Today's Mishnah Yomi
Eduyos 1:6 - 1:7
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, March 15, 2025 is Eduyos 1:6 - 1:7
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Eduyos Perek 1 Mishnah 6
עדיות פרק א׳ משנה ו׳
Rabbi Judah said: “If so, why do they record the opinion of a single person among the many to set it aside? So that if a man shall say, ‘Thus have I received the tradition’, it may be said to him, ‘According to the [refuted] opinion of that individual did you hear it.’”
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, אִם כֵּן לָמָּה מַזְכִּירִין דִּבְרֵי הַיָּחִיד בֵּין הַמְרֻבִּין לְבַטָּלָה. שֶׁאִם יֹאמַר הָאָדָם כָּךְ אֲנִי מְקֻבָּל, יֵאָמֵר לוֹ, כְּדִבְרֵי אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי שָׁמָעְתָּ:
Bartenura
למה מזכירין דברי היחיד בין המרובין. כדי לבטלן. יחיד שלא עשה שום ב״ד כדבריו והן דחויים ובטלין, למה מזכירין אותן כלל. ומשני, שאם יאמר אדם כך אני מקובל ויתמה כשרואה שאין עושין כקבלתו, יאמרו לו כדברי איש פלוני שמעת ונדחו דבריו:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Eduyos Perek 1 Mishnah 7
עדיות פרק א׳ משנה ז׳
Beth Shammai says: “A quarter-kav of any bones, even from two limbs or from three.” And Beth Hillel says: “A quarter-kav of bones from a corpse, either from [the bones which form] the greater portion of the [body’s] build, or from the greater portion of the number [of the body’s bones]. Shammai says: “Even from a single bone.”
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, רֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת מִן הָעֲצָמִים, בֵּין מִשְּׁנַיִם בֵּין מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, רֹבַע עֲצָמוֹת מִן הַגְּוִיָּה, מֵרֹב הַבִּנְיָן אוֹ מֵרֹב הַמִּנְיָן. שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ מֵעֶצֶם אֶחָד:
Bartenura
רובע עצמות – one-quarter of a Kab of bones of the dead defile in a tent, and less [than one-quarter] do not defile other than through contact or by carrying [them] but not in a tent, but the School of Shammai holds that one-quarter kab defile and even if they are from many dead individuals.
ובית הלל אומרים רובע עצמות מן הגויה – that is to say, from one body of one dead individual and not from may dead individuals. And even of one dead person, they do not defile until there will be one-quarter kab of the greater portion of a corpse, that is, the greater size of the body or the greater number of bones of a person which would be one-hundred and twenty-five bones, as the number of the bones of a person is two-hundred and forty-eight.
אפילו מעצם אחד – if one bone of the dead person files one-quarter kab, it defiles in a tent, and the Halakha is according to the School of Hillel.
רובע עצמות. רובע קב של עצמות המת מטמאים באוהל. ופחות [מרובע] אין מטמאין אלא במגע ובמשא אבל לא באהל. וסברי בית שמאי דרובע קב מטמאים ואפילו הן ממתים הרבה:
ובית הלל אומרים רובע עצמות מן הגויה. כלומר, מגוף אחד של מת אחד, ולא ממתים הרבה. ואפילו של מת אחד אין מטמאין עד שיהיה ברובע הקב רוב בנין דהיינו רוב גודל הגוף, או רוב מנין עצמותיו של אדם, ויהיו קכ״ה עצמות, שמנין עצמותיו של אדם רמ״ח:
אפילו מעצם אחד. אם עצם אחד של מת ממלא רובע קב, מטמא באוהל. והלכה כבית הלל:
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What is Mishnah Yomi?
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.
What is the Mishnah?
The Mishnah is the first major written collection of Jewish oral traditions, forming the basis of the Talmud. It dates back to around 200 CE and consists of teachings and discussions of Jewish law by various rabbis.
Who started the Mishnah Yomi program?
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.
How long does it take to complete the Mishnah with Mishnah Yomi?
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למה מזכירין דברי היחיד בין המרובין – in order to nullify them. An individual [opinion] that was not followed by a single Jewish court like his words and they are rejected and nullified, why do we mention them at all? And we respond that if a person would say: Such is my received [tradition] and he would be astonished when he sees that no one is acting according to his received tradition, they would say to him: according to the words of that individual you heard and those words were rejected.