of day to study Mishnah Yomi?
There’s no designated time. Participants can choose a time that best fits their schedule.
Can I study Mishnah Yomi with a group?
Yes, many communities and synagogues organize group study sessions for Mishnah Yomi. Studying in a group can enhance understanding and foster camaraderie.
What if I miss a day?
If you miss a day, you can catch up by studying the missed mishnayot alongside the current day’s study or by dedicating some extra time until you’re back on track.
ืืืฉ (reed used a spindle) โ a spindle that women spin on. And even though they are flat wooden vessels, it is susceptible to receive Levitical defilement, because of the metal hook/curved pin that is fixed in it.
ืืข"ืค ืฉืืื ื ืืืืื ืื (even though they are not directly opposite one another)- for two halves of an oliveโs bulk [of a corpse] are not directly opposite each other.
ืืื โ the spindle. That it brings the defilement upon itself with any amount.
ืืงืืจ โ who sells pots.
ืืืกื โ the balancing pole/staff that he carries the pots. And in the Tractate Kelim (Chapter 17, Mishnah 16) they call it an ืืืกื /pole or yoke carried on two, or more commonly, one shoulder and it is taught in the Mishnah there: "ืืืืกื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืช ืงืืืื ืืขืืช"/a carrying yoke in which there is a (hidden) receptacle for money.
ืืื ืืฉ ืืืืกื ืคืืชื ืืคื โ it brings the defilement on the pots that are underneath it to the second side where they are suspended on it (i.e., the yoke).
ืืชืืืืืืช (the mounds) โ it is the language of a ืชื/a hill.
ืืงืจืืืืช ืืื ืืขืืจ โ that are adjacent/near to the cemetery.
ืืื ืืืจื โ that is near the cemetery.
ืืื ืืืฉืืช ืืืื ืืฉื ืืช โ because that the women bury their non-viable births, that up to fifty cubits a woman goes alone and buries her non-viable birth. But the ones far away, a woman doesnโt go alone to bury [the non-viable birth] on the mound/hill, and since she needed a man that would go with her, she goes to the cemetery but doesnโt bury on the hill. And that which we defile the old ones and even the far-off ones, for we are concerned lest the near ones were from their beginnings and the city was destroyed and the matter would be forgotten.
ืืจ' ืืืืื ืืืืจ ืื' โ And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.