Today's Mishnah Yomi
Eruchin 8:4 - 8:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Thursday, January 22, 2026 is Eruchin 8:4 - 8:5
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 8 Mishnah 4
ערכין פרק ח׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
מחרים אדם מצאנו. מקצת צאנו. אומר הרי הן חרם ונותנן לכהן:
ואם החרים את כולן. שלא שייר לעצמו כלום:
אינן מוחרמין. דאמר קרא (ויקרא כ״ז:כ״ח) מכל אשר לו מאדם ומשדה אחוזתו. מכל אשר לו, אלו מטלטלין, ולא כל מטלטלין. מאדם, אלו עבדיו ושפחותיו כנענים, ולא כולן. ומשדה אחוזתו, ולא כולה. ואין הלכה כר׳ אלעזר בן עזריה, אלא לכתחילה לא יחרים את כולן, אבל אם החרים, מוחרמים:
להיות חס על נכסיו. שלא יבזבזם להדיוט:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 8 Mishnah 5
ערכין פרק ח׳ משנה ה׳
Bartenura
שאין אדם מחרים דבר שאינו שלו – for his daughter, assuming that he can sell her while she is a minor, he is not able to sell her when she is a young woman.
שהחרמים שלהם – as it is written (Numbers 18:14): “ Everything that has been proscribed in Israel shall be yours (see Leviticus 27:28 as well),” and since it is his (i.e., the Kohen’s) what benefit would there with this if he would devote it to priestly or sacred use, he himself has possession of it and he does not give it to another Kohen.
נראין דברי ר' יהודה (it appears that the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda is correct) – this is what he said: the words of Rabbi Yehuda appear correct to Rabbi Shimon, for Rabbi Shimon agrees with Rabbi Yehuda and holds like him regarding land/real estate. But Rabbi Shimon did not speak other than about movables, because the Levites do not have things that are devoted to priestly or sacred use. But Rabbi Yehuda holds that an analogy was made between movable things to an ancestral field, as it is written (Leviticus 27:28): “but of all that anyone owns, be it man or beast of land of his holding,” just as ancestral land the Levities do not devote to the Kohen or to sacred use, as it is written (Leviticus 25:34): “[But the unenclosed land about their cities cannot be sold,] for that is their holding for all time,” even movable properties, the Levities cannot devote to priestly or sacred use. But Rabbi Shimon does not make this analogy and since Rabbi [Judah the Prince] goes down to explain the matter of Rabbi Shimon in what he agrees with Rabbi Yehuda and in what he disputes him. We learn from it the Halakha is according to Rabbi Shimon.
שאין אדם מחרים דבר שאינו שלו. ובתו נהי דיכול למכרה בקטנותה, אינו יכול למכרה בנערותה:
שהחרמים שלהם. דכתיב (במדבר י״ח:י״ד) כל חרם בישראל לך יהיה, וכיון דדידיה הוי, מה הנאה בכך אם היה מחרים, איהו גופיה זכי ביה ולא יהיב ליה לכהן אחר:
נראין דברי ר׳ יהודה. הכי קאמר, נראין דברי ר׳ יהודה לר׳ שמעון, דמודה לו ר׳ שמעון לר׳ יהודה וסובר כמותו בקרקעות, ולא דיבר ר׳ שמעון אלא במטלטלין, לפי שאין החרמים של לוים. ור׳ יהודה סבר, הוקשו מטלטלין לשדה אחוזה, דכתיב (ויקרא כ״ז:כ״ח) מכל אשר לו מאדם ובהמה ומשדה אחוזתו, מה שדה אחוזה אין הלוים מחרימים כדכתיב כי אחוזת עולם היא להם, אף מטלטלין אין לוים מחרימים. ור׳ שמעון לית ליה האי הקישא. ומדנחית רבי לפרושי מלתיה דר׳ שמעון במה מודה לרבי יהודה ובמה נחלק עליו, ש״מ דהלכה כר׳ שמעון:
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Mishnah Yomi is a daily study program where participants study two mishnayot (individual teachings from the Mishnah) every day. By following this program, one can complete the entire Mishnah in about six years.
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In 1934, the Kozoglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, who took over from Rav Meir Shapiro (the founder of Daf Yomi) as the head of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, initiated the Mishnah Yomi cycle, focusing on Seder Zeraim and Seder Taharos. After World War II, in 1947, Rav Yonah Sztencl, a disciple of Rav Frommer, expanded the program, advocating for a comprehensive study of Shishah Sidrei Mishnah. The idea of studying two Mishnayos daily gained the support of figures like Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, and the Gerer Rebbe, marking the formal inception of Mishnah Yomi.
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מחרים אדם מצאנו – from part of his sheep. He says: Behold, they are property set apart for the priest’s use,” and he gives them to the Kohen.
ואם החרים את כולן – that he did not leave for himself anything.
אינן מוחרמין – as it states in Scripture (Leviticus 27:28): “But of all that anyone owns, [be it man or beast or land of his holding, nothing that he has proscribed for the LORD may be sold or redeemed],” and from his ancestral land. "מכל אשר לו"/"but of all [that anyone] owns", these are the movable properties, but not all the movables." "מאדם/anyone – these are the his slaves and Canaanite maidservants, but not all of them. "משדה אחוזתו"/”from land of his holding” – but not all of it. But the Halakah is not according to Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah, but rather, ab initio, one should not dedicate all of it for priest’s or sacred use, but if he did dedicate it, the are considered dedicated for priestly and/or sacred use.
להיות חס על מכסיו – that he will not squander/give them away to a non-Kohen.