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1) [line 1] UDYANI - a water cistern
3) [line 3] MATZU MENATREI LAH - they are able to guard it 8) [line 11] MAI AVIDTAH - what is she doing with it? (A woman has no rights to the property of her deceased husband, other than receiving her Kesuvah, or receiving Mezonos (support) until she receives her Kesuvah, in which case all of her income is giving to the man's heirs.) 9) [line 11] B'ISHAH YORESHES - the Mishnah is referring to a case of a woman who inherits. The Rishonim give various scenarios for such a case; see Insights here. 10) [line 17] KEIVAN DI'SHEVICHA LAH MILSA - since doing so makes her praiseworthy 11) [line 17] D'AMREI "KA TARCHA KAMEI YASMEI" - because people say, "She is troubling herself for the orphans" 12) [line 18] ACHULEI ACHLAH - she certainly foregoes [receiving the income that the property produces]
13a) [line 19] HA'MESI ISHAH LI'VENO GADOL B'VAYIS, KENA'O - if a man
marries off his adult son in a special Beis Chasnus (see next entry), the
son acquires the house 14) [line 22] YICHED LO AVIV BAYIS V'ALIYAH - his father designated for him a house that had an attic (he stated only that he was designating the house) (RASHBAM, RABEINU GERSHOM) 15) [line 23] ACHSADRAH - a structure that is covered by a roof and is enclosed on three of its sides, which stands before the entrance to the house and through which people walk in order to enter the house 16) [line 24] TEIKU (a) The Pri Megadim (in his Igeres preceding his introduction to Orach Chaim, #9) quotes and discusses various explanations for the word Teiku:
17) [line 27] OTZARO SHEL AVIV - the storehouse of his father (since the father had his belongings in the house, it is clear that the father did not intend to give the house to the son) (RASHBAM)
18) [line 28] SHOVCHA D'YONEI - a dovecote 22) [line 31] ASHISHA D'MISHCHA - a jar full of oil (RASHBAM); a jar used for oil that was empty (RITVA; the Ritva says that it was empty to show that it was not being used for the wedding feast in the house)
23) [line 33] K'HILCHESA B'LO TA'AMA - like laws with no [sufficient] reason
25) [last line] B'MA'AMAD SHELOSTAN KANAH - in the presence of the three of
them
26) [line 1] ACHIN HA'SHUTAFIN - brothers who are partners (in their father's estate and have not yet divided the estate) 27) [line 1] NAFAL ECHAD MEHEN L'UMNUS - one of them was drafted for governmental service 28) [line 2] NAFAL LA'EMTZA - the profit that he receives for his work is divided among all of them 29) [line 2] NISRAPEI MI'SHEL ATZMO - he becomes healed from his own share (he must pay his own medical expenses and may not pay it from the estate)
30a) [line 4] MINUHU GABAI - they appointed him as a tax collector
31a) [line 5] MACHMAS HE'ACHIN - because of the brothers (i.e. one brother
was appointed randomly from this house, as the practice was to go from house
to house and draft one member of each household for governmental service)
32) [line 7] CHARIF TEFEI - very sharp (smart)
37) [line 20] H'KOL B'YDEI SHAMAYIM - everything is in the hands of Heaven 39) [line 21] "TZINIM PACHIM B'DERECH IKESH; SHOMER NAFSHO YIRCHAK MEHEM" - "Chills and fevers (alt. swelling) are in the way of the crooked; he who guards his soul shall be far from them." (Mishlei 22:5)
40) [line 23] SHUSHVINUS (lit. close comradery) 41) [line 23] CHAZRAH SHUSHVINUS - when the gifts of Shushvinus are reciprocated 42) [line 24] NIGVEIS B'VEIS DIN - it (the reciprocated Shushvinus) may be collected in Beis Din, like a loan. Since the law allows for the collection of Shushvinus in Beis Din, when a person owes Shushvinus to a man who died, his heirs inherit the right to receive the Shushvinus, just as his heirs inherit any debt that is owed to him. 43) [line 27] SHALACH LO - his father sent Shushvinus specifically though him (this particular son, with intention that his son receive the benefits of partaking in the wedding feast, and that he receive the reciprocated Shushvinus) 44) [line 32] CHAZRAH LI'GEVOS - when the debt of Shushvinus comes back to be collected [from the father's estate]
45a) [line 33] KAN BI'SETAM - this case (the case of our Mishnah) is when
the father did not specify [that he wanted this particular son to bring the
Shushvinus and thus to receive the reciprocated benefits] 46) [line 37] YAVAM - the case of our Mishnah is referring to a Yavam (see Background to Bava Basra 134:11). The father sent Shushvinus with a specific son. The Mishnah agrees with the Beraisa that when the Shushvinus is reciprocated (after the father's death), it should be given to that son. The Mishnah, though, is referring to a case in which that son died, childless, before the Shushvinus was returned to him. One of the deceased son's brothers performs Yibum with his wife. The Halachah is that a Yavam inherits all of the property of his brother from whom he is doing Yibum. However, like the double portion inherited by a Bechor, he does *not* inherit property that is "Ra'uy," fit to come to him but not yet in his possession. Thus, the Shushvinus, which is "Ra'uy," is inherited by all of the brothers of the deceased son. (RASHBAM) 47) [line 38] EINO NOTEL B'RA'UY KEV'MUCHZAK - a Yavam does not receive a portion from assets that are fit to come into, but that have not yet entered, the possession of his deceased brother (see previous entry) 48) [line 39] IDACH MESHALEM - the other person (who owes the Shushvinus) must pay it 49) [line 40] TENU LI SHUSVINI V'ESMACH IMO - give me my close friend and I will rejoice with him 50) [line 41] L'HACHAZIR KIDUSHIN - to return [to the man or to his heirs] the money of Kidushin given by the man to the woman (see Background to Kidushin 2:1)
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