1)

(a)Someone who declares 'Harei alai Isaron' brings a Minchah comprising one Isaron. If he says 'Harei alai Esronim', he brings - two Esronos, (See Tosos Yom Tov).

(b)If he cannot remember how many Esronim he undertook to bring - he must bring a Minchah of sixty Esronim ...

(c)... as that is the largest single Minchah that one may bring (See also Tiferes Yisrael).

(d)In case he actually undertook to bring less than sixty Esronim - he stipulates that whatever he declared will cover his Chiyuv, and the rest will be a Nedavah.

2)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, if he declares S'tam 'Harei alai Minchah' - he can bring whichever of the five kinds of Minchah that he chooses (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)Rebbi Yehudah says that - he must bring a Minchas So'les.

(c)When he explains that this is because it is 'Meyuchedes she'bi'Menachos', he means that - it is the only Minchah that is called 'a Minchah' S'tam (without a suffix, such as 'Minchas Machavas' or 'Minchas Marcheshes').

(d)The Halachah is - like Rebbi Yehudah.

3)

(a)The Tana requires someone who declares that he will bring a 'Minchah' or 'Miyn Minchah' - to bring any one of he five Menachos, whereas someone who declares that he will bring 'Menachos' or Miyn ha'Menachos' must bring - two of any one species.

(b)In a case where he cannot remember what he declared, the Tana obligates him to bring all five species of Minchah.

(c)According to the Tana Kama, someone who undertakes to bring a Minchah comprising a certain number of Esronos (in one K'li), but cannot remember how many, must bring a Minchah comprising sixty Esronos. We are not concerned that he may have specified less - since he stipulates that whichever one he specified covers his Chiyuv, and the rest are a Nedavah (as we learnt in the previous Mishnah).

4)

(a)Rebbi holds that - in the previous case - the owner is obligated to bring sixty Menachos from one to sixty Esronim ...

(b)... a total of one thousand, eight hundred and thirty Esronos.

(c)It will not suffice to stipulate, like the Tana Kama says - because, since he said 'Minchah', he fixed it in one K'li, and Rebbi maintains that the K'li fixes the Minchah (See also Tiferes Yisrae and Tosfos Yom Tov).

(d)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.

5)

(a)A person who declares 'Harei alai ...

1. ... 'Eitzim' must bring - two blocks of wood (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

2. ... 'Levonah' (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'Levonah' & 'Lo Yifchos mi'Kometz') must bring - a Kometz.

(b)The former ruling is based on the principle - 'Miy'ut Rabim Shenayim' (the plural form implies a minimum of two).

(c)The latter ruling is the first of a list of five Kematzim. The ...

1. ... second - is the amount of Levonah that must accompany a Minchas Nedavah.

2. ... third - the amount for which one is Chayav Kareis if one offers it outside the Azarah (See Tosfos Yom-Tov and Tiferes Yisrael).

6)

(a)The previous ruling incorporates - the Shi'ur of the Minchah that goes on the Mizbe'ach ...

(b)... which the Tana does not list as a sixth Kometz - since, as opposed to the five that he lists, is a regular Haktarah.

(c)The last case of Kometz, comprising two Kematzim is - the Bazichei Levonah of the Lechem ha'Panim (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

7)

(a)A person who undertakes to donate...

1. ... gold - must give one golden Dinar (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

2. ... silver - must give one silver Dinar (See Tosfos Yom Tov DH 'Kesef ... ').

(b)What he actually said was that he would donate a gold or silver coin.

(c)If he said ...

1. ... just 'gold' or 'silver' - he must donate a small piece of gold or silver (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

2. ... copper - then he donates copper to the value of a silver Ma'ah.

(d)And if he specified a certain amount of gold, but cannot recall how much, he must donate - an amount to the point where he can say with certainty that he did not have that amount in mind.

8)

(a)Someone who declares 'Harei alai Yayin' must bring three Lugin (a Revi'is ha'Hin) of wine for Nesachim - as that is the smallest Nesech that can be brought.

(b)Twelve Lugin comprise a Hin.

(c)By the same token, if he declares 'Harei alai Shemen', according to the Tana Kama, he must bring - one Log of oil.

(d)One brings ...

1. ... three Lugin of wine - for a lamb.

2. ... one Log of oil - for a Minchah of one Isaron (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

9)

(a)Rebbi maintains that 'Harei alai Shemen' requires three Lugin of oil - because it is the minimum amount of oil that accompanies the lamb of a Minchas Nesachim (See Tos. Yom-Tov).

(b)The Halachah is - like the Tana Kama.

(c)If the owner forgot how many Lugin of wine or oil he undertook to bring, the Tana requires him to bring 'ke'Yom ha'Merubeh' - the first day of Succos that falls on Shabbos.

(d)On that day they bring thirteen bulls and fourteen lambs, besides four lambs of Musaf, two of Shabbos and two of Yom-Tov (See Tosfos Yom Tov), plus two rams and one goat - which require a total of a hundred and forty Lugin of wine and oil.

10)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, a person who declares 'Harei alai Olah' is required to bring a lamb. Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah - permits him to bring a pigeon or a young turtle-dove.

(b)The basis of their Machlokes is - in accordance with their respective local customs, as to whether S'tam Olah incorporate a bird (Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah) or not (the Tana Kama [See Tosfos Yom Tov]).

11)

(a)The Tana also rules that someone who cannot remember how many animals he specified after declaring that he will bring ...

1. ... 'min ha'Bakar' - must bring a bull and a calf.

2. ... 'min ha'Beheimah', he must bring, in addition - a ram, a goat (See Tosfos Yom Tov) a kid-goat and a lamb.

(b)In neither case, does he bring female animals - because an Olah can only be a male.

(c)If he did not mention any specific animal, he adds to the latter list - a pigeon and a young turtle-dove

12)

(a)The author of this Mishnah is Rebbi, who will later say that someone who undertakes to bring a large animal - will not be Yotzei if he brings a small one, and vice-versa.

(b)According to the Chachamim there - in the latter case (where he brings a small animal instead of a large one), he is Yotzei ...

(c)... due to the principle that a small amount is included in a large amount.

(d)The Halachah is - like the Chachamim.

13)

(a)The Mishnah rules that a person who declares 'Harei alai Todah O Shelamim', may bring - a lamb.

(b)In the event that he cannot remember exactly what he said, but knows that he mentioned Bakar, then he must bring - a bull, a cow, and a male and female calf (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(c)If he knows that he mentioned Beheimah, he must bring in addition (besides a ram, a male kid-goat, a he-goat and a and a male lamb) - a ewe, a female kid-goat, a she-goat and a female lamb (See Tiferes Yisrael).

(d)The difference between ...

1. ... a lamb and a sheep and ...

2. ... a kid-goat and a goat is - that the former is in its first year, the latter, in its second.

14)

(a)The Mishnah obligates someone who undertakes to bring an ox as a Korban to purchase one that is worth a Manah. The purchase includes - the Nesech (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)Should he undertakes to bring a calf, he must spend - five Sela'im.

(c)Twenty Sela'im - comprise a Manah.

(d)He is obligated to spend two Sela'im for a ram and - one for a lamb.

(e)In all of the above cases, if he declares that he will bring a bull worth a Manah, a calf worth five Sela'im, a ram worth two or a lamb worth one - he must then spend the same amount of money for the animal exclusively.

15)

(a)The Tana rules that someone who undertakes to bring an ox worth a Manah and he purchases two, each one worth ...

1. ... half a Manah - is not Yotzei, even if each one is worth ...

2. ... a Manah minus a Dinar (a quarter of a Sela).

(b)He also rules that someone who undertakes to bring a black ox and he brings a white one, or vice-versa, or a large ox and he brings a small one - is not Yotzei either.

(c)According to the Tana Kama, if he undertakes to bring a small ox and he brings a large one, he is Yotzei. Rebbi holds - that he is not.

(d)The Mishnah cites the Machlokes between Rebbi and the Rabbanan (which we already explained earlier) here in the Seifa - to teach us that that the Reisha (Mishnah 6) is the opinion of Rebbi (but not the Rabbanan, as we explained there).

16)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses a case where the ox that the owner declared an Olah, became Tamei (Nista'ev). Based on the Pasuk in Bechukosai "ve'Im Kol Beheimah Teme'ah asher Lo Yakrivu mimenah Korban la'Hashem", the Tana is really referring to - where it obtaining a blemish.

(b)With the proceeds of the sale, he is permitted to purchase two oxen, or vice-versa, according to the Tana Kama - because since he mentioned 'this ox', he is no longer bound by his Neder.

(c)Rebbi maintains that - it is forbidden to do so Lechatchilah (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(d)... but Bedi'eved, in the event that he did - he is Yotzei.

17)

(a)By the same token, the Tana Kama rules that if the ram that the owner declared an Olah obtains a blemish, he may purchase a lamb with the proceeds, or vice-versa; But Rebbi - forbids it.

(b)The Halachah in both cases is - like the Tana Kama.

18)

(a)The Tana now rules that, if someone declares one of his lambs or one of his oxen Hekdesh, in a case where he had ...

1. ... two lambs or oxen - the larger one is Hekdesh.

2. ... three lambs or oxen - then the middle one is Hekdesh.

(b)We explain the latter ruling to mean - also the middle one.

(c)We learn that when a person is Makdish, he does so generously from the Pasuk in Re'ei - "Mivchar Nidreichem".

(d)In the latter case, both animals are Hekdesh - since they are both choice quality with regard to the one that is smaller than them.

19)

(a)Having declared only one animal Hekdesh, in the latter case, he cannot bring both animals on the Mizbe'ach. In order to fulfil his Neder, he must therefore - wait for the middle one to obtain a blemish (See Tos. Yom-Tov), and transfer its Kedushah on to the large one.

(b)This is effective - because 'Mah Nafshach', if his Neder took effect on the middle animal, it has now been transferred to the large one, whereas if it took effect on the large one, the transfer was unnecessary, since the middle one was not Hekdesh to begin with.

(c)If the owner ...

1. ... specified which of his animals should be Hekdesh, but cannot remember which one, or if he ...

2. ... claims that his father specified an animal Hekdesh, but that he doesn't know which one - only the largest one is Hekdesh ...

(d)... since, in this case, there is no reason to doubt that he may have meant the middle one.

20)

(a)The Mishnah states that someone who declares 'Harei alai Olah' must offer it in the Beis-ha'Mikdash - and not in Beis Chonav.

(b)Beis Chonav was the Beis-ha'Mikdash that Chonav built (as we will see shortly) ...

(c)... in Alexandria of Egypt.

21)

(a)Chonav ...

1. ... was the son of Shimon ha'Tzadik (the Koehn Gadol)), and ...

2. ... Shim'i - was his (Chanav)'s brother.

(b)Chonav initially refused the position of Kohen Gadol, to which his father had appointed him before he died - because his brother Shim'i was two and half years older than him (See Tosfos Yom Tov, who issues a number of comments on the story).

22)

(a)Chonav ultimately changed his mind - because he became jealous of Shim'i.

(b)To obtain the Kehunah Gedolah and - he dressed his brother in a woman's thin chemise and thin belt, and stood him beside the Mizbe'ach to teach him the Avodah.

(c)Hoping that the other Kohanim would kill him, he told them - to see how Shim'i was keeping the Neder tha he had made to wear his wife's garments on the day that he was inaugurated.

(d)They did not do so however - because he (Shim'i) told them the correct version of the story.

(e)Following that - the Kohanim wanted to kill Chonav - and he fled to Alexandria, where he built a Beis-ha'Mikdash, in which he served as Kohen Gadol.

23)

(a)Chonav went to Alexandria - because tens of thousands of Jewish exiles lived there,

(b)He brought Korbanos there - le'Shem Shamayim (for the sake of Hash-m).

(c)Yesahayah ha'Navi - prophesied about that Mizbe'ach many years earlier.

(d)It stood - close to two hundred years before it was destroyed.

24)

(a)Someone who declared 'Harei alai Olah' was not Yotzei if he brought his Korban on the Mizbe'ach in Beis Chonav - since no Korbanos that were brought there were considered Korbanos (See Tiferes Yisrael).

(b)He would be Yotzei, however, according to the Tana Kama - if he designated the Olah on the express condition that he would bring it there.

(c)The consequences for doing so - are a Chiyuv Kareis (because of Shechutei Chutz).

(d)His Neder was effective in the first place - like a person who undertakes to bring an Olah on condition that he kills it and is no longer responsible for it (See also Tosfos Yom Tov).

25)

(a)Rebbi Shimon rules that the Korban under discussion - was not effective (it remained Chulin).

(b)By the same token, the Tana Kama rules that someone who declares Nezirus is obligated to shave off his hair (See Tosfos Yom Tov) in the Beis-ha'Mikdash was not Yotzei - and remained obligated to shave again in the Beis-ha'Mikdash. If he shaved it in Beis Chonav - he would have been Chayav to shave again in the Beis-ha'Mikdash.

(c)He would have been Yotzei even if he shaved in Beis Chonav however, had he initially made an express condition to shave in Beis Chonav ...

(d)... because all he really had in mind - was to trouble himself to shave (because he happened to live nearer to Beis Chonav than to Yerushalayim [See also Tosfos Yom Tov]).

26)

(a)According to Rebbi Shimon, in the current case - he was not a Nazir at all.

(b)The Halachah in both cases is - like the Tana Kama.

27)

(a)The Tana rules that the Kohanim who served in Beis Chonav - were forbidden to serve in the Beis-ha'Mikdash in Yerushalayim (See Tosfos Yom Tov).

(b)When he says 've'Ein Tzarich Lomar le'Davar Acher', he means that - those who served as Kohanim for Avodah-Zarah were certainly forbidden to do so.

(c)We learn this from the Pasuk in Melachim - "Ach Lo Ya'alu Kohanei ha'Bamos el Mizbach Hash-m bi'Yerushalayim ... ".

(d)These Kohanim had the status of - Ba'alei-Mumin ...

(e)... and they were therefore allowed to - receive a portion of the Korbanos and to eat it.

28)

(a)The Tana points out that the Torah uses thye phrase Isheh Re'ach Ni'cho'ach la'Hashem" - with regards to both an Olas Beheimah and a Korban Minchah ...

(b)... from which he extrapolates that - it makes no difference to Hash-m whether one gives a lot or a little (See Tiferes Yisrael) ...

(c)... provided what he gives he gives for the sake of Hash-m.