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Arachin 26a

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Arakhin 26a

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Topic

Who gets a consecrated ancestral field (שדה אחוזה) at the יובל, and whether the כהנים must pay for it: the sources behind the opinions of רבי יהודה, רבי שמעון, and רבי אליעזר

Overview

This amud first finishes explaining why רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון learn from different sources. רבי יהודה compares the consecrated field to a consecrated house, since both are בדק הבית, so the כהנים pay. רבי שמעון compares it to the שבועות lambs, since both are gifts to the כהנים, so the כהנים get it free. Then the גמרא asks for the source of רבי אליעזר, who says the כהנים neither take the field nor pay. רבה splits the פסוק into two cases, but אביי rejects cutting a verse apart. אביי instead brings a ברייתא on the word 'עוד', but the גמרא shows that this ברייתא fits all opinions: it is about a field a כהן consecrated. Along the way, a second ברייתא and a list of which phrases are needed show that 'לא יגאל', 'לאשר קנהו' and 'עוד' each teach their own rule. Finally רבא gives רבי אליעזר's source: 'בצאתו' means the field goes to the כהנים only when it goes out from another person's hand.

Opening lines

מִקׇּדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת,

[One derives items consecrated for Temple maintenance] from items consecrated for Temple maintenance,

וְאֵין דָּנִין קׇדְשֵׁי בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת

but one does not derive items consecrated for Temple maintenance

מִקׇּדְשֵׁי מִזְבֵּחַ.

from items consecrated for the altar.

וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן נָמֵי,

And Rabbi Shimon too,

The steps (22)

  1. ResolutionWhy רבי יהודה does not learn from the altar offerings
  2. ChallengeChallenge: why doesn't רבי שמעון learn from a consecrated house?
  3. Resolutionרבי שמעון compares one gift to the כהנים with another
  4. Statementרבי אליעזר: the כהנים neither take the field nor pay
  5. Questionרבה asks for רבי אליעזר's reason
  6. ResponseThe פסוק read as two separate statements
  7. Rejectionאביי rejects cutting the verse into pieces
  8. Responseאביי's new source: a ברייתא on the word 'anymore'
  9. QuestionThe ברייתא must be about the second יובל
  10. ProofOnly רבי אליעזר fits, so this is his source
  11. ChallengeWhat would רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון learn from 'anymore'?
  12. RejectionThe ברייתא fits all views: a כהן consecrated the field
  13. ResolutionWhy 'עוד' is needed: the owners may still redeem it as a purchased field
  14. ProofThe field does not go back to the הקדש treasurer at יובל
  15. ChallengeWhy does the פסוק need the words 'to the one he bought it from'?
  16. ResolutionA כהן's field that was sold, made הקדש, and redeemed goes back to the כהן
  17. StatementBoth 'לא יגאל' and 'לאשר קנהו' are needed
  18. StatementWhy 'לאשר קנהו' is needed even though we have 'לא יגאל'
  19. StatementWhy 'לא יגאל' is needed even though we have 'לאשר קנהו'
  20. StatementWhy the word 'עוד' is needed
  21. QuestionSo what is the final source?
  22. Responseרבא: 'בצאתו' means going out from another person's hand