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Rabbi Joseph Dana

Torah Lecture

Mishnah Makkot 3-8

Lectured by Rabbi Joseph Dana

Published
February 5, 2025
Duration
2:26
Lecture code
RJD-MMK-3-8

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Will continue to talk about how, if a person repeats a prohibition over and over again with only one warning in the beginning, he would receive one set of Malkut (lashes), but if he's warned repeatedly before every time he does it, he would receive multiple sets of Malkut. Mishnah says we'll first start talking about a Nazir (Nazirite). A Nazir is not allowed to become Tameh (ritually impure) to a dead body, and he's also not allowed to cut his hair.

If a person kept making himself Tameh to corpses, the dead bodies, all day long, but he was only warned once before he did it, he's only liable for one set of Malkut, the one that he was warned for. But the ones afterwards, we assume that either he forgot it or he didn't remember, and therefore we cannot say that he would get Malkut for them. But if they warned him repeatedly, “Don't make yourself Tameh, don't make yourself Tameh,” before he touched, and he kept on making himself Tameh to the dead body after each warning, he would be liable for another set of Malkut for every time that he made himself Tameh after a warning.

Now, a Nazir also can't shave. If he kept on shaving hairs from his head all day long, and he was only warned once before he began shaving, he would only be liable for one set of Malkut. But if they warned him over and over again, “Don't shave, don't shave,” every time before he started to shave, and he would shave after each warning, he would be liable for another set of Malkut for each hair that he shaved after a warning.

Now we'll talk about regular people, not a Nazir, with the prohibition of wearing wool and linen together, Kilayim (a mixture of wool and linen). Somebody was wearing a mixture of wool and linen all day long, but he was only warned one time before he put on the garment. We said that he's only liable for one set of Malkut, even if he took the jacket, or the Kilayim he was wearing, off and put it back on. But if they warned him again and again, “Don't wear it,” and he took it off and put it back on after each warning, he would be liable for another set of Malkut. He would be liable for another set of Malkut for every time that he put it on after they warned him.