פרק ה משנה ט | |
משאלת אשה לחברתה | A woman may lend to a friend |
החשודה על השביעית | who is suspected regarding [her observance] of sheviis |
נפה | a sieve, |
וכברה | or a larger sieve, |
ורחים | or a mill, |
ותנור | or an oven, |
אבל לא תבור | but she may not winnow |
ולא תטחן עמה | or grind with her. |
אשת חבר | The wife of a scholar |
משאלת לאשת עם הארץ | may lend to the wife of an unlearned man |
נפה וכברה | a sieve or large sieve |
ובוררת וטוחנת | and she may winnow, grind |
ומרקדת עמה | or sift with her, |
אבל משתטיל המים | but once she adds water |
לא תגע עמה | she may not help her |
לפי שאין מחזיקין | as one may not support |
ידי עוברי עברה | the hands of transgressors. |
וכלן לא אמרו | And all of these were not stated |
אלא מפני דרכי שלום | other than for the sake of peace. |
ומחזקין ידי גוים | And we support (encourage) the efforts of gentiles [to work the land] |
בשביעית | during sheviis |
אבל לא ידי ישראל | but not the efforts of Jews, |
ושואלין בשלומן | and we greet them [gentiles] (even on their religious holidays) |
מפני דרכי שלום | for the sake of peace. |
פרק ו משנה א | |
האומר | One who says |
התקבל גט זה לאשתי | receive this get on behalf of my wife |
או הולך גט זה לאשתי | or take this get to my wife |
אם רצה לחזור | if he wants to retract [after giving this person the get] |
יחזר | he may retract. |
האשה שאמרה | But if the woman says |
התקבל לי גטי | receive my get for me |
אם רצה לחזור | if he wants to retract |
לא יחזר | he cannot retract. |
לפיכך | Therefore |
אם אמר לו הבעל | if the husband says to [a person appointed by his wife to accept here get on her behalf] |
אי אפשי שתקבל לה | I am not willing to allow you to accept on her behalf, |
אלא הולך ותן לה | rather take it and give it to her |
אם רצה לחזור | if he wants to retract |
יחזר | he may retract. |
רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר | Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says |
אף האומרת | also a woman who says (using a slightly different word) |
טול לי גטי | take my get on my behalf |
אם רצה לחזר | if he wants to retract |
לא יחזר | he may not retract. |
NOTES
משנה ט
משאלת - As these items can be used for other purposes besides processing crops of שביעית.
אבל לא תבור - As we are afraid that she will actually be working with forbidden food of שביעית.
אשת עם הארץ - Most such people can be trusted to separate מעשר, and so some food processing activities are permitted. However, they are not trusted to properly observe טומאה וטהרה, and so once flour becomes מקבל טומאה by having water added, and subject to the laws of חלה when it is kneaded, we forbid one's participation, as we assume that the כלים used are טמא.
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