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Eruchin 5:4 - 5:5

The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 is Eruchin 5:4 - 5:5

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 5 Mishnah 4

ערכין פרק ה׳ משנה ד׳

4
With regard to one who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate the valuation of so-and-so, and both the one who vowed and the object of the vow die, the heirs of the one who vowed must give the valuation of the object of the vow to the Temple treasury. With regard to one who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate the assessment of so-and-so, and the one who vowed dies, his heirs must give his assessment to the Temple treasury. If the object of the vow dies, the heirs of the one who vowed need not give his assessment to the Temple treasury, as there is no monetary value for the dead.
הָאוֹמֵר, עֶרְכּוֹ שֶׁל פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, מֵת הַנּוֹדֵר וְהַנִּדָּר, יִתְּנוּ הַיּוֹרְשִׁין. דָּמָיו שֶׁל פְּלוֹנִי עָלָי, מֵת הַנּוֹדֵר, יִתְּנוּ הַיּוֹרְשִׁין. מֵת הַנִּדָּר, לֹא יִתְּנוּ הַיּוֹרְשִׁין, שֶׁאֵין דָּמִים לַמֵּתִים:
ד׳

מת הנודר והנידר יתנו היורשים – and he that stood in judgement before he died, as was explained above, but the ending clause is necessary: “The price of so-and-so is incumbent upon me,” if the person taking the vow dies, the heirs will give the money, for you might have thought that even though that he stood in judgment, since the person making the vow died prior to making an estimate/valuation of the one whom the vow was about, his possessions are not mortgaged, for it comes to tell us that an approximate assessment/assessment by sight is a revealing a general thing, for since the person about whom the vow is taken lives, we assess him.

מת הנודר והנידר יתנו היורשים. והוא שעמד בדין קודם שמת, כדפרישנא לעיל. וסיפא אצטריכא ליה. דמיו של פלוני עלי, מת הנודר יתנו היורשים. דמהו דתימא אע״ג דעמד בדין, הואיל ומת הנודר קודם שישומו הנידר, לא אשתעבוד נכסיה, קמשמע לן אומדנא גילוי מילתא בעלמא הוא, והואיל ונידר קיים אמדינן ליה:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 5 Mishnah 5

ערכין פרק ה׳ משנה ה׳

5
In the case of one who says: This bull is consecrated as a burnt offering, or: This house is consecrated as an offering, and the bull died or the house collapsed, he is exempt from paying his commitment. But in the case of one who says: It is incumbent upon me to give this bull as a burnt offering, or: It is incumbent upon me to give this house as an offering, if the bull died or the house collapsed, he is obligated to pay its value.
שׁוֹר זֶה עוֹלָה, בַּיִת זֶה קָרְבָּן, מֵת הַשּׁוֹר וְנָפַל הַבַּיִת, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב לְשַׁלֵּם. דְּמֵי שׁוֹר זֶה עָלָי עוֹלָה, אוֹ דְּמֵי בַיִת זֶה עָלָי קָרְבָּן, מֵת הַשּׁוֹר וְנָפַל הַבַּיִת, חַיָּב לְשַׁלֵּם:
ה׳

בית זה קרבן – for keeping the Temple in repair.

ונפל הבית – prior to the treasurer [of the Temple] grabbed hold of him.

מת השור וכו' חייב לשלם – and we don’t say that there are no funds for the deed, other than for a human alone.

בית זה קרבן. לבדק הבית:

ונפל הבית. קודם שהחזיק בו גזבר:

מת השור וכו׳ חייב לשלם. ולא אמרינן אין דמים למתים אלא באדם בלבד:

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