Today's Mishnah Yomi
Zavim 4:4 - 4:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, August 6, 2027 is Zavim 4:4 - 4:5
Mishnah 1
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זבים פרק ד׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
פונדיות. כעין כיסין ארוכין:
לארכן. ששוכב לארכן של ספסלים או של פונדיות:
טמאים. שכל אחד ואחד נשען רובו של זב עליהן, פעמים על זה פעמים על זה:
לרחבן. ששוכב ארכו לרחבן:
טהורים. דאין רובו נשען על אחד מהן ואין [טמא] משכב ומושב לעולם, עד שישען רובו עליו, דכתיב אם על המשכב הוא, עד שינשא רובו עליו:
ישן. לרחבן, וספק אם נתהפך לארכן, טמאין:
כסיות. לשון רבים של כסא.
שתחת הגוף. לפי שרובו נישא עליו. והאחרים טמאים מגע הזב. אבל אין להם תורת משכב ומושב להיות אב הטומאה לטמא אדם וכלים:
אם רחוקים זה מזה טהורים. לפי שאין רובו נישא לא על זה ולא על זה. ואין הלכה כר׳ שמעון:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Zavim Perek 4 Mishnah 5
זבים פרק ד׳ משנה ה׳
Bartenura
עשר טליתות – it the plural usage of טלית/a cloak. But not specifically then, for even one-thousand cloaks and a large stone on top of them, and the person with gonorrhea/the Zav sat upon the stone, all of the cloaks that are underneath it are defiled through sitting, for lying and sitting become defiled underneath a stone used for closing a pit.
כרע הזב טהורים – from the law concerning lying, but they are impure through the burden of the person with gonorrhea.
ביחידי – one bed [used for lying].
טמא – for the majority of the person with gonorrhea/the Zav is carried/borne upon it.
ובמרובים – many beds on the scale opposite the person with gonorrhea.
שאין אחד מהם נושא את רובו – for since they (i.e., the beds) went down, the majority of the person with gonorrhea is not borne/carried on even one of them, but rather, each one of the beds bore/carried a majority of the Zav.
עשר טליות. לשון רבים של טלית. ועשר לאו דוקא, דאפילו אלף טליות ואבן גדולה על גבן, וישב הזב על האבן, כל הטליות שתחתיה מיטמאות מושב, דמשכב ומושב מיטמאין תחת אבן מסמא:
כרע הזב טהורים. מדין משכב, אבל טמאין במשא הזב:
ביחידי. משכב אחד:
טמא. שהרי רוב הזב נישא עליו:
ובמרובים. במשכבות רבות בכף מאזנים כנגד הזב:
שאין אחד מהן נושא את רובו. דכי כרעו הן, אין רובו של זב נישא על אחד מהן, אלא כל אחד מהמשכבות נשא מיעוטו של זב:
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פונדיות (money-bags)- like long pouches/bags, receptacles.
לארכן – that he lies on the length of the benches or the pouches/bags.
טמאים – for on each one, the person with gonorrhea/the Zav leans upon them, sometimes on this one and sometimes on that one.
לרחבן – that he lies his length on their width.
טהורים – because the majority of his [body] does not lean upon one of them. And there is no lying or sitting ever until he leans most of his [body] upon it, as it is written (Leviticus 15:23): “Be it the bedding [or be it the object on which she has sat, on touching it he shall be unclean until evening], until his majority will be carried upon it.
ישן – widthwise, and there is doubt if he turned himself around/rolled over to lengthwise, they are ritually impure.
כסיות – the plural language for “chair.”
שתחת הגוף – because the majority [of his body] is carried/borne upon him. But the others are ritually impure by contact of the person with gonorrhea. But they don’t have the law of lying and sitting to become a primary source of ritual impurity to defile people and vessels.
אם רחוקים זה מזה טהורים – because the majority [of his body] is not carried/borne either on this one or on that one. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Shimon.