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Berachos 2:6 - 2:7

The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, September 26, 2027 is Berachos 2:6 - 2:7

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Berachos Perek 2 Mishnah 6

ברכות פרק ב׳ משנה ו׳

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The mishna relates another episode portraying unusual conduct by Rabban Gamliel. He bathed on the first night after his wife died. His students said to him: Have you not taught us, our teacher, that a mourner is prohibited to bathe? He answered them: I am not like other people, I am delicate [istenis]. For me, not bathing causes actual physical distress, and even a mourner need not suffer physical distress as part of his mourning.
רָחַץ לַיְלָה הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁמֵּתָה אִשְׁתּוֹ. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַלְמִידָיו, לֹא לִמַּדְתָּנוּ, רַבֵּנוּ, שֶׁאָבֵל אָסוּר לִרְחֹץ. אָמַר לָהֶם, אֵינִי כִשְׁאָר כָּל אָדָם, אִסְטְנִיס אָנִי:
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רחץ לילה הראשון שמתה אשתו – And even though a mourner (during Shivah) is prohibited from bathing.

אסטניס אני – Cold and frost – from the word “tzinah”/cold – and it would cause pain/suffering if he would not wash and it is only forbidden during the days of his mourning to bathe for pleasure (i.e. swimming, lengthy hot shower).

רחץ לילה הראשון שמתה אשתו. ואף על פי שאבל אסור ברחיצה:

אסטניס אני. קר ומצונן, לשון צינה. ואיכא צערא אם לא היה רוחץ, ואין אסור בימי אבלו אלא רחיצה של תענוג:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Berachos Perek 2 Mishnah 7

ברכות פרק ב׳ משנה ז׳

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Another exceptional incident is related: And when his slave, Tavi, died, Rabban Gamliel accepted condolences for his death as one would for a close family member. His students said to him: Have you not taught us, our teacher, that one does not accept condolences for the death of slaves? Rabban Gamliel said to his students: My slave, Tavi, is not like all the rest of the slaves, he was virtuous and it is appropriate to accord him the same respect accorded to a family member.
וּכְשֶׁמֵּת טָבִי עַבְדּוֹ, קִבֵּל עָלָיו תַּנְחוּמִין. אָמְרוּ לוֹ תַּלְמִידָיו, לֹא לִמַּדְתָּנוּ רַבֵּנוּ, שֶׁאֵין מְקַבְּלִין תַּנְחוּמִין עַל הָעֲבָדִים. אָמַר לָהֶם, אֵין טָבִי עַבְדִּי כִּשְׁאָר כָּל הָעֲבָדִים, כָּשֵׁר הָיָה:
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