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דִּינָר שֶׁנִּפְסַל וְהִתְקִינוֹ לִתְלוֹתוֹ בְצַוַּאר קְטַנָּה, טָמֵא. וְכֵן סֶלַע שֶׁנִּפְסְלָה וְהִתְקִינָהּ לִהְיוֹת שׁוֹקֵל בָּהּ, טְמֵאָה. עַד כַּמָּה תִפָּסֵל וִיהֵא רַשַּׁאי לְקַיְּמָהּ, עַד שְׁנֵי דִינָרִין. פָּחוֹת מִכָּאן, יָקֹץ:
Неправильный динар, который был подготовлен повесить на шею ребенка. Так же и недействительное села, которое было подготовлено для использования в качестве веса, нечисто. Сколько может быть недействительным и допустимым для использования? До [двух] двух динарных [монет]. Меньше, это должно быть сокращено.
Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
דינר שנפסל – that the kingdom defiled it or the country, or that it was lacking [its appropriate weight].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
Introduction
Today's mishnah deals with the susceptibility to impurity of invalidated coins that have put to a secondary purpose.
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והתקינו – that he pierced it in order that he could suspend it on the neck or his son or his daughter.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
If a dinar had been invalidated and then was adapted for hanging around a young girl's neck it is susceptible to impurity. A coin is not susceptible to impurity, but if it is invalidated and cannot be used and is then hung around a young girl's neck as jewelry, it is susceptible.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
סלע – four Denarim.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
So, too, if a sela had been invalidated was adapted for use as a weight, it is susceptible to impurity. A sela is a heavier, more valuable coin, worth four denars. If a sela was invalidated, but then used as a weight, it is susceptible to impurity.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
והתקינה להיות שוקל בה – silver or gold. For these are a thing that is joined/affixed as for example meat and/or wine, for behold it is taught in a Baraita in the Chapter “He who sells a boat” (Tractate Bava Batra, Chapter 5) [folio 89b]: “They don’t make weights of metal to weigh on them a thing that is attached/affixed.”
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kelim
How much may it depreciate while one is still permitted to keep it? As much as two denars. Less and he must be cut it up. It is forbidden for a person to hold on to an invalidated coin, lest he deceive people with it and exchange it for a real coin. However, if the coin is obviously defective, he can keep it because people will know that it is defective. Our mishnah therefore asks how much the coin can depreciate before he has to cut it up and get rid of it. The answer is that it can be up to two denars defective. Two denars is equivalent to a shekel. If it has depreciated more than this, he may not hold on to it, lest he try to exchange it for a shekel.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Kelim
עד שני דינרים – which is one Shekel. And it is one-half of a Selah.
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פחות מכאן יקוץ – so that people will not be deceived with it that they will think that it is a Shekel. And similarly, if it is more than a Shekel, it should also be cut up so that they don’t error with it and purchase it for a Selah.
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