Mishnah2a:1
מַתְנִי׳Mishna
MISHNAH.
כֵּיצַדKeitzad
<<How
הָעֵדִיםHo'eidim
<<do the witnesses
נַעֲשִׂיםNa'asim
<<become
זוֹמְמִין?Zomemin
<<conspiring witnesses (zomemin)?
״מְעִידִיןMe'idin
אָנוּOnu
<<[If they say:] “We testify
בְּאִישׁBeish
פְּלוֹנִיPeloni
<<about a certain man
שֶׁהוּאShehu
<<that he is
בֶּןBen
גְּרוּשָׁהGerusho
<<the son of a divorcee
אוֹO
<<or
בֶּןBen
חֲלוּצָה״,Chalutzo
<<the son of a chalutzah,”
אֵיןEin
<<we do not
אוֹמְרִים:Omerim
<<say:
יֵעָשֶׂהYei'ose
זֶהZe
<<‘that this man be made
בֶּןBen
גְּרוּשָׁהGerusho
<<the son of a divorcee
אוֹO
<<or
בֶּןBen
חֲלוּצָהChalutzo
<<the son of a chalutzah
תַּחְתָּיו,Tachtoyv
<<in his place,’
אֶלָּאEllo
<<rather
לוֹקֶהLoke
<<he receives
אַרְבָּעִים.Arbo'im
<<forty lashes.
2a:2
״מְעִידִיןMe'idin
אָנוּOnu
[If they say:] “We testify
בְּאִישׁBeish
פְּלוֹנִיPeloni
<<about a certain man
שֶׁהוּאShehu
<<that he is
חַיָּיבChayyoyv
<<liable
לִגְלוֹת״,Liglos
<<to be exiled,”
אֵיןEin
<<we do not
אוֹמְרִים:Omerim
<<say:
יִגְלֶהYigle
זֶהZe
<<‘this man shall be exiled
תַּחְתָּיו,Tachtoyv
<<in his place,’
אֶלָּאEllo
<<rather
לוֹקֶהLoke
<<he receives
אַרְבָּעִים.Arbo'im
<<forty lashes.
2a:3
גְּמָ׳Gemara
GEMARA.
הָאHo
<<But — this
״כֵּיצַדKeitzad
<<‘How
אֵיןEin
הָעֵדִיםHo'eidim
<<are the witnesses not
נַעֲשִׂיםNa'asim
<<made
זוֹמְמִין״Zomemin
<<conspirators’
מִיבְּעֵיMibbe'ei
<<is what it should
לֵיהּ!Leih
<<have said!
וְעוֹד,Veod
<<And furthermore,
מִדְּקָתָנֵיMiddekosonei
<<from the fact that it teaches
לְקַמַּן:Lekamman
<<later on:
אֲבָלAvol
<<‘But [if]
אָמְרוּOmru
<<they said
לָהֶם:Lohem
<<to them:
״הֵיאַךְHeiach
<<“How can
אַתֶּםAttem
<<you
מְעִידִין,Me'idin
<<testify?
הֲרֵיHarei
<<Why,
בְּאוֹתוֹBeoso
הַיּוֹםHayyom
<<on that very day
אַתֶּםAttem
<<you
הֱיִיתֶםHeyisem
<<were
עִמָּנוּImmonu
<<with us
בְּמָקוֹםBemokom
פְּלוֹנִי״Peloni
<<in such-and-such a place,”
הֲרֵיHarei
<<then
אֵלּוּEillu
<<these
זוֹמְמִין,Zomemin
<<are zomemin’ —
מִכְּלָלMikkelol
<<it follows
דְּאֵלּוּDeeillu
<<that [in our case] these
אֵיןEin
<<are not
זוֹמְמִין!Zomemin
<<zomemin!
2a:4
תַּנָּאTanno
The tanna
הָתָםHosom
<<was standing there [in Sanhedrin],
קָאֵי:Koei
<<where he taught:
כׇּלKol
<<‘All
הַזּוֹמְמִיןHazzomemin
<<conspiring witnesses
מַקְדִּימִיןMakdimin
<<are advanced to
לְאוֹתָהּLeosoh
מִיתָה,Miso
<<that same death,
חוּץChutz
<<except
מִזּוֹמְמֵיMizzomemei
<<the conspirers against
בַּתBas
כֹּהֵןKohein
<<the daughter of a kohen
וּבוֹעֲלָהּ,Vvo'aloh
<<and her paramour,
שֶׁאֵיןSheein
<<who are not
מַקְדִּימִיןMakdimin
<<advanced to
לְאוֹתָהּLeosoh
מִיתָהMiso
<<that same death
אֶלָּאEllo
<<but rather
לְמִיתָהLemiso
<<to a
אַחֶרֶת.Acheres
<<different death.’
2a:5
וְיֵשׁVeyeish
And there are
עֵדִיםEidim
<<witnesses
זוֹמְמִיןZomemin
<<made zomemin
אֲחֵרִים,Acheirim
<<of another kind,
שֶׁאֵיןSheein
<<for whom we do not
עוֹשִׂיןOsin
<<apply
בָּהֶןBohen
<<to them
דִּיןDin
<<the law of
הֲזָמָהHazomo
<<hazamah
כׇּלKol
עִיקָּר,Ikkor
<<at all,
אֶלָּאEllo
<<but only
מַלְקוֹתMalkos
<<a flogging of
אַרְבָּעִים,Arbo'im
<<forty.
כֵּיצַד?Keitzad
<<How so?
״מְעִידִיןMe'idin
אָנוּOnu
<<[They say:] “We testify
בְּאִישׁBeish
פְּלוֹנִיPeloni
<<about a certain man
שֶׁהוּאShehu
<<that he is
בֶּןBen
גְּרוּשָׁהGerusho
<<the son of a divorcee
אוֹO
<<or
בֶּןBen
חֲלוּצָה״,Chalutzo
<<the son of a chalutzah,”
אֵיןEin
<<we do not
אוֹמְרִים:Omerim
<<say:
יֵעָשֶׂהYei'ose
זֶהZe
<<‘that this man be made
בֶּןBen
גְּרוּשָׁהGerusho
<<the son of a divorcee
אוֹO
<<or
בֶּןBen
חֲלוּצָהChalutzo
<<the son of a chalutzah
תַּחְתָּיו,Tachtoyv
<<in his place,’
אֶלָּאEllo
<<rather
לוֹקֶהLoke
<<he receives
אֶתEs
הָאַרְבָּעִים.Hoarbo'im
<<the forty lashes.
2a:6
מְנָהָנֵיMenohonei
מִילֵּי?Millei
From where are these matters derived?
אָמַרOmar
<<Said
רַבִּיRabbi
יְהוֹשֻׁעַYehoshua
בֶּןBen
לֵוִיLeivi
<<Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi
אָמַרOmar
<<in the name of
רַבִּיRabbi
שִׁמְעוֹןShimon
בֶּןBen
לָקִישׁ:Lokish
<<Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish:
דְּאָמַרDeomar
<<for
קְרָא:Kero
<<the verse says:
״וַעֲשִׂיתֶםVa'asisem
<<‘And you shall do
לוֹLo
<<to him
כַּאֲשֶׁרKaasher
<<as
זָמַם״,Zomam
<<he schemed’ —
״לוֹ״Lo
<<‘to him’
וְלֹאVelo
<<and not
לְזַרְעוֹ.Lezaro
<<to his offspring.
וְלִיפְסְלוּהוּVelifsluhu
<<Then let them disqualify
לְדִידֵיהּLedideih
<<him himself,
וְלָאVelo
<<and not
לִיפְסְלוּLifslu
<<disqualify
לְזַרְעֵיהּ!Lezareih
<<his offspring! [We answer:]
בָּעִינַןBo'inan
<<We require
״כַּאֲשֶׁרKaasher
<<‘as
זָמַםZomam
<<he schemed
לַעֲשׂוֹת״,La'asos
<<to do,’
וְלֵיכָּא.Veleikko
<<and that is absent.
2a:7
בַּרBar
פְּדָאPedo
Bar Pada
אוֹמֵר:Omeir
<<says:
קַלKal
וָחוֹמֶר,Vochomer
<<It is an a-fortiori argument:
וּמָהVmo
<<just as
הַמְחַלֵּלHamchalleil
<<one who profanes [another]
אֵינוֹEino
<<is not himself
מִתְחַלֵּל,Mischalleil
<<profaned —
הַבָּאHabbo
<<one who comes
לְחַלֵּלLechalleil
<<to profane
וְלֹאVelo
<<but did not
חִילֵּלChilleil
<<profane,
אֵינוֹEino
<<is it not
דִּיןDin
<<logical
שֶׁלֹּאShello
<<that he should not
יִתְחַלֵּל?Yischalleil
<<be profaned?
מַתְקֵיףMaskeif
לַהּLah
<<Objects to it
רָבִינָא:Rovino
<<Ravina:
אִםIm
<<If
כֵּןKein
<<so,
בִּטַּלְתָּBittalto
<<you have abolished
תּוֹרַתToras
<<the law of
עֵדִיםEidim
<<conspiring
זוֹמְמִין!Zomemin
<<witnesses!