Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bechoros 5:6 - 6:1
The Mishnah Yomi for Monday, December 15, 2025 is Bechoros 5:6 - 6:1
Mishnah 1
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בכורות פרק ה׳ משנה ו׳
Bartenura
השוחט את הבכור. ומכר מבשרו ונודע לנו שלא הראהו לחכם:
מה שאכלו. הלוקחים אכלו:
ויחזיר להם את הדמים. משום קנס. שהאכילם בשר איסור:
מכרוהו. הלוקחים לנכרי, הואיל ולא גרם להם איסורא, ישלמו לו דמי טריפה כמו שהיא נמכרת בזול, והוא יחזיר להם את המותר. וגבי בכור לא תני מכרוהו לנכרי, דבכור תמים אסור בהנאה:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 6 Mishnah 1
בכורות פרק ו׳ משנה א׳
Bartenura
על אלו מומין. נפגמה – there is no notch without loss, but a slit [in the ear] implies also without loss, and the measurement of a notch is when one makes a notch deep a=enough for the nail to halt on passing over the edge (see Talmud Bekhorot 37b).
חסחוס (if the ear is split from the cartilage inwards) – the lobe of the ear which is called TANRUS in the foreign language.
אבל לא מן העור- for the distinguished skin is healthy and it is not a blemish and this skin is the soft ear-lap.
נקיבה מלא כרשינה – that there is in the cavity of the incision a measurement of the berry of vetch, whether the incision is long or whether it is round, if there is in all of them to combine in its cavity like the measurement of a berry of a vetch, this is a blemish.
שתהא נפרכת – it becomes crumbles and broken pieces when they handle it. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi. But these blemishes that are considered in our Mishnah, when they slaughter upon them the firstling, we derive from Biblical verses, as it is written (Deuteronomy 15:21): “But if it has a defect,” is a generalization, “lameness or blindness” is a detail, “any serious defect” – it returned to provide a generalization, you do not judge other than what is similar to the detail. Just as the detail explains open blemishes that do not return [to their healthy state], so also, all open blemishes and they don’t return [to their healthy state] (and the Halakha is according to the first Tanna/teacher).
על אלו מומין. נפגמה. אין פגימה בלא חסרון. אבל סדק משמע נמי בלא חסרון. ושיעור פגימה כדי שתחגור בה צפורן:
הסחוס. תנוך האוזן שקורין טנרו״ם בלע״ז:
אבל לא מן העור. דעור הדר בריא ולא הוי מומא. והאי עור היינו אליה רכה של אוזן:
ניקבה מלוא כרשינה. שיש בחלל הנקב שיעור גרגיר של כרשינה, בין שהנקב ארוך בין עגול, אם יש בכולן כדי להצטרף בחללו כשיעור גרגיר של כרשינה, הרי זה מום:
שתהא נפרכת. נעשית פירוכים ופתיתים כשממשמשים בה. ואין הלכה כר׳ יוסי. וכל הני מומין דחשיב במתניתין ששוחטין עליהן את הבכור ילפינן מקראי, דכתיב (דברים ט״ו:כ״א) וכי יהיה בו מום, כלל. פסח או עור, פרט. כל מום רע, חזר וכלל. כלל ופרט וכלל, אי אתה דן אלא כעין הפרט. מה הפרט מפורש מומין שבגלוי ואינו חוזר, אף כל מומין שבגלוי ואינו חוזר:
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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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השוחט את הבכור – and sold from its flesh and it became known to us that he had not shown it to a Sage.
מה שאכלו – those who purchase its food.
ויחזיר להם את הדמים – because of a fine. That he fed them forbidden flesh/meat.
מכרוהו – those who purchase it for a heathen, since he did not cause them the prohibition, they will pay him the cost of the torn animal, like it is sold cheaply, and he will return to them the remainder. But regarding a firstling, it is not taught, “they sold it to heathens,” for from a pure firstling is prohibited to derive benefit.