Today's Mishnah Yomi
Eruchin 6:4 - 6:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Saturday, January 17, 2026 is Eruchin 6:4 - 6:5
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 6 Mishnah 4
ערכין פרק ו׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
מין אחד מרובה ומין אחד מועט. כגון שלשה מעצדים ומגרה אחת:
נותנים לו שנים מן המרובה. והשלישי נוטל הגזבר:
וכל שיש לו מן המועט. מניחים לו, ולא זבנינן ליה אחריתי. דכי היכי דעד השתא סגי ליה בהכי, השתא נמי תסגי ליה. דמהו דתימא עד השתא הוו אינשי מושלי ליה, משום דהוה ליה מין אחד מרובה לאושולי לאחריני, השתא שהגזבר לקח המרובה לא משכח מאן דמושיל ליה, הלכך נזבין ליה אחריתי קמשמע לן:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 6 Mishnah 5
ערכין פרק ו׳ משנה ה׳
Bartenura
אין לו בכסות אשתו ובניו – because these properties are not his.
שצבען לשמן – for the sake of his wife and children.
לא בסנדלים חדשים – it comes to teach us something remarkable for even though that they still had not worn them (i.e., the shoes), they are he time of their purchasing/acquiring them.
אע"פ שאמרו עבדים נמכרים בכסותן לשבח – their nice raiment/clothing praises and raises their monetary value, as for example regarding the possessions of orphans, that if clothing worth thirty Denar should be acquired by a slave, he should ameliorate it by a Maneh on the monetary value that it is worth currently.
לאטליס – to the market day.
לכרך – that it is the manner of merchants to come there and purchase pearls at an expensive price.
אין להקדש אלא מקומו – regarding a pearl.
ושעתו – regarding a slave, as it is written (Leviticus 27:23): “and he shall pay the assessment as of that day,” that he not delay it. “a sacred donation to the LORD” (ibid.), implying that everything that is a sacred donation to the LORD, such as mere donations to the Sanctuary, which are for the repair of the Temple, all of them should be given on that day immediately, so that he would not delay them. And the reason is, as Maimonides wrote (in his commentary to the Mishnah), that sometimes when they come delay [their sale] in order to increase their value, but [in actuality] they come to a loss in value, and for this reason, also, one does not profit from that which is dedicated to the Temple.
אין לו בכסות אשתו ובניו. שאין אלו נכסים שלו:
שצבען לשמן. לשם אשתו ובניו:
ולא בסנדלים חדשים. רבותא אשמועינן דאע״ג דעדיין לא נעלו אותן הרי הן בחזקתן משעת לקיחה:
אע״פ שאמרו עבדים נמכרים בכסותן לשבח. כסות יפה שלהן משבחם ומעלה את דמיהן. כגון גבי נכסי יתומים שאם תלקח לעבד כסות בשלשים דינר הוא משביח מנה על דמים ששוה עכשיו:
לאטליס. ליום השוק:
לכרך. שדרך סוחרים לבוא שם וקונים המרגליות ביוקר:
אין להקדש אלא מקומו. במרגלית:
ושעתו. בעבד דכתיב ויקרא כ״ז) ונתן את הערכך ביום ההוא, שלא ישהה. קודש לה׳, משמע כל דבר שהוא קודש לה׳ כגון סתם הקדשות שהן לבדק הבית, כולן יהיו נותנים ביום ההוא מיד, שלא ישהה אותן. וטעמא, כתב הרמב״ם, דזימנין דאתו לאשהויינהו כדי להשביח ואתו לידי פסידא, ומהאי טעמא נמי אין משתכרים בשל הקדש:
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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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מין אחד מרובה ומין אחד מועט – as for example, three adzes and one saw.
נותנים לו שנים מן המרובה – and the third the treasurer takes.
וכל שיש לו מן המועט – they leave for him and we don’t sell him another. For in order that it is sufficient for him until now with this, now also it will be sufficient for him. For you might have thought that until now there were people that would lend him, because he had one kind of utensil to lend him another, now that the treasurer took from the abundant [tools], there is no found who would lend him [another], therefore, we will sell him another, it comes to tell us that this is incorrect (see Talmud Arakhin 24a).