"Ich nehme einen Ochsen auf mich" - er muss einen mit seinen Trankopfern auf den Wert einer Mähne bringen . "Ein Kalb" - er muss eins mit seinen Trankopfern auf den Wert von fünf Selaim bringen . "Ein Widder" - er muss einen mit seinen Trankopfern auf den Wert von zwei Selaim bringen . "Ein Lamm" - er muss einen mit seinen Trankopfern auf den Wert einer Sela bringen . "Ein Ochse, der auf einen Mann geschätzt wird " - er muss einen Ochsen, der einen Mann wert ist , von seinen Trankopfern trennen . "Ein Kalb mit einem Wert von fünf Selaim " - er muss ein Kalb mit einem Wert von fünf Selaim von seinen Trankopfern trennen . "Ein Widder mit einem Wert von zwei Selaim " - er muss einen Widder mit einem Wert von zwei Selaim von seinen Trankopfern trennen . "Ein Lamm mit einem Wert von einem Sela " - er muss einen Wert von einem Sela von seinen Trankopfern trennen. „Ein Ochsen mit einer geschätzten Maneh “, und er brachte zwei zusammen im Wert von einem Maneh , hat er seine Pflicht erfüllt, auch wenn man wert war ein Maneh weniger ein Dinar und der andere war auch wert ein Maneh weniger ein Dinar . „Ein schwarz eins “und er brachte einen weißen oder„ einen weißen “und er brachte einen schwarzen oder„ einen großen “und er brachte einen kleinen, er hat seine Verpflichtung nicht erfüllt.„ Ein kleiner “und er brachte ein großer - er hat seine Verpflichtung erfüllt; Rabbi [Yehudah Hanasi] sagt: Er hat seine Verpflichtung nicht erfüllt.
Bartenura on Mishnah Menachot
יביא הוא ונכסיו במנה – such is explained its law in the Oral Tradition that the value of a bullock with its libations is a Maneh (i.e., 100 denar).
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Introduction
This mishnah establishes the minimum value of the animals that one has to bring when one has pledged to bring a specific animal.
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עגל יביא הוא ונסכיו בחמש – [five] Selas (i.e., one Sela equals four Denars).
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[If he said,] “I take upon myself to offer an ox,” he must bring one with its drink-offerings to the value of a maneh. “A calf,” he must bring one with its drink-offerings to the value of five selas. “A ram,” he must bring one with its drink-offerings to the value of two selas. “A lamb,” he must bring one with its drink-offerings to the value of one sela. This section sets standard values for animals that one might pledge to bring as a sacrifice. If he pledges to bring an animal without specifying an amount, then the mandatory value of the animal includes the value of the drink-offerings (wine, oil and grain) that must accompany the animal. Thus the ox and its drink-offerings must be worth a maneh, which is 100 denar. The calf and its drink-offerings must be worth only five selas which is equivalent to twenty denar. The ram must be worth ten denars, and the lamb must be worth only five denars.
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אמר הרי עלי שור במנה – he should bring it for a Maneh (i.e., a Maneh equals twenty-five Selas), except for its libations, for such is what they (i.e., the Rabbis) established.
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If he said “An ox valued at one maneh,” he must bring one worth a maneh apart from its drink-offerings. “A calf valued at five selas,” he must bring one worth five selas apart from its drink-offerings. “A ram valued at two selas,” he must bring one worth two selas apart from its drink-offerings. “A lamb valued at one sela,” he must bring one worth one sela apart from its drink-offerings. If he specifies the value of the animal, then he must bring an animal worth that amount and on top of that, the requisite drink-offerings.
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שור במנה הביא שנים במנה לא יצא – for it was established that a bull is with a Maneh.
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[If he said, “I take upon myself to offer] an ox valued at a maneh,” and he brought two together worth a maneh, he has not fulfilled his obligation, even if one was worth a maneh less one denar and the other also was worth a maneh less one denar. If he pledges to bring an ox worth a maneh, he cannot bring two oxen that together add up to one maneh. Even if each ox is worth 99 denar, he has not fulfilled his obligation because he stated that he would bring one ox worth one maneh (100 denar).
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[If he said] “A black one” and he brought a white one, or “a white one” and he brought a black one, or “a large one” and he brought a small one, he has not fulfilled his obligation. If he specified the color of the animal that he was going to bring, he cannot bring one of a different color. Similarly, if he pledges to bring a large animal, he cannot bring a smaller one.
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קטן והביא גדול יצא. רבי אומר לא יצא – because of this, it (i.e., the Mishnah) teaches the dispute of Rabbi [Judah the Prince] and the Rabbis here in the concluding clause, to explain, that the opening clause is not the opinions of all but rather that it is that of Rabbi [Judah the Prince] and not the Sages, and the Halakha is not according to Rabbi [Judah the Prince].
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[If he said] “a small one” and he brought a large one, he has fulfilled his obligation; Rabbi says: he has not fulfilled his obligation. However, if he pledges to bring a small one and he brings a larger one, there is a debate over whether he has fulfilled his obligation. According to the first opinion, he has fulfilled his obligation because the smaller ox is encompassed in the larger ox. This is akin to a situation in which he pledges to bring a small amount of money and he brings a larger amount of money. Rabbi [Judah Hanasi] disagrees and holds that even in this situation he has not fulfilled his obligation. A small animal is qualitatively different from a large animal and therefore if he pledges to bring a small one, he must bring that type. This might be akin to promising to give a friend a small dog. The receiver might not be happier to get a larger one. Small things are perhaps not necessarily less than large ones [I wonder what would Rabbi Judah Hanasi have said about our SuperSize Me culture?]
