Comentário sobre Bikurim 2:7
דַּם מְהַלְּכֵי שְׁתַּיִם, שָׁוֶה לְדַם בְּהֵמָה, לְהַכְשִׁיר אֶת הַזְּרָעִים. וְדַם הַשֶּׁרֶץ, אֵין חַיָּבִין עָלָיו:
O sangue humano [lit., bípede] é semelhante ao sangue animal no que diz respeito às leis da impureza agrícola, e, como o sangue de inseto, não é responsável [pelo seu consumo].
Bartenura on Mishnah Bikkurim
דם מהלכי שתים – which is the blood of a human being, like the blood of the slain
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bikkurim
Introduction
The mishnah compares the laws governing human blood with those governing the blood of beasts (domesticated animals) and the blood of a sheretz, a creepy crawly thing, which includes reptiles and amphibians.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bikkurim
להכשיר את הזרעים – to be susceptible to become defiled such as the blood of cattle, as it is written concerning it (Deuteronomy 12:24): “You must not partake of it; you must pour it out on the ground like water.”
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bikkurim
The blood of those who walk on two [legs] is like the blood of beasts in that it renders seeds susceptible [to impurity]. Interestingly, human beings are called “those who walk on two legs” (which invokes Orwellian images of pigs). In order for seeds (or anything that grows from the ground) to become susceptible to impurity, they must become wet by one of seven liquids, one of which is blood (see Terumot 11:2). The blood of human beings and beasts serves to render the seeds susceptible, but the blood of a sheretz (which is cold-blooded) does not.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bikkurim
ודם השרץ – that is to say, that the blood of those walking on two legs (i.e., human beings) is equivalent to the blood of unclean reptiles/moving creatures, which concerning them we are not liable because of the [prohibition of] blood. But specifically, if they warned him concerning [the] blood, we are not liable for the blood of unclean reptiles but if they warned him on account of the unclean reptiles, he is flogged since the blood of unclean reptiles is like its flesh.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bikkurim
And it is like the blood of a sheretz, in that one is not liable for eating it. While one is not allowed to eat the blood of a sheretz, one who does so is not liable for the biblical punishment of karet (if done intentionally) nor is he liable to bring a sin offering if done unwittingly. The same is true of human blood it is prohibited, but one who eats it is not liable for either karet or a sacrifice.
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