Ile może brakować sela, a ona'ah nie dostać? [Moneta, która jest aktualna i zawsze mielona za pomocą—Ile może jej brakować, żeby nie było ona'ah w używaniu jej?] R. Meir mówi: Cztery issarin [do sela], czyli jeden issar na dinar, [jedna dwudziesta czwarta z tego: dwie ma „ach srebra to dinar; jeden ma'ah, dwa pondyonim; pondyon, dwa issarin. R. Juda mówi: Cztery pondyonoth, pondyon do dinara, [jedna dwunasta tego]. R. Szimon mówi: Osiem pondyonoth, dwa pondyonoth na dinara, [jedna szósta tego, jak ona'ah w ogóle. A to jest halacha.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia
כמה תהא סלע חסרה – current coinage it is always rubbed and is lacking [in its weight]. How much should it be lacking and if one spent it there would be no fraudulent representation (which would invalidate the transaction)?
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Metzia
Introduction
Mishnah five deals with the amount that may be missing in the weight of a coin before the use of the coin constitutes fraud.
Mishnah six deals with how long a seller has to return a coin to the purchaser if the coin is missing weight.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia
ארבעה איסרין – for every Sela.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Metzia
How much may be missing from a sela and still not fall within the rule of fraud? Rabbi Meir says: “Four issars, one issar per dinar.” Rabbi Judah says: “Four pondions, one pondion per dinar.” Rabbi Shimon says: “Eight pondions, two pondions per dinar.” In order to understand this mishnah we need to understand the coinage mentioned in it. One sela = four dinars = 48 pondions = 96 issars Rabbi Meir holds that if the weight of a sela is missing the weight of four issars then its use is considered to be fraud. This is a ratio of 1/24. Rabbi Judah holds that a ratio of 1/12 constitutes fraud and Rabbi Shimon that a ratio of 1/6 constitutes fraud, which is the same as regular fraud as we learned in the previous mishnayoth.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia
איסר לדינר – and it is one out of twenty-four, for six Me’ah of silver is a Denar, a M’ah is two Pundiyonim and a Pundiyon is two Issarim.
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Questions for Further Thought: • Mishnah five: If the normal ratio of fraud is 1/6 why would Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Judah hold a stricter standard with regards to the weight of coins?
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia
ארבעה פונדיונים – one out of twelve.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Metzia
שמונה פונדיונים – one-sixth, and such is the Halakha.
