Today's Mishnah Yomi
Parah 2:3 - 2:4
The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, January 17, 2027 is Parah 2:3 - 2:4
Mishnah 1
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פרה פרק ב׳ משנה ג׳
Bartenura
יוצא דופן פסולה. כשאר קדשים. דכתיב [ויקרא כ״ב] כי יולד, פרט ליוצא דופן. ואע״ג דפרה לאו קדשי מזבח היא אלא קדשי בדק הבית, מ״מ יוצא דופן פסולה, דחטאת קרייה רחמנא:
ר׳ אליעזר מכשיר. באתנן ומחיר דוקא. ואין הלכה כר׳ אליעזר:
כל המומין הפוסלים במוקדשים. בבכורות פרק על אלו מומין, מפורשים המומין הפסולין במוקדשים:
פוסלין בפרה. דכתיב (במדבר י״ט:ב׳) אשר אין בה מום:
עבר בה את הנהר אחז בזנבה. נסתייע בה כשעבר את הנהר:
קיפל עליה את המוסרה. החבל שקושר אותה בו קפלו ונתנו על גופה:
נתן טליתו עליה פסולה. נאמר בפרה (שם) אשר לא עלה עליה עול, ונאמר בעגלה ערופה (דברים כ״א:ג׳) אשר לא עובד בה אשר לא משכה בעול, מה עול האמור בעגלה עשה שאר עבודה פסולה כעול, אף עול האמור בפרה עשה שאר עבודה פסולה כעול:
בשביל שלא תחליק. שלא יחליקו רגליה ותפול:
לצורך אחר פסולה. ואפילו לצרכו ולצרכה פסולה:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Parah Perek 2 Mishnah 4
פרה פרק ב׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
עלה עליה זכר פסולה – even though it is not what it prefers, because its costs are expensive and [the owner) loses a lot, and regarding the work it is not what he prefers it does not invalidate it, as it written regarding the heifer whose neck is broken (Deuteronomy 21;3); “a heifer which has never been worked, it is written as עבד – but it is read as עובד. Just as עבד is preferable to him, even עובד is preferable to him, and we derive the sin-offering of the heifer from it. Nevertheless, since that with the rest of the cows it was preferable to him (i.e., the owner), we consider that regarding the sin-offering of the heifer is also preferable to him (i.e., the owner). And further, if you came to validate it, if so, it is also preferable to him (i.e., the owner), and because of this it is invalidated.
העלהו פסולה – Not exactly “brought it up” [upon the cow], but rather, if it went up upon her (i.e. the cow) with the knowledge of the owners, even if it went up on its own, it is invalid. But if it went up [on the cow] without the knowledge of the owners, it is fit/appropriate. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.
עלה עליה זכר פסולה. אע״ג דלא ניחא ליה, משום דדמיה יקרים ומפסיד טובא, ובעבודה דלא ניחא ליה לא מפסלה, דכתיב בעגלה ערופה [שם] אשר לא עובד בה, כתיב עבד וקרינן עובד, מה עבד דניחא ליה, אף עובד דניחא ליה, וילפינן פרת חטאת מינה. מ״מ הואיל ובשאר פרות הוה ניחא ליה, חשבינן לגבי פרת חטאת נמי ניחא ליה. ועוד אם באת להכשיר א״כ הוה ניחא ליה, ומשום הכי פסולה:
העלהו פסולה. לאו דוקא העלהו, אלא אם עלה עליה לדעת הבעלים אפילו עלה מעצמו פסולה. ואם שלא לדעת הבעלים, כשרה. ואין הלכה כר׳ יהודה:
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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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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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יוצא דופן (Caesarian section) – like the rest of Holy Things. As it is written (Leviticus 22:27): “[When an ox or a sheep or a goat] is born,” excluding that by Caesarean section. But even though a heifer/cow is not the Holy Things of the altar but rather the Holy Things of offerings for Temple repair, nevertheless, an animal born by caesarean section is invalid, for the All-Merciful called it a sin-offering.
ר' אליעזר מכשיר – especially the fee for a whore and the fee for a dog. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eliezer.
כל המומין הפוסלים במוקדשים – In [Tractate] Bekhorot in the [sixth] chapter, “On account of these blemishes”/על אלה מומין (Mishnayot 1-12), the blemishes that invalidate the Holy Things are explained.
פוסלים כפרה – as it is written (Numbers 19:2): “in which there is no defect”/"אשר אין-בה מום".
עבר בה את הנהר אחז בזנבה – assisted/accompanied it when he crossed the river.
קיפל עליה בת המוסרה (if he threw the reins over her back) – the rope that he ties her with they doubled and placed them on her body (i.e., back).
מתן טליתו עליה פסולה – it states in [the portion of the] of the [Red] Heifer (Numbers 19:2): “and on which no yoke has been laid”/אשר לא-עלה עליה על", and it states regarding the heifer whose neck is broken (Deuteronomy 21:3): “a heifer which has never been worked, which has never pulled in a yoke”/"עגלת בקר אשר לא-עבד בה אשר לא-משכה בעל". Just as the yoke that is stated with the heifer (in Deuteronomy 21:3 and following) it did all of the rest of invalid work while yoked, even the yoke that is mentioned with the [Red] Heifer, it is the rest of the invalid work while yoked.
בשביל שלא תחליק – so that her feet should not slip and she would fall.
לצורך אחר פסולה – and even for his needs and for her needs it is invalid.