Rosh Hashana 2:4 — The Route of the Beacons

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Rosh HashanaMesechtaמסכתראש השנה
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נושא · Topicמֵאַיִן מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹתThe Route of the Beacons
This Mishnah is:a procedurewhat does that mean?
Mishnah ראש השנה ב׳:ד׳ · Rosh Hashana 2:4
וּמֵאַיִן הָיוּ מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹת,
מֵהַר הַמִּשְׁחָה לְסַרְטְבָא,
וּמִסַּרְטְבָא לִגְרוֹפִינָא,
וּמִגְּרוֹפִינָא לְחַוְרָן,
וּמֵחַוְרָן לְבֵית בִּלְתִּין,
וּמִבֵּית בִּלְתִּין לֹא זָזוּ מִשָּׁם,
אֶלָּא מוֹלִיךְ וּמֵבִיא וּמַעֲלֶה וּמוֹרִיד
עַד שֶׁהָיָה רוֹאֶה כָל הַגּוֹלָה לְפָנָיו כִּמְדוּרַת הָאֵשׁ:
And from where would they light the beacon-fires?
From Har HaMishcha to Sartva,
and from Sartva to Grofina,
and from Grofina to Chavran,
and from Chavran to Beis Biltin,
and from Beis Biltin they did not move on from there;
rather, he would wave it back and forth and up and down
until he could see the whole golah — the Jews of Bavel — before him like a bonfire.
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case/objectpermissive ruling
Structure
The shape of it
מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹתthe news travels peak to peak, by fireYerushalayimהַר הַמִּשְׁחָהסַרְטְבָאגְּרוֹפִינָאחַוְרָןבֵּית בִּלְתִּיןכָּל הַגּוֹלָהthe whole golah, alight before him
Summary Chart
The Route of the Beacons
CaseRulingReason
Which peaks carried the fire from Yerushalayim out to Bavel?Har HaMishcha → Sartva → Grofina → Chavran → Beis Biltin
The man at Beis Biltin has no next peak to signal — what did he do?Kept waving until the whole golah was alight in front of him
Transcript
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