Pesachim 197

מכאן אמרו חכמים יפה שתיקה לחכמים קל וחומר לטפשים שנאמר (משלי יז, כח) אויל מחריש חכם יחשב:

Hence the Sages said: Silence is better for the wise, and how much more so for fools, as it is said, Even a fool when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XVII, 28.');">¹</span> IF THE PASCHAL SACRIFICES BELONGING TO TWO [SINGLE

שנים שנתערבו פסחיהם וכו': לימא מתניתין דלא כר' יהודה דתניא (שמות יב, ד) ואם ימעט הבית מהיות משה מלמד שמתמעטין והולכין ובלבד שיהא אחד מבני חבורה קיים דברי רבי יהודה רבי יוסי אומר ובלבד שלא יניחו את הפסח כמות שהוא

PERSONS] BECOME MIXED UP etc. Shall we say that our Mishnah does not agree with R'Judah? For it was taught: And if the household be too little for a lamb:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XII, 4.');">²</span>

א"ר יוחנן אפילו תימא רבי יהודה כיון דאמר רבי יהודה אין שוחטין את הפסח על היחיד מעיקרא לאמנויי אחרינא בהדיה קאי וכאחד מבני חבורה דמי

this teaches that they may go on decreasing [their numbers] ,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p.474, n. 3.');">³</span> providing, however, that one of them remains:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For 'if it be too few' implies that someone at least is registered for it.');">⁴</span>

א"ר אשי מתניתין נמי דייקא דקתני וכן חמש חבורות של חמשה חמשה של חמשה אין אבל של חמשה וארבעה לא לאו משום דלא פייש חד מבני חבורה גביה שמע מינה:

this is R'Judah's view. R'Jose said: Providing that they do not leave the Paschal sacrifice as it is!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without owners. Now R. Judah must mean that one of the persons who originally registered for it, when the animal was first set aside for a Passover-offering, must remain registered for it, while in R. Jose's opinion it is sufficient that someone remains, even if he is not of those who originally registered for it. For if R. Judah's view Is not as stated, it does not differ in any way from R. Jose's. But in the Mishnah, when A, the only original owner of one of the sacrifices, declares, 'If this animal is not mine, I withdraw from the other and register for this', the other is left without anyone who first registered for it, since A is the only original owner.');">⁵</span>

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך מי שהיה טמא וסליקא לה פסח שני</strong></big><br><br>

- Said R'Johanan: You may even say [that it agrees with] R'Judah. Since R'Judah said, One may not slaughter the Passover-offering for a single person, then from the outset he stood to register another with himself, and he [the newly-registered person] is accounted as one of the [original] members of the company. R'Ashi said: Our Mishnah too proves this, for it teaches, SIMILARLY, IF THERE ARE FIVE COMPANIES CONSISTING OF FIVE MEMBERS EACH: thus,only of five [each], but not [if some consist] of five and [others of] four; is not[the reason] because one of the [original] members of the company does not remain with it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it consisted of less than five, and one joins each other's company. For if it were unnecessary for all original member to remain, the Mishnah could teach that whatever the number of original members, each company increases itself to five and then does as stated.');">⁶</span> This proves it. M I S H N A H.