Questions tagged [bartenura]
One of the basic commentaries to the Mishnah. Written by Ovadia of Bartenura, a fifteenth century Italian rabbi.
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Why does Bartenura quote Rabbi Meir as holding "we learn yes from no", when the gemara says the opposite?
Mishna Shevuot 4:13, towards end of mishna, explains that if someone says "May God not strike you if you testify on my behalf", Rabbi Meir deems him liable for cursing someone, because, ...
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Why does רע"ב on עירובין א י not simply say the הלכה is like רבי יהודה?
When discussing if you can make partitions using only קנים (vertical sticks), the משנה and גמרא record 4 opinions. My understanding of the 4 opinions is here:
The ריטב"א comment is based on this ...
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How can a table be a sheni l'tum'ah?
Mishna Berachos 8:3 says:
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, מְקַנֵּחַ יָדָיו בַּמַּפָּה וּמַנִּיחָהּ עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, עַל הַכֶּסֶת:
Bet Shammai says: he wipes his hand with a towel ...
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Machshirin 1:6: Chazon Ish's defence's of Bartenura's peirush
Machshirin 1:6 contains three clauses:
When someone blows on lentils, the Sages say this counts as b'chi yutan.
When someone hides their vegetables in a river from thieves, this doesn't count as b'...
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"Saving up" an explanation on Orlah 3 (Tosafos Yom Tov)
The third chapter of Orlah lists several cases in which some illegal orlah produce needs to be destroyed to prevent it from being consumed or profited from. In the penultimate mishna, the last case ...
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Did Bartenura really mention this minhag?
There is a quote making the social media rounds which claims the Bartenura mentions a minhag he witnessed on his way to Jerusalem where people would drink wine before going to shul on Friday night.
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The Gemoro (& Bartenura on the mishna) quotes pessukim out of order; why?
Bartenura comments on the mishna in Yoma Perek 8(1) that there are five Torah references to affliction of the soul on Yom Kippur. The pessukim in the order in which he quotes them are:
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Sukkot water libations - from the Torah, from Sinai, or from the Rabbis?
There's a disagreement recorded in the Mishna, Zevachim 13:6, regarding the Sukkot water libation. R' El'azar includes this ceremony in the list of Temple activities that are prohibited by the Torah ...
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Is grain from outside Israel usable for offerings or not?
There seems to be a contradiction between what the Mishna explicitly says in Menachot 8:1 and what R' Ovadia miBartenura says in his commentary on it.
The Mishna says:
כָּל קָרְבְּנוֹת הַצִּבּוּר ...
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Why arent the bartenura and the tur haaroch commentaries on chumash quoted/printed more? [closed]
I just recently discovered two interesting commentaries on the chumash on sefaria
Tur haaroch
Bartenura on the chumash
I guess my question is why havent I seen them before.
I have never seen either ...
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What's so special about the Bartenura on Mishnayos? [closed]
Nowadays there are many peirushim that have been written on Mishnayis that are written clearly with full details and attention to all facets of understanding the mishna. Why is it that some people ...
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Stringing nuts together: a question on the Bartenura, Uqtzin 2:5
In explaining the Mishna, the Bartenura often clarifies obscure words by providing a cognate word in either Hebrew or Aramaic - the latter usually taken from the Targum, but sometimes from the Bavli ...
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Which manuscript of the Mishna did the Bartenura check?
In Kelim 28:5, the Mishna comments upon the susceptibility to impurity of various objects whose primary usage has been changed. A canteen that is turned into a mat, or a mat that has been turned into ...
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Understanding a Hebrew expression: בטלה דעתו אצל כל אדם
The Bartenura, in his commentary to Kelim 27:3, notes that the rules concerning the admixture of cloth with sack, sack with leather and leather with matting only apply to those specific combinations ...
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What is "piggul"? A question on the Bartenura
The Mishna (Zevachim 2:3) clearly defines piggul (פגול) as resulting from one of the four sacrificial procedures (slaughter, collection of the blood, walking to the altar and sprinkling) being ...
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Rambam's relationship with the Rif: a question on the Bartenura
In the Mishna to Chullin 4:6 (s.v. וכן שניטל צומת הגידין), the Bartenura refers to the Rif as having been the Rambam's teacher: "ושיטה זו תפסו רבותי... אבל רמבם ורב אלפס רבו תפסו עיקר הפירוש אחר". In ...
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Who should one credit? A question on the Bartenura
This question might be larger than just on the Bartenura, but it was a passage in his commentary on the Mishna that inspired it:
In Menachot 8:7, the mishna states that the Temple treasurer would ...
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Contradiction in the Bartenura regarding value to food added by firewood
There appears to be an interesting contradiction in the Bartenura's peirush on the Mishna. In Maaser Sheni 2:1, the mishna notes that if we improve the flavour of maaser sheni wine by adding honey or ...
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Questions on the Bartenura in Beitza 2:3
After listing some points of disagreement between the schools of Shammai and Hillel in Beitza 2:1-2, the third mishna commences by presenting the following case:
ושוין שמשיקין את המים בכלי אבן ...
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Parsing the mishna in Beitza 1:10
My question concerns the correct way to punctuate a ruling found at the very end of the first perek of Beitza (in the Mishna). There, the mishna in question provides a list of items that may or may ...
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