Today's Mishnah Yomi
Zevachim 6:5 - 6:6
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, August 2, 2025 is Zevachim 6:5 - 6:6
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 6 Mishnah 5
זבחים פרק ו׳ משנה ה׳
Bartenura
עלה בכבש. לפי שעולת העוף נעשית למעלה, דלא כתיב בעולת העוף יסוד, אלא בחטאת העוף בלבד. ובבהמה איפכא, דחטאת בהמה נעשית למעלה דכתיב בה קרנות המזבח, ועולת בהמה למטה דכתיב (שם ד׳) אל יסוד מזבח העולה, תלה היסוד בעולה:
בא לו לקרן דרומית מזרחית. לפי שהיא קרובה לבית הדשן ששם משליך המוראה והנוצה:
ממול ערפה. מול הרואה את ערפה. והוא אחורי הצואר. ואע״פ שלא נאמר בעולה מול עורף, למדנו בה מול עורף מחטאת:
ומבדיל. חותך שני סימנים. דמדכתיב בחטאת העוף ולא יבדיל, למדנו שבעולת העוף מבדיל:
והקיף בית מליקתו למזבח. מקרב ודוחק בית המליקה בקיר המזבח כדי שיתמצה הדם:
וספגו במלח. לשון שאיבה ולקיחה, כמו סופג את הארבעים. אף כאן נותן עליו מלח כדי שיהא הראש מושך ומקבל המלח. פירוש אחר, ספגו בגימ״ל כמו סופקו בקו״ף, לשון ויספוק את כפיו (במדבר כ״ד):
מוראה. זפק:
נוצה. קודר בו כמין ארובה ונוטל כל העור והנוצה שכנגד הזפק עם הזפק ומשליך:
שסע. את העוף בין אגפים ולא היה מבדיל:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 6 Mishnah 6
זבחים פרק ו׳ משנה ו׳
Bartenura
הבדיל בחטאת – that he pinched the bird’s neck with his finger nail two organs with the sin-offering.
או לא הבדיל בעולה – that he pinched with it one organ.
פסול – for every kind of difference prior to the [Divine] service with the blood is invalid.
ולא מיצה דם הגוף פסולה – for the essence of the blood is in the body, where it is found.
הבדיל בחטאת. שמלק שני סימנים בחטאת:
או לא הבדיל בעולה. שמלק בה סימן אחד:
פסול. דכל שינוי שהוא לפני עבודת הדם פסול:
ולא מיצה דם הגוף פסולה. דעיקר דמים בגוף הוא דשכיחי:
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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.
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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.
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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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עלה בכבש – since the burnt-offering of the fowl is done above, for it is not written [in Scripture] regarding the burnt-offering of the fowl/bird is in the base of the altar, but rather, only the sin-offering of the fowl/bird. But with the cattle it is the opposite, for the sin-offering of cattle is performed above [the red line] as it is written regarding it (Leviticus 4:18): “[Some of the blood he shall put] on the horns of the altar [which is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting],” and the burnt offering of the cattle is below [the red line], as it is written (Leviticus 4:18): “ [and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out] at the base of the altar of burnt offering, [which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting],” [Scripture] assigned the base [of the altar] to the burnt-offering.
בא לו לקרן דרומית מזרחית – because it is close to the place of the ashes where they cast the crop of the birds and the down-covered skin [with the entrails that go along with it].
ממול ערפה – opposite one who sees its neck. And it is the back of the neck. But even though it doesn’t say regarding a burnt-offering, “opposite the neck,” we learned from it, opposite the neck from the sin-offering.
ומבדיל – he severs two organs, from what is written in the sin-offering of the fowl/bird (Leviticus 1:17): “[The priest shall tear it open by its wings,] without severing it, [and turn it into smoke on the altar,” we learned that with the burnt-offering of a fowl/bird, he severs it.
והקיף בית מליקתו למזבח – he offers it up and presses the place in the bird’s neck to the wall of the altar in order that the blood will drain out.
ספגו במלח – the language of drawn water and taking, like absorbing/receiving the forty [i.e., thirty-nine] lashes. Even here, he places upon it salt in order that the head will stretch and receive the salt. Another explanation: the word "ספגו" with a letter ג' is like סופק with a letter ק' (i.e., to supply an opportunity, to be sufficient) , the language of (Numbers 24:10): “[Engraged at Balaam,] Balak struck his hands together.”
מוראה – the bird’s crop.
נוצה – he cuts through it like a sort of aperture and takes all the skin and the feathers/down (i.e., plumage) that is opposite the bird’s crop with the crop and casts it off.
שסע – [tears open] the bird between the wings but he does not sever it.