Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bechoros 7:4 - 7:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Tuesday, December 23, 2025 is Bechoros 7:4 - 7:5
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 7 Mishnah 4
בכורות פרק ז׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
גופו גדול מאיבריו. שיעור גופו גדול מן הראוי לפי שיעור שאר אבריו כגון ידיו ורגליו ושוקיו:
חוטמו גדול. שיעור החוטם כשיעור אצבע קטנה של ידו. ואם היה ארוך מכן או קצר מכן, הרי זה מום:
דומות לספוג. שכווצות וסתומות:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 7 Mishnah 5
בכורות פרק ז׳ משנה ה׳
Bartenura
דדיו שוכבים – large [breasts] until they appear as if they lie like the breasts of a woman.
נכפה – it falls on account of illness (i.e., epilepsy).
אפילו אחת לימים – that it doesn’t regularly fall, but rather one time in a long while.
רוח קצרית (a person subjected to asthmatic spells) – that his breath is short on account of black [gall/bile] that overcomes him periodically, and he remains without any sensation.
המאושכן (one having large testicles – see Talmud Bekhorot 44b) – that the sack of his testicles is long until it reaches the leg from under the hip-bone to the ankle, whether it is swollen on account of wind or on account of moisture.
ובעל גבר – membrum genitale (i.e., the penis). That his membrum virile became long and became large until it reached the leg from under the hip-bone to the ankle.
שנמרחו אשכיו- that his testicles became crushed.
שרוח באשכיו – and through this, his testicles are swollen/blown up.
שמראיו חשוכין – that it is dark. And even though it is not black like a Cushite. And the language [of the words] "מרוח אשך"/crushed testes (see Leviticus 21:20), its complexion is dark. But Scripture is not referring to the testicles. But in the essence of the law, there is no dispute, for each one of them (i.e., Rabbi Yismael, Rabbi Akiba and Rabbi Hanina ben Antignos) agree that a blemish that his fellow counts is a blemish. But they did not disagree other than in the explanation of Scripture, and the homiletical implications divide them.
דדיו שוכבים. גדולים עד שנראים שוכבים כדדי אשה:
נכפה. נופל מחמת חולי:
אפילו אחת לימים. שאינו נופל תדיר אלא פעם אחת לזמן מרובה:
רוח קצרית. שרוחו קצרה מחמת [מרה] השחורה הגוברת עליו לפרקים ונשאר בלא הרגש:
המאושכן. שכיס של ביצים שלו ארוך עד שמגיע לארכובה. בין שהוא נפוח מחמת רוח או מחמת ליחה:
ובעל גבר. בעל אבר. שנתארך הגיד שלו ונעשה גדול עד שמגיע לארכבותיו:
שנמרחו אשכיו. שנימוחו ביציו:
שרוח באשכיו. וע״י כן ביציו נפוחים:
שמראיו חשוכין. שהוא שחור. ואע״פ שאינו שחור ככושי. ולשון מרוח אשך, מראה חושך. ולאו בביצים משתעי קרא. ובעיקר הדין לא פליגי, שכל אחד מהם מודה במום שמונה חבירו דהוי מום. ולא נחלקו אלא בפירושו של מקרא, ומשמעות דורשין איכא בינייהו:
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גופו גדול מיבריו – the measurement of his body is larger than appropriate according to the measurement of the remainder of his limbs, as for example, his hands, and his feet and his legs.
חוטמו גדול – the measurement of his nose is like the measurement of a small finger of his hand. But if it was long than this or shorter than this, it is a blemish.
דומות לספוג – shrunk and closed up.