Se il quattordicesimo (di Nissan) cade su Shabbath, tutto viene bruciato prima di Shabbath [sia Chullin che Terumah, tranne per ciò che deve mangiare su Shabbath.] Queste sono le parole di R. Meir. I saggi dicono: (Tutto è rimosso) ai suoi tempi (cioè su Shabbath). R. Eliezer b. Tzaddok dice: Terumah (viene bruciato) prima di Shabbath, [poiché non può dargli da mangiare né ai non sacerdoti né alle bestie, e non è permesso lasciarlo stare], e Chullin (viene rimosso) ai suoi tempi (cioè Shabbath), [perché può trovare molti mangiatori per questo. L'halachah è conforme a R. Eliezer b. Tzaddok.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Pesachim
מבערים את הכל – whether it is sacred or not sacred, except for enough for him to eat for the Savbbath.
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Introduction
Chametz is usually removed the day before Pesah, on the fourteenth of the month of Nisan. This potentially becomes a problem when the day before Pesah is Shabbat because chametz is usually removed by being burnt and one cannot burn chametz on Shabbat. In our mishnah the sages debate how to handle this problem.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Pesachim
תרומה מלפני השבת – because he cannot feed it neither to foreigners (i.e., non-Kohanim) nor to his cattle and to have it lay around, it is impossible. But non-sacred [leaven] he doesn’t have to remove it until its [appropriate] time for he can find for them much food. And the Halakah is according to Rabbi Elazar b’Rabbi Tzadok.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Pesachim
If the fourteenth [of Nisan] falls on Shabbat, they remove everything before Shabbat, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Meir says that all of the chametz is to be burned before Shabbat. Most commentators add, based on a talmudic source, that he may leave enough chametz to eat two meals, one on Friday night and one on Shabbat morning. This is because halakhah forbids the eating of matzah on the day before Pesah. However, the custom not to eat matzah on the day before Pesah may not yet have developed in the time of the Mishnah. It is likely that Rabbi Meir assumes that one will eat matzah for Friday night dinner and for the first meal on Shabbat itself. In any case, today when this occurs, many people destroy all of their chametz on Friday, but some people leave enough bread to eat for Friday night dinner and a very early Shabbat morning lunch. This meal must be eaten before the fourth hour of the day, by which time all chametz must be removed.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Pesachim
The sages say: at its [usual] time. The sages say that all of the chametz is removed at its usual time, meaning on Shabbat itself. The sages assume that they will remove the chametz by eating it or by giving it to his animals. If it can’t be eaten, then it may crumbled up and thrown into the wind (see above 2:1).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Pesachim
Rabbi Eleazar bar Zadok says: terumah before Shabbat, and non-sacred [chametz] at its [usual] time. The problem with waiting until Shabbat to remove the terumah is that far fewer people can eat terumah only kohanim and their families may eat it. Therefore, he should burn the terumah the day before Pesah. However, regular chametz may be eaten by anyone, and therefore they can wait to remove it until Shabbat itself. On this point he agrees with the sages.
