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Shabbos 19:5 - 19:6

The Mishnah Yomi for Monday, October 9, 2028 is Shabbos 19:5 - 19:6

Mishnah 1

Mishnayos Shabbos Perek 19 Mishnah 5

שבת פרק י"ט משנה ה׳

5
Although a child is generally circumcised at eight days, as the verse states: “And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised” (Leviticus 12:3), nevertheless, at times he is circumcised at nine days, at times at ten days, at eleven days, and at twelve days, no earlier and no later. How so? In his usual manner, a child is circumcised at eight days. If he was born at twilight and it is therefore uncertain on which day he was born, he is circumcised at nine days, as his circumcision is postponed due to that uncertainty, as perhaps the eighth day from his birth has not yet arrived. If he was born at twilight on Shabbat eve, he is not circumcised on the following Shabbat, due to the uncertainty whether it is the eighth or ninth day since his birth, and only a circumcision definitely performed at the appointed time overrides Shabbat. Rather, he is circumcised on Sunday, and the result is that he is circumcised at ten days. If there was a Festival after that Shabbat, he is not circumcised on the Festival either, and he is circumcised at eleven days. And if that Shabbat was followed by two days of Rosh HaShana, the result is that he is circumcised at twelve days. The mishna states another halakha: With regard to a sick child, one does not circumcise him until he becomes healthy.
קָטָן נִמּוֹל לִשְׁמֹנָה, לְתִשְׁעָה, וְלַעֲשָׂרָה, וּלְאַחַד עָשָׂר, וְלִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, לֹא פָחוֹת וְלֹא יוֹתֵר. הָא כֵּיצַד. כְּדַרְכּוֹ, לִשְׁמֹנָה. נוֹלַד לְבֵין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, נִמּוֹל לְתִשְׁעָה. בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת שֶׁל עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, נִמּוֹל לַעֲשָׂרָה. יוֹם טוֹב לְאַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת, נִמּוֹל לְאַחַד עָשָׂר. שְׁנֵי יָמִים טוֹבִים שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, נִמּוֹל לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר. קָטָן הַחוֹלֶה, אֵין מוֹהֲלִין אוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּבְרִיא:
ה׳

If he was born during twilight, he is circumcised on the ninth day as it is the eighth day from the morrow; if twighlight is still considered day, he is thus circumcised on the ninth day. If the day (preceding the twighlight during which he was born) is Friday, he can't be circumcised on the following Shabbat in case it is the ninth day and it is a postponed circumcision which does not supersede Shabbat, he must wait until after Shabbat and be circumcised on the tenth day.

חל יום טוב להיות אחר השבת – no circumcision which is [not performed] at its [appropriate] time may supersede it, and he is circumcised on the eleventh day [after his birth].

שני ימים טובים של ראש השנה – for they are one level of sanctity and a circumcision [performed] not at its appropriate time does not supersede the Festival observance of the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah; he is circumcised on the twelfth day [from the day of his birth].

עד שיבריא – and seven complete days in astronomical hours should pass from the day that he is healed, and afterwards, we circumcise him (i.e., the child).

נולד בין השמשות נמול לתשיעי. שהרי יום שמיני של מחר הוא נמול, ושמא בין השמשות יום הוא ונמול לתשיעי. היה היום ערב שבת א״א למולו בשבת הבא דשמא תשיעי הוא והויא לה מילה שלא בזמנה ואינה דוחה שבת, וצריך להמתין עד לאחר השבת שהוא עשירי:

חל יום טוב להיות אחר השבת. אין מילה שלא בזמנה דוחה אותו ונמול לאחד עשר:

שני ימים טובים של ראש השנה. דקדושה אחת הן ואין מילה שלא בזמנה דוחה את יום טוב השני של ראש השנה, נימול לי״ב:

עד שיבריא. ויעברו עליו שבעה ימים שלמים מעת לעת מיום שהבריא ואחר כך מלין אותו:

Mishnah 2

Mishnayos Shabbos Perek 19 Mishnah 6

שבת פרק י"ט משנה ו׳

6
These are the shreds of flesh that invalidate the circumcision if they are not cut. The essential element of circumcision is the removal of the flesh that covers most of the corona, and a child that was not circumcised in this manner is considered uncircumcised, and he does not eat teruma. And if he was properly circumcised but he was fleshy, and it appears as though he has not been properly circumcised, the circumcisor should correct it by circumcising more than necessary, to avoid the appearance of transgression, so he will not appear uncircumcised. If one circumcised but did not uncover the flesh at the area of the circumcision by folding back the thin membrane beneath the foreskin, it is as if he had not circumcised.
אֵלּוּ הֵן צִיצִין הַמְעַכְּבִין אֶת הַמִּילָה, בָּשָׂר הַחוֹפֶה אֶת רֹב הָעֲטָרָה. וְאֵינוֹ אוֹכֵל בַּתְּרוּמָה. וְאִם הָיָה בַעַל בָּשָׂר, מְתַקְּנוֹ מִפְּנֵי מַרְאִית הָעָיִן. מָל וְלֹא פָרַע אֶת הַמִּילָה, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא מָל:
ו׳

ציצין –hidden shreds of flesh that remain from the foreskin.

עטרה – it is a tall rim which surrounds the membrum virile round about and from it slants and descends to its head and the skin that covers most of the corona of the membrum virile as our Mishnah teaches , one should not say most of the coagulation, but even most of its height in one location.

אינו אוכל בתרומה – if he is a Kohen, for an uncircumcised Kohen is prohibited to eat the priest’s due/Terumah. It is said regarding the Passover sacrifice (Exodus 12:45): “No bound or hired laborer shall eat of it,” and it is stated regarding Terumah (Leviticus 22:10): “No bound or hired laborer of a priest shall eat of the sacred donations.” Just as the Passover offering is prohibited to someone uncircumcised, so too the Terumah is prohibited to someone uncircumcised.

ואם היה בעל בשר – if he was fat and flesh appeared that was above his uncircumcised membrum, after the foreskin was taken off completely, as if the flesh returned and covered the membrum virile.

מתקנו – and he slants the cutting utensil/knife from that thickness [of the fat].

מפני מראית העין – so that he would not appear as uncircumcised.

ולא פרע – and he did not reveal it.

כאלו לא מל – and he would go back and split the membrane and pull it down and even if he removed his hand from it – for all the while that he is engaged in the circumcision on the Sabbath, he cuts whether the remaining shreds invalidate the act by omission or whether they don’t invalidate the act by omission after he removes his hand from the shreds which invalidate the act, he returns to the shreds which do not invalidate the act and he doesn’t go back.

ציצין. כמין נימין של בשר שנשארו מן הערלה:

עטרה. היא שפה גבוהה המקפת את הגיד סביב, וממנה משפע ויורד לראשו. ובשר החופה את רוב העטרה דקתני מתניתין, לא תימא רוב הקיפה אלא אפילו רוב גבהה במקום אחד:

אינו אוכל בתרומה. אם כהן הוא, דכהן ערל אסור לאכול בתרומה. נאמר בפסח (שמות י״ב:מ״ה) תושב ושכיר לא יאכל בו ונאמר בתרומה (ויקרא כ״ב:י׳) תושב כהן ושכיר לא יאכל בו, מה פסח אסור לערל אף תרומה אסורה לערל:

ואם היה בעל בשר. שהיה שמן ונראה בשר שלמעלה מערלתו לאחר שנטלה הערלה כולה כאילו אותו בשר חוזר וחופה את הגיד:

מתקנו. ומשפע באזמל מאותו עובי:

מפני מראית העין. שלא יהא נראה כערל:

ולא פרע. לא גילה:

כאילו לא מל. וישוב ויפרע, ואפילו סלק ידו ממנה. וכל זמן שהוא מתעסק במילה בשבת חותך בין ציצין המעכבין בין ציצין שאין מעכבין. לאחר שסלק ידו, על ציצין המעכבין חוזר, על ציצין שאינן מעכבין אינו חוזר:

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