The offspring of a <i>todah</i> [thanksgiving offering] and its substitute, its offspring and the offspring of its offspring until the end of the world, behold these are like a <i>todah</i>, except they do not require [the accompanying] bread [offerings]. The substitute for an <i>olah</i> [offering that is entirely burnt], the offspring of that substitute, and the offspring of its offspring until the end of the world, behold they are like the <i>olah</i>, and require skinning, sectioning and are [consigned] entirely to the fire.
Bartenura on Mishnah Temurah
הרי אלו כתודה – their portions of the sacrifices that are offered on thee altar and the flesh is eaten during the day and at night.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Temurah
Introduction
Today’s mishnah deals with the offspring and substitutes of a todah (thanksgiving offering) or of an olah (whole burnt offering).
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Bartenura on Mishnah Temurah
ובלבד שאינן טעונין לחם – as it is written (Leviticus 7:12): “’he shall offer together with the sacrifice if thanksgiving unleavened cakes with oil mixed in,” (the quoted sentence fragment – "על לחם התודה" does not exist in Scripture) the thanksgiving offering itself requires bread, but not its offspring nor its substitutes require bread.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Temurah
The offspring of a todah and its substitute, their offspring and the offspring of their offspring, until the end of all time, are considered as a todah, only they do not require the accompaniment of loaves of bread. Basically, the animals whose holiness comes about as a result of a todah (offspring, and their offspring) have the status of a todah. The one difference is that the original todah is brought with a bread offering, whereas the offspring is brought without a bread offering. This law was derived midrashically in Menahot 7:4.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Temurah
תמורת עולה – as, for example, he substituted a male for a burnt-offering (i.e., instead of a female).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Temurah
The substitute of an olah, the offspring of its substitute, its offspring and the offspring of its offspring, until the end of time, are regarded as an olah: they require flaying, cutting into pieces and to be altogether burned. The substitute of an olah is a case where a person substituted a male animal for an olah. If one substitutes a female for the male olah, then the female is holy, and its offspring is sacrificed as an olah. But the olah itself does not have halakhic offspring, because the olah is a male. All of the offspring in this section, therefore, refer to a case where a female was substituted for a male. These offspring must all be flayed, cut into pieces and then burned on the altar. These laws are outlined in the first chapter of Leviticus.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Temurah
וולד תמורתה – as, for example, he substituted a female for a burnt-offering, for a female is dedicated in the substitution of a burnt-offering, and it gave birth to the male substitute.
