Commentary for Meilah 4:5
כָּל הָאֳכָלִין מִצְטָרְפִין, לִפְסוֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בְכַחֲצִי פְרָס, בִּמְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעֻדּוֹת לָעֵרוּב, בְּכַבֵּיצָה לְטַמֵּא טֻמְאַת אֳכָלִין, בְּכַגְּרוֹגֶרֶת לְהוֹצָאַת שַׁבָּת, בְּכַכּוֹתֶבֶת בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין מִצְטָרְפִין, לִפְסוֹל אֶת הַגְּוִיָּה בִרְבִיעִית, וּבִמְלֹא לֻגְמָיו בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים:
All foods combine to invalidate a body, [if one consumed] in the amount similar to a half of a half of a loaf of bread loaf of bread; [so too] the amount of food needed for two meals for an <i>eruv</i> [a halachic merging of separate domains by means of setting aside an amount of food in a designated place]; [so to] the size of an egg in order to transmit food impurity [to other things]; the size of a dry fig to make one liable for carrying out on Shabbat; the size of a [large] date to make 0ne liable on [for eating on] Yom Kippur. All liquids combine to invalidate the body with a <i>revi'it</i> [specific unit of volume]; and the "cheek-full" size to make one liable on Yom Kippur.
Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
לפסול את הגויה – a person (i.e., a Kohen) who consumes ritually impure foods at the volume of half-a-loaf [of bread] which is an egg and a half [in volume] according to the words of Maimonides, and two eggs’ [bulk] according to the words of my Rabbis/Teachers, his body is made invalid from eating heave-offering/Terumah and invalidates the Terumah through his contact until he immerses [in a Mikveh].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
Introduction
Today’s mishnah teaches that different types of food and different types of drink can join together with regard to various matters.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
במזון שתי סעודות לעירוב (see also Tractate Eruvin, Chapter 8, Mishnah 2) – A person who wants to walk more than two-thousand cubits on Shabbat makes a joining of borders/ עירובי תחומין and places the food for two [Sabbath] meals in the place where he desires that he will establish his Eruv, and he walks from the place of his Eruv and beyond [another] two-thousand cubits. And this is six eggs according to Maimonides and eight eggs according to my Rabbis/Teachers.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
All kinds of food can combine with one another:
To make up the quantity of half a peras in order to render the body unfit One who eats half of a peras (the equivalent of two eggs) of unclean food, cannot eat terumah until the evening. The food “renders his body unfit” to eat holy food. Different types of unclean food can join to create this minimum amount.
To make up the quantity of half a peras in order to render the body unfit One who eats half of a peras (the equivalent of two eggs) of unclean food, cannot eat terumah until the evening. The food “renders his body unfit” to eat holy food. Different types of unclean food can join to create this minimum amount.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
בכביצה לטמא טומאת אוכלין – for food does not defile with less than an egg, as it is written (Leviticus 11:34): “As to any food that may be eaten, [if shall become impure if it came in contact with water],” that implies a food that is eaten at once, and the Sages estimated that the esophagus does not hold more than the egg of a chicken.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
[To make up the food] for two meals to form an eruv; One who wants to walk more than two thousand cubits out of his city on Shabbat puts an “eruv,” a meal, at the two thousand cubit mark and then he can walk an additional two thousand cubits. The meal must consist of a certain amount of food (see Eruvin 8:2) and different types of food can join together to create the minimum amount.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
בכגרוגרת להוצאת שבת (see also Tractate Shabbat, Chapter 7, Mishnah 4) – a person who removes foodstuffs on the Sabbath from one domain to another is not liable with less than a dry fig’s bulk.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
To make up the volume of an egg to contaminate food; Impure food conveys impurity only if there is the volume of an egg. Different impure foods can join together to create this volume.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
בככותבת ביום הכיפורים (see also Tractate Yoma, Chapter 8, Mishnah 2)– The Biblical verse changed it and wrote (Leviticus 16:29): "תענו" /”you shall practice self-denial,” but did not write “תאכלו “/”you shall [not] eat,” that implies that the All-Merciful was not stringent other than with self-denial/affliction, and the Sages estimated that with a date a person’s mind is set at ease, ut less than a date, a person’s mind is not set at ease.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
To make up the volume of a dry fig with regard to carrying on Shabbat; One who carries food from one domain to another on Shabbat is liable only if the food is at least the volume of a dried fig (see Shabbat 7:4).
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
לפסול את הגויה ברביעית – a person who drinks impure liquids at a volume of a quarter-LOG, his (i.e., the Kohen’s) body is invalidated from consuming heave-offering/Terumah and invalidates Terumah through his contact until he immerses [in a Mikveh]
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And the volume of a date with regard to Yom Kippur. All kinds of drinks can combine with one another: One who eats a date’s worth of food on Yom Kippur is liable. Again, all different foods join together to create this minimum amount.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Meilah
וכמלוא לוגמיו (a mouthful, a quantity of liquid filling up one’s cheek) – that he drinks a quantity filling up his cheek on Yoom Kippur is liable. Less than this, he is exempt (see Tractate Yoma, Chapter 8, Mishnah 2).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
To make up a quarter [of a log] in order to render the body unfit; One who drinks a quarter of a log of impure drink is rendered unfit to eat terumah until the evening.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Meilah
To make up a mouthful with regard to Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur, one who drinks a mouthful is liable. In both of these matters, different foods join together.
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