Comentario sobre Orlá 3:2
הַצּוֹבֵעַ מְלֹא הַסִּיט בִּקְלִפֵּי עָרְלָה, וַאֲרָגוֹ בְבֶגֶד, וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אֵיזֶה הוּא, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, יִדָּלֵק הַבֶּגֶד. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, יַעֲלֶה בְאֶחָד וּמָאתָיִם:
Alguien que tiñe [un hilo] del largo de m'lo hasit [distancia entre el pulgar y el índice extendidos] con las cáscaras de un árbol Orlah , y luego los tejió en una prenda, pero no sabe cuál [hilo] es: El rabino Meir dice que uno debe quemar la prenda, y los Sabios dicen que se neutraliza en [un montón de] doscientos uno [otras prendas similares].
Bartenura on Mishnah Orlah
מלא הסיט – it is according to the suspension between the fore-arm to the finger – all what he is able to widen it, and the suspension that is between the thumb to the finger, all that he one is able to widen it, which is a double “sit” (the double size of the “sit” – the distance between the tip of the thumb and that of the index finger when held apart, or between the root of the thumb and the tip of the index finger, when the former is leaning against the latter – see also Tractate Shabbat, Chapter 13, Mishnah 4), because it is double from what lies between the forearm and the finger. And within the distance of a “sit” is an important measurement for prohibition. Therefore, when they have weaved in the cloth, and it is not known which it is, Rabbi Meir states, according to his reasoning, that it (i.e., the entire cloth) should be burned, and the Sages state that it is neutralized in one and two-hundred , according to their reasoning as seen in the dispute of above (see Mishnah 1 of this chapter).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Orlah
If one dyed a thread the whole [length] of a sit with orlah peels, and wove it into a garment, and it is not known which [thread] it is:
Rabbi Meir says: the garment must be burned;
But the sages say: it becomes neutralized in two-hundred-and-one.
Our mishnah deals with a single thread that was dyed with orlah dye and then woven into a garment. The length of this thread is the length of a sit which is explained by some to mean the distance between one’s thumb and forefinger, while others explain it to be the distance between one’s forefinger and middle finger when they are as spread apart as possible.
According to Rabbi Meir, if one thread dyed with shells or peels of orlah becomes woven into a garment and it is not known which thread it was, the entire garment must be burned, even if there is a 200-1 ratio of permitted to prohibited threads. To Rabbi Meir even such a small thread is still considered an “important item” and therefore it doesn’t become nullified in any ratio.
The sages say that the prohibited thread is nullified in a ratio of 200-1, as they said with regard to an entire garment dyed with orlah thread in yesterday’s mishnah.
Rabbi Meir says: the garment must be burned;
But the sages say: it becomes neutralized in two-hundred-and-one.
Our mishnah deals with a single thread that was dyed with orlah dye and then woven into a garment. The length of this thread is the length of a sit which is explained by some to mean the distance between one’s thumb and forefinger, while others explain it to be the distance between one’s forefinger and middle finger when they are as spread apart as possible.
According to Rabbi Meir, if one thread dyed with shells or peels of orlah becomes woven into a garment and it is not known which thread it was, the entire garment must be burned, even if there is a 200-1 ratio of permitted to prohibited threads. To Rabbi Meir even such a small thread is still considered an “important item” and therefore it doesn’t become nullified in any ratio.
The sages say that the prohibited thread is nullified in a ratio of 200-1, as they said with regard to an entire garment dyed with orlah thread in yesterday’s mishnah.
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