Today's Mishnah Yomi
Machshirin 1:1 - 1:2
The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, July 2, 2027 is Machshirin 1:1 - 1:2
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Machshirin Perek 1 Mishnah 1
מכשירין פרק א׳ משנה א׳
Bartenura
כל משקה שתחילתו לרצון. דניחא ליה בהנך משקין, בשביל שתודח הקערה או לשאר תשמישין:
אע״פ שאין סופו לרצון. כשנפלו על הפירות לא ניחא ליה, אפ״ה הוי הכשר. אי נמי, סופו לרצון, כשנפלו על הפירות. אבל בתחילת ביאתן היה הדבר קשה בעיניו, הכל הוי הכשר:
הרי זה בכי יותן. כלומר, האוכלין שנפלו עליהן משקין הללו, מוכשרין לקבל טומאה מכאן ואילך. שאין שום אוכל מקבל טומאה עד שיבוא עליו מים או אחד משבעה משקין, שהם, מים, יין, שמן, חלב, דבש, דם, טל. דכתיב (ויקרא י״א:ל״ח) וכי יותן מים על זרע ונפל מנבלתם עליו טמא הוא, כתיב יתן וקרינן יותן, מה יתן דניחא ליה, אף יותן דניחא ליה:
מטמאין לרצון ושלא לרצון. כיון דטמאין הן, טומאתן והכשרן באים כאחד, ואם נפלו על הפירות אפילו שלא לרצון, מטמאין אותם, דלא בעינן דניחא ליה אלא כשבא המשקה קודם לטומאה, דכתיב וכי יותן מים על זרע, והדר ונפל מנבלתם עליו. אבל כשהמשקה והטומאה באין כאחד כגון שהמשקין טמאין, לא בעינן דניחא ליה:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Machshirin Perek 1 Mishnah 2
מכשירין פרק א׳ משנה ב׳
Bartenura
המרעיד את האילן – he shakes it (i.e., the tree).
או את הטומאה – as for example that he brought there an unclean raven/crow or an olive’s bulk of from a corpse or a carrion (i.e., an animal that died a natural death) and it remained between the branches of the tree.
אינו בכי יותן - if on account of this shaking/vibration rain waters fell that were in the tree on the fruit that is underneath it, they were not made fit for Levitical uncleanness.
היוצאים ואת שבו – liquids that exit on account of the trembling, and liquids that remain on the train and fell afterwards on the fruit are made fit [to receive Levitical uncleanness], they are considered as if they are detached [from the tree].
מפני שהוא מתכון שיצאו מכולו (because the man intends that they should fall – from the tree – in its entirety) – he intended to remove all the water from the tree, and that which remains did not occur to his mind, and are not made fit [to receive Levitical impurity].
המרעיד את האילן. מנענעו:
או את הטומאה. כגון שהביא שם עורב שרץ או כזית מן המת או נבלה ונשאר בין ענפי האילן:
אינן בכי יותן. אם מחמת רעדה זו נפלו מי גשמים שבאילן על פירות שתחתיו, לא הוכשרו:
היוצאים ואת שבו. משקים היוצאים מחמת הרעדה, ומשקים הנשארים באילן ונפלו אח״כ על הפירות, הוכשרו, דאחשובי אחשבינהו וכתלושים דמו:
מפני שהוא מתכוין שיצאו מכולו. נתכוין להוציא כל המים מן האילן, והנשארים לאו דעתיה עלייהו ולא מכשרי:
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כל מעשה שתחילתו לרצון (a liquid the contact with which is welcome at first) – that it is satisfactory (i.e., rainfall) for it with those liquids, in order that the dish be rinsed or for other usages.
אע"פ שאין סופו לרצון (though finally it may be unwelcome/injurious) – when it fell on the fruit/produce, it was not satisfactory for it, even so it is that which makes it fit to become ritually unclean. Alternatively, it may finally be welcome, when they fell upon the fruit/produce. But at the beginning of their coming, the matter was difficult in his eyes, everything is fit to become ritually unclean.
הרי זו בכי יותן – that is to say, the foods that these liquids fell upon, are made fit to become ritually unclean from here and onwards. For no food is susceptible to receive ritual defilement until water or one of the seven liquids (see Tractate Makhshirin, Chapter 6, Mishnah 4) which are water, wine, [olive] oil, milk, honey, blood and dew, as it is written (Leviticus 11:38): “that if water is put on the seed and any part of a carcass falls upon it, it shall be impure for you; it is written as "יתן" but we read it as "יותן". Just as "יתן"/he will place is satisfactory for it, even something "יותן"/that is placed upon it is satisfactory for it.
מטמאין לרצון ושלא לרצון – since they are impure, their defilement and their fitness to become unclean come together as one, and if they (i.e., one of the seven liquids) fell on the fruit, even not being welcome, they defile them, for we don’t require that it is satisfactory for it but rather, that the liquid comes prior to the defilement, as it is written (Leviticus 11:38): “that if water is put on the seed,” and afterwards “and any part of a carcass falls upon it.” But when the liquid and the defiling agent come together as for example that the liquids are defiled, we don’t require that it is satisfactory for it.