La moglie di un chaver [uno che è meticoloso nel mantenere puri tutti i suoi cibi] che ha lasciato la moglie di un am ha'aretz che macina nella sua casa [cioè la casa della moglie del chaver ], se la macinazione si ferma, la casa è impuro. Se la fresatura non si è fermata, le cose sono impure solo per quanto riguarda il punto in cui potrebbe estendere la sua mano e il suo tocco. Se ce ne fossero due [cioè due mogli di amei ha'aretz ], la casa è impura a prescindere, perché una donna potrebbe macinare mentre l'altra va in giro a toccare [altre navi della casa], secondo il rabbino Meir. E i saggi dicono: [anche quando ce ne sono due] le cose sono impure solo fino a dove possono estendere le mani e il contatto.
Bartenura on Mishnah Tahorot
אשת חבר – who is trustworthy on matters of ritual purity for the wife of a Haver is like a Haver.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Tahorot
If the wife of a haver left the wife of an am haaretz grinding grain in her house, if the handmill stopped turning, the house is unclean. But if the handmill did not stop turning, that part of the house which she can stretch out her hand and touch is unclean. A haver is a term used to describe the opposite of an am haaretz. The wife of a haver has the status of a haver. She leaves the wife of an am haaretz, who also has the status of am haaretz, grinding a handmill in her home. If the am haaretz stops turning the mill, we must suspect that she will walk around the house and touch things. Therefore, all of the objects in the house are suspected of being impure. But if she kept milling the whole time, we need only be concerned about the things that are close enough for her to reach out and touch.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Tahorot
שהנייה לאשת עם הארץ – who is not trustworthy, for the wife of a commoner/who is not careful regarding the Levitical laws of ritual purity and tithes and his children are like hi, until they accept upon themselves the words of those who are careful with the observance of the Levitical laws of ritual purity and tithing.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Tahorot
If there were two women, the house is unclean in either case, since while the one is grinding, the other can go about touching, the words of Meir. But the sages say: the only part that is unclean is where she can stretch out her hand and touch it. If there were two women in the house taking turns at grinding (this is hard work), then Rabbi Meir is consistent with his position from mishnayot two and three, the whole house is impure. The other sages are also consistent. We need only be concerned lest she touched things that are within hand's reach. .
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Bartenura on Mishnah Tahorot
פסקה רחים – she completed her grinding and stopped milling. For all the time that she is busy with her work on the millstones, she does not go and examine about the house.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Tahorot
וחכמים אומרים וכו' – And the Halakha is according to the Sages.
