Komentarz do Challa 2:5
הַמַּפְרִישׁ חַלָּתוֹ קֶמַח, אֵינָהּ חַלָּה, וְגָזֵל בְּיַד כֹּהֵן. הָעִסָּה עַצְמָהּ, חַיֶּבֶת בַּחַלָּה. וְהַקֶּמַח, אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ כַשִּׁעוּר, חַיֶּבֶת בַּחַלָּה, וַאֲסוּרָה לְזָרִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, מַעֲשֶׂה וּקְפָשָׁהּ זָקֵן זָר. אָמַר לָהֶם, אַף הוּא קִלְקֵל לְעַצְמוֹ וְתִקֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים:
Jeśli ktoś oddzieli Challah, gdy jest to mąka, nie jest to ważna Challah , a [jeśli Kohen ją zabierze] uważa się, że jest to coś skradzionego z ręki Kohena . Jednak samo ciasto jest nadal obowiązkowe w Challah ; jeśli jest wystarczająco dużo mąki, podlega ona Challahowi i zakazowi nie- Kohanim , takie są słowa rabina Jehoszua. [Mędrcy] mówią do rabina Jehoszuy: Był taki przypadek [gdzie chałla została omyłkowo podana] i uczony nie- Kohen pochwycił go. Rabin Jehoszua powiedział do nich, że on też zrobił coś szkodliwego dla siebie, chociaż pomagał innym [którzy będą myśleć, że jest to dozwolone].
Bartenura on Mishnah Challah
אינו חלה – for it is written (Numbers 15:20): “as the first yield of our baking…”
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Introduction
This mishnah deals with someone who separates his hallah before the flour has been mixed with water to become dough. The Torah says that you are supposed to give the first of “your dough” to the kohen, not the flour before it becomes dough. Our mishnah rules that the flour that he calls “hallah” does not actually become hallah.
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וגזל ביד כהן – and he must return it to their owners, for if it remains in his hand, he would think that his dough is exempt.
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If one separates his hallah [while it is still] flour, it is not hallah, and in the hand of a priest it is considered stolen property. As stated above, if he separates his hallah before he mixes it with water to become dough, that which he calls hallah does not have the status of hallah. Therefore, if he gives it to a kohen, the kohen must return it to him. If the kohen does not return it, it is as it is a stolen thing in the kohen’s possession.
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העיסה עצמה – that which he separated its Hallah as flour, is liable for Hallah.
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The dough is still subject to hallah; The dough made from the remaining flour is still subject to hallah, because the hallah that he did take out does not count.
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והקמח – that comes into the hand of the Kohen with the designation of Hallah.
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And the flour, if there is the minimum quantity, it [also is] subject to hallah. The flour that he took out and called hallah, if there is a minimum amount (1 ¼ kavs) then hallah must be taken from this dough as well.
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אם יש בו כשיעור – five-fourths of flour which is liable for Hallah.
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And it is prohibited to non-priests, the words of Rabbi Joshua. Despite the fact that this flour does not have the status of hallah, Rabbi Joshua says that it is prohibited to non-priests. According to Rabbi Joshua, since he called it hallah, it can only be eaten by priests, even though it is not actually hallah.
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ואסורה לזרים – all the flour that comes in to the hand of the Kohen, and this is a mere stringency, because they saw that it comes into the land of a Kohen, that they won’t say that we saw a foreigner eating Hallot.
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They said to him: It happened that a non-priest sage seized it [for himself]. The other sages respond that it happened that a non-priest who was a sage grabbed a loaf made from this flour in order to eat it. This proves, to the sages, that this flour is permitted to non-priests.
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וקפשה זקן זר – an old man who is a foreigner snatched it and ate it.
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He said to them: He did something damaging to himself, but he benefited others. Rabbi Joshua responds that what the sage did was indeed forbidden. But in a roundabout way, he helped others. Other non-priests will now eat this bread thinking that it is permitted to them as well. Since they don’t know that it is actually prohibited, they are not considered to be sinning. So it turns out that this sage knowingly erred, in order to aid others. While this is a strange concept, we should remember that the only reason that Rabbi Joshua considers this bread prohibited to non-priests is that he called it hallah it is not actually hallah. The transgression of a non-priest eating it is certainly not from the Torah.
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קלקל לעצמו – that he ate it and was punished.
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ותיקן לאחרים – that others eat and leave it in doubt, for they find an opening to permit, since they saw that he ate it.
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