Commento su 'Avodah Zarah 4:2
מָצָא בְרֹאשׁוֹ מָעוֹת, כְּסוּת אוֹ כֵלִים, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מֻתָּרִין. פַּרְכִּילֵי עֲנָבִים וַעֲטָרוֹת שֶׁל שִׁבֳּלִים וְיֵינוֹת וּשְׁמָנִים וּסְלָתוֹת וְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁכַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ קָרֵב עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, אָסוּר:
Se uno si trova sulla sua testa denaro, vestiti o navi, sono ammessi. [Cioè, se non sono collocati lì per la decorazione, come quando il denaro è in una tasca appesa al collo, gli abiti piegati e posizionati sulla sua spalla o sulla sua testa, e anche i vasi, posti sulla sua testa, tutti questi non vengono messi lì per la decorazione.] Grappoli d'uva, ghirlande di spighe, vini, olii e farine e tutte le cose che sono offerte sull'altare sono proibite.
Bartenura on Mishnah Avodah Zarah
מצא בראשו – of Merkulis.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Avodah Zarah
If he found on top [of a mercurius] a coins or a garment or utensils behold these are permitted;
[But if he found] grape-clusters, wreaths of grain, [gifts of] wine, oil or fine flour, or anything resembling what is offered upon the altar, such is prohibited.
Mishnah two continues to discuss items that are found in proximity to the mercurius idol, and whether or not these items are assumed to have been used in idolatrous worship and therefore prohibited.
In the previous mishnah we learned that one typical way of worshipping the mercurius idol was to lay stones next to it. In today’s mishnah we see ways in which mercurius was not worshipped. It was not worshipped by having money, clothes or other vessels laid next to it. Since this is not typical mercurius worship, it is permitted for Jews to use these items.
However, if anything that is normally sacrificed is found next to a mercurius, these items are forbidden to Jews. Since these items are generally used in idol worship, and evidently also in the worship of mercurius, they are forbidden if they are found in proximity to the idol.
[But if he found] grape-clusters, wreaths of grain, [gifts of] wine, oil or fine flour, or anything resembling what is offered upon the altar, such is prohibited.
Mishnah two continues to discuss items that are found in proximity to the mercurius idol, and whether or not these items are assumed to have been used in idolatrous worship and therefore prohibited.
In the previous mishnah we learned that one typical way of worshipping the mercurius idol was to lay stones next to it. In today’s mishnah we see ways in which mercurius was not worshipped. It was not worshipped by having money, clothes or other vessels laid next to it. Since this is not typical mercurius worship, it is permitted for Jews to use these items.
However, if anything that is normally sacrificed is found next to a mercurius, these items are forbidden to Jews. Since these items are generally used in idol worship, and evidently also in the worship of mercurius, they are forbidden if they are found in proximity to the idol.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Avodah Zarah
מעות כסות או כלים מהרין אלו מותרין – and this as long as they are not placed for adornment [such as, for example], that the monies were placed in a pouch tied and suspended from it on its neck. Folded clothing folded up and placed on its shoulder, or on its head. Utensils also placed on its head, and wall of these are not in the manner of adornment.
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