[Avodah] Maaser Sheni and Yerushalayim bizman hazeh

[Micha Berger]

Just learned Maaser Sheini 1:5 (1:3, 6b in the Y-mi) this morning. I
thought the problem with eating maaser sheini bizman hazeh is the lack
of parah adumah. However, the mishnah mentions a different issue.

According to the mishnah:
If someone buys fruit with maaser sheini money beshogeig [back at home,
not Y-m; the Bartenura suggests that he didn't know the money was from
MS], the money returns to its former status.

If bemeizid, he must take the fruit with him to Y-m and eat it there.

If, however, there is no miqdash, you must leave the fruit to rot.

Does this not imply that bayis sheini ... LO qidshah le'asid lavo?
Otherwise, why couldn't someone eat it in Y-m? The dividing line would
be the availability of parah adumah, not the BHMQ.

(Moreso, the Y-mi says the case must be someone who was podeh MS before
churban bayis, and now was left with the money.)

So, how does the Rambam explain the mishnah in light of his holding it
was qidshah leshaata veqidshah le'asid lavo? No, the Peirush haMishnayos
doesn't say.


A second observation, while discussing my learning of this morning...
On 7a (same mishnah) is a machloqes R' Yishmael and Rabbi Aqiva. R'
Yishmael invokes a kelal uperat ukelal, and R' Aqiva explains the ke'ein
haperat differently. This is notable because R' Aqiva lists middos
based on ribui umi'ut, not kelal uperat -- he was playing the game by R'
Yismael's rules.

It's not the only time we find that despite the distinct lists of rules,
each tanna was willing to make derashos based on the others' list.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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