Gli steli di fichi e fichi secchi, klusim e carrube si contaminano e possono essere contaminati e uniti. Rabbi Yose dice: anche il gambo di una zucca. Gambi di pere e pere di krutumelin, mele cotogne e mele granchio, il gambo della zucca se si tratta di un soffio a mano e il gambo del carciofo se si tratta di un solo di mano. Rabad Elazar bar Zadok dice: due volantini. [Tutti] questi contaminano e sono contaminati; ma non si uniscono. E tutti gli altri non provengono né dalla contaminazione né dalla contaminazione.
Bartenura on Mishnah Oktzin
והכלוסין – a species of pulse/beans.
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Introduction
Today's mishnah is that which gives our tractate its name it deals with stems (oktzim).
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ומצטרפים – for sometimes they are consumed with the fruit.
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Stems of figs and dried figs, kelusim, and carobs are both defiled and defile, and they join together. Rabbi Yose says: also the stalks of the gourd. The stems of these fruits can be eaten. Therefore they are fully considered part of the fruit. Rabbi Yose says that the stem of the gourd is edible, but the other sages hold that while it is a handle, it is not edible.
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ר' יוסי אומר אף עוקץ הדלעת (Rabbi Yossi says: even the peduncle of gourds/pumpkins) – because it is boiled with it. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yossi.
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The stems of pears and krutumelin pears, quinces, and crab-apples, the stalks of the gourd and the artichoke [to the length of] one handbreadth. Rabbi Elazar bar Zadok says: two handbreadths; [All] these are defiled and defile; but do not join together. These stems are used as handles but they are not edible. Therefore, they defile and can be defiled but since they are not food they don't add to the requisite amount.
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אגסים- in Arabic AGAS and in the foreign tongue PEARS.
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As for other stems, they are neither defiled nor do they defile. The stems of other types of produce are not used as handles nor are they eaten. Therefore, they are not susceptible to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Oktzin
קרוסטמלין (Crustumenian pear – red on one side) – small apples that are similar to gall-nuts. They are called MILIN.
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פרישין (quince)- in Arabic SPARGIL and in the foreign language KODONAISH.
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עוזרדין (sorb-apples, medlars, crab-apples) – in Arabic ZAROD and in the foreign language SORBASH.
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טפח - it refers to the peduncle/stalk of the Greek gourd, but not to the others that are taught in the Mishnah as they peduncles are small.
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קונדס (artichokes) – bitter vegetables, and we sweeten them through the hot flame. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Eleazar b’Rabbi Tzadok.
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לא מיטמאין ולא מטמאין – and it is not necessary to state that they don’t combine.
