Today's Mishnah Yomi
Zevachim 5:7 - 5:8
The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, July 30, 2025 is Zevachim 5:7 - 5:8
Mishnah 1
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זבחים פרק ה׳ משנה ז׳
Bartenura
שחיטתן בכל מקום בעזרה. שלש פרשיות נאמרו בשחיטת שלמים, חדא בבן בקר, וחדא בכשב, וחדא בעז. בקמייתא כתיב ושחטו פתח אהל מועד, ובתרתי בתרייתא כתיב לפני אהל מועד, להכשיר את כל הרוחות שבעזרה, דלפני משמע כל שלפני ההיכל:
לשני ימים ולילה אחד. דהכי כתיב בשלמים (שם ז׳) והנותר מבשר הזבח ביום השלישי באש ישרף:
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Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 5 Mishnah 8
זבחים פרק ה׳ משנה ח׳
Bartenura
והמעשר – the tithing of cattle.
ודמן טעון מתנה אחת – as it is not written with them (i.e., the first born offering, the tithe and the Passover sacrifice), the word סביב/surrounding , is not written with them, but rather, (Numbers 18:17): “you shall dash their blood against the altar,” regarding the first born [sacrifice]. But we derive these (i.e., the tithes and the Passover offering) from there, for it is not written [in Scripture], “and its blood,” but rather, “their blood” (ibid.).
כנגד היסוד – in a place where the base of the altar/YESOD is underneath, to exclude the southeast [corner] where the base of the altar is not there, as we have stated. But the offering of the firstling and the tithe and the Passover sacrifices require the base of the altar, as we derive by analogy from burnt offering/עולה through זריקה/casting, as It is written (Leviticus 4:7): “[and all the test of the bull’s blood he shall pour out] at the base of the altar of the burnt offering.’
שינה באכילתן – one from the other. Even though they compare them through the giving of blood.
הבכור נאכל לכהנים – as it is written (Numbers 18:18): “But their meat shall be yours: [it shall be yours like the breast of elevation offering and like the right thigh].”
והמעשר לכל אדם – that we did not find throughout the Torah that the Kohanim would have a part in it.
ונאכלין בכל העיר – as it is written (Deuteronomy 12:6): ‘And there you are to bring your burnt offerings and other sacrifices, your tithes…,” And it is taught in a Baraita that Scripture speaks of two [kinds of] tithes, one for the tithe of cattle, and one is the tithe of grain. And it is written in that Biblical verse, “and the firstlings of your herds and flocks.” But because it did not establish for them a separation, we learn from it that the tithe and the firstling are consumed throughout the city [of Jerusalem].
לשני ימים ולילה אחד – for regarding the firstling it states (in the Torah – Numbers 18:18): “But their meat shall be yours: it shall be yours like the breast of elevation offering [and like the right thigh], Scripture made a comparison [which rests on Biblical intimation by analogy] to the breast and the foreleg. Just as the breast and foreleg of the offering of well-being [is consumed] for two days and one night, so too the firstling for two days and one night, and the tithe is like the firstling.
למנוייו – to those who were assigned to the funds of its being taken, as it is written (Exodus 12:4): “you shall contribute [for the lamb] according to what each household will eat.”
והמעשר. מעשר בהמה:
ודמן טעון מתנה אחת. דלא כתיב בהו סביב, אלא ואת דמם תזרוק כתיב גבי בכור. והנך נמי מהתם ילפינן, מד, לא כתיב ואת דמו אלא ואת דמם:
כנגד היסוד. במקום שיש יסוד תחתיו, למעוטי מזרחית דרומית שאין שם יסוד כדאמרן. ובכור ומעשר ופסח טעונים יסוד, דילפינן זריקה זריקה לגזירה שוה מעולה, ובעולה כתיב (ויקרא ד׳:ז׳) אל יסוד מזבח העולה:
שינה באכילתן. זה מזה. אע״פ שהשוה אותן למתן דמים:
הבכור נאכל לכהנים. כדכתיב (במדבר י״ח:י״ח) ובשרם יהיה לך:
והמעשר לכל אדם. שלא מצינו בכל התורה שיהיה לכהנים חלק בו:
ונאכלין בכל העיר. דכתיב (דברים י״ב:ה׳-ו׳) והבאתם שמה עולותיכם וזבחיכם ואת מעשרותיכם. ותניא, בשני מעשרות הכתוב מדבר, חד מעשר בהמה, וחד מעשר דגן. וכתיב בההוא קרא ובכורות בקרכם וצאנכם, ומדלא קבע להו מחיצה שמע מינה דמעשר ובכור נאכלים בכל העיר:
לשני ימים ולי, לה אחד. דבבכור הוא אומר ובשרם יהיה לך כחזה התנופה וכשוק הימין, הקישו הכתוב לחזה ושוק, מה חזה ושוק של שלמים לשני ימים ולילה אחד, אף בכור לשני ימים ולילה אחד, ומעשר כבכור:
למנוייו. לאותם שנמנו בדמי לקיחתו כדכתיב (שמות י״ב:ד׳) איש לפי אכלו תכוסו:
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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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שחיטתן בכל מקום בעזרה – three portions were stated in the slaughtering of the [sacrifice of] well-being; one with the offspring of cattle, and one with sheep and one with a goat. In the first, it is written (Leviticus 3:2): “and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,” and in the two after it, it is written (Leviticus 3:8): “It shall be slaughtered before the Tent of Meeting,” to make fit all the directions that are in the Temple courtyard, for the word לפני/before implies all that is before the Palace/ Hall, containing the golden altar.
לשני ימים ולילה אחד – for such is written regarding the offering of well-being (Leviticus 7:17): “What is then left of the flesh of the sacrifice shall be consumed in fire on the third day.”