Arachin 21a

ערכין כ״א ע״א

Arakhin 21a

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Topic

Consecrating future rent, taking collateral for Temple debts and offerings, and the need for the owner's willingness (רוצה אני)

Overview

The amud begins by finishing a ברייתא about a rented house that was consecrated. Step by step, the גמרא shows that the case only works if the owner consecrated the future rent money. That fits רבי מאיר, who holds a person can consecrate a דבר שלא בא לעולם. A new משנה then teaches that בית דין takes collateral from people who owe ערכין, עולות or שלמים, but not from people who owe חטאות or אשמות. The משנה adds that although an offering must be brought willingly, בית דין may pressure a person until he says 'רוצה אני', and the same is true for a גט. רב פפא says the משנה's rule has exceptions: collateral is taken for a נזיר's חטאת, and not for a מצורע's עולה, which holds him back from purity. A ברייתא gives the source for forcing someone until he says 'רוצה אני'. שמואל teaches that an עולה needs the owner's consent even when a friend separated the animal for him. The amud ends as the גמרא begins an objection to שמואל from a ברייתא, which continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (22)

1. StatementThe base line: the resident consecrated the house
2. ChallengeA renter cannot consecrate a house he does not own
3. ResolutionReread: the owner consecrated it, the renter pays
4. ChallengeHow can the renter live in a holy house?
5. ChallengeWhy would the rent go to הקדש at all?
6. ResolutionOnly the future rent was consecrated
7. ChallengeYou cannot consecrate something not yet in existence
8. ResolutionThe ברייתא follows רבי מאיר
9. QuestionSecond version: is this really רבי מאיר?
10. ResponseYes, who else could it be?
11. StatementWho has collateral taken for what they owe the Temple
12. StatementForcing a person until he says 'I want to'
13. Statementרב פפא: the משנה's rule has exceptions
14. StatementThe first exception: the חטאת of a נזיר
15. StatementNo collateral is taken for a new mother's burnt offering
16. ChallengeChallenge: the verse's order is only for reading
17. ResolutionSwitch the example to a מצורע's burnt offering
18. ProofSource for forcing someone until he says 'I want to'
19. StatementA burnt offering needs the owner's consent
20. ChallengeOur משנה already says this
21. ResolutionConsent is needed even when a friend separated the animal
22. ChallengeObjection begins: taking on someone else's offerings