Commentary for Challah 1:7
נַחְתּוֹם שֶׁעָשָׂה שְׂאֹר לְחַלֵּק, חַיָּב בַּחַלָּה. נָשִׁים שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לְנַחְתּוֹם לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהֶן שְׂאֹר, אִם אֵין בְּשֶׁל אַחַת מֵהֶן כַּשִּׁעוּר, פְּטוּרָה מִן הַחַלָּה:
If a baker made leaven to distribute, it is obligated in <i>Challah</i>. If women give the baker [flour] to make them leaven from, and if there isn't any the minimum quantity [for <i>Challah</i>] belonging to any one of them, it is exempt from <i>Challah</i>.
Bartenura on Mishnah Challah
נחתום שעשה שאור לחלק – and there is within it enough for the obligation [to separate] Hallah, but if it is intention to sell it to people toto divide it into a few [pieces of] dough, and each part does not have the [requisite] measure.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Challah
Introduction
This mishnah deals with dough prepared by a baker and whether it is liable for hallah.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Challah
חייב בחלה – for it is his intention that if he does not find purchasers that he would make it into dough and bake it all as one.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Challah
A baker who made dough to divide it up into pieces, it is subject to hallah. The baker makes a large batch of dough which he intends to divide up into small pieces, each of which contain less than the measure necessary for dough to be liable for hallah (five quarters of a kav). He will sell the smaller pieces of dough to individuals, who will let it rise and then bake it themselves. This dough is liable for hallah, because if he can’t find people to buy it, he will bake it all himself. Potentially, this is going to end up as one person’s dough.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Challah
Women who gave [flour] to a baker to make for them dough, if there is not in any one of them a [minimum] measure, it is exempt from hallah. On the other hand, if a few women give flour to a baker, and each woman gives less than is necessary for dough to be liable for hallah, then the dough is exempt from hallah. The difference between this case and the case in section one is that here the small pieces of dough are already owned by different individuals. This mishnah teaches that dough owned by different people does not join together to become liable for hallah.
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