Today's Mishnah Yomi
Sheviis 10:9 - Terumos 1:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, March 11, 2028 is Sheviis 10:9 - Terumos 1:1
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שביעית פרק י׳ משנה ט׳
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המחזיר חוב בשביעית. לוה שאומר למלוה אעפ״כ, ומחזיר לו מעותיו רוח חכמים נוחה הימנו:
לא יחזיר לבניו. אינו חייב להחזיר לבניו אם מת הגר:
ואם החזיר רוח חכמים נוחה הימנו. ודוקא לבניו שנתגיירו עמו משום דעובד כוכבים יורש את אביו מן התורה דכתיב (דברים ב׳:ה׳) כי ירושה לעשו נתתי את הר שעיר, ואם לא יחזיר לבניו יש לחוש שמא יחזרו לסורם שיאמרו אם היו עובדי כוכבים היו יורשים אביהם והיו צריכין להחזיר להם. אבל אם היתה הורתם שלא בקדושה ולידתם בקדושה דמעולם לא ירשו את אביהם מן התורה ולא היתה ירושה זו ראויה להם לעולם אין לחוש בזה שמא יחזרו לסורם, והמחזיר להם אין רוח חכמים נוחה הימנו:
כל המטלטלין נקנין במשיכה. וכל זמן שלא משך יכול כל אחד מהם לחזור בו, ואע״פ שנתן המעות אין המעות קונות עד שימשוך החפץ הנקנה, ואעפ״כ המקיים את דבריו ואינו חוזר בו ואפילו לא משך רוח חכמים נוחה הימנו, דהכי תניא איפת צדק והין צדק (ויקרא י״ט:ל״ו) שיהא לאו שלך צדק והין שלך צדק:
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Mishnayos Terumos Perek 1 Mishnah 1
תרומות פרק א׳ משנה א׳
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חמשה לא יתרומו – A number to exclude that which Rabbi Yehuda says further on (Mishnah 3), “A minor who did not bring forth two [pubic] hairs, his [separation of] heave-offering/Terumah/priest’s due is not a heave-offering, which tells us that his [separation of] heave-offering is not Terumah (the 2% initial sacred gift that one gives to the Kohen).
החרש והשוטה והקטן – All of them are derived from one Biblical verse, as it is written (Exodus 25:2): “Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; [you shall accept for Me] from every person whose heart so moves him.” [The words] "אל בני ישראל" /”to the Israelite people” -except for a heathen; [the words] מאת כל איש/“from every person” – except for a minor; [the words] "אשר ידבנו לבו"/”whose heart so moves him” – except for a deaf-mute and imbecile, who lack the temperament to be able to donate. And a minor is not able [even] to do a little, from [the words] "אשר ידבנו לבו"/”whose heart so moves him,” for there is a minor who arrived at the season of taking vows, who has the temperament to be able to donate. [The words] "וזאת התרומה אשר תקחו מאתם"/”And these are the gifts that you shall accept from them” (verse 3), excluding to the person who donates what is not his. And the “imbecile”- who loses what they give him is called an imbecile/"שוטה".
אפילו ברשות – [even with the permission] of a Jew as an Israelite made him his agent to give Terumah/the heave-offering, his donation of Terumah is not a donation, as it is written (Numbers 18:28) “So shall you on your part set aside a gift [for the LORD from all the tithes that you receive from the Israelites]…” – also to include your agents. Just as you are members of the covenant, so also your agents [must be] members of the covenant (“Jews”).
חמשה לא יתרומו. מנינא למעוטי הא דא״ר יהודה לקמן קטן שלא הביא שתי שערות תרומתו תרומה קמ״ל דאין תרומתו תרומה:
החרש והשוטה והקטן כו׳ כולהו מחד קרא נפקא לן דכתיב (שמות כ״ה:ב׳) דבר אל בני ישראל ויקחו לי תרומה מאת כל איש אשר ידבנו לבו. אל בני ישראל פרט לנכרי, מאת כל איש פרט לקטן, אשר ידבנו לבו פרט לחרש ושוטה שאין בהם דעת להיות נודבין. וקטן לא מצי ממעיט מאשר ידבנו לבו, דאיכא קטן שהגיע לעונת נדרים שיש לו דעת להיות נודב. וזאת התרומה אשר תקחו מאתם פרט לתורם שאינו שלו. ושוטה, המאבד מה שנותנים לו קרוי שוטה:
אפילו ברשות. של ישראל שעשאו ישראל שלוחו לתרום, אין תרומתו תרומה. דכתיב (במדבר י״ח:כ״ח) כן תרימו גם אתם, גם לרבות שלוחכם, מה אתם בני ברית אף שלוחכם בני ברית:
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המחזיר חוב בשביעית (one who repays a debt cancelled by the Seventh Year) – the borrower/debtor says to the lender/creditor, “even so/nevertheless,” and returns to him his money, the Sages are pleased with him.
לא יחזיר לבניו – he is not obligated to return [the debt] to his children (i.e., of the convert), if the convert died.
ואם החזיר רוח חכמים ננוחה הימנו – and exactly to his children that were converted with him, because an idolater inherits his father from the Torah, as it is written (Deuteronomy 2:5): “I have given the hill country of Seir as a possession to Esau,” and if he doesn’t return [the loan] to his (i.e., the convert’s) children, one can suspect lest they will return to their original nature when they say,” if we were idolaters, we would inherit their fathers, and it would be necessary to return [the debt] to them, but if their parents were not were lacking holiness (i.e., the children were conceived while they were heathens) but at their births, they were in holiness (i.e., the children were born when they became Israelites), they didn’t inherit their fathers from the Torah, for their inheritance would not ever be appropriate for them , one cannot suspect this less they return to their original nature, and one who ever restores it (i.e., the inheritance) to them, the Sages are not pleased with him.
כל המטלטלין נקנין במשיכה – and whenever he did not take possession by drawing or seizing an object each one of them can retract, and even though he (i.e., the potential purchaser) gave the money, the monies do not purchase until he draws/seizes the object that is acquired, but nevertheless, a person who fulfills his word and doesn’t retract, and even if he did not take possession by drawing or seizing an object, the Sages are pleased with him, for it is taught in a Baraitha (Talmud Bava Metzia 49a on Leviticus 19:36): “You shall have [an honest balance, honest weights,] an honest ephah, and an honest hin,” that your “no”/negative response will be in righteousness and your “yes”/positive response will be in righteousness.