Arachin 26b

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Arakhin 26b

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Topic

An owner redeeming his consecrated field in the second יובל, and a field a son bought from his father

Overview

The גמרא asks whether, according to רבי אליעזר, an owner who redeems his consecrated ancestral field only in the second יובל cycle counts as 'another person' (כאחר). It first tries a proof from a ברייתא on the word ״עוד״. That proof falls away when the גמרא shows the ברייתא can be read as a field a כהן consecrated, a reading that works for every תנא. The גמרא then explains why the Torah needed ״לא יגאל״, ״לאשר קנהו״ and ״עוד״. Next it brings a ברייתא of רבי אליעזר, which comes in two versions: in one, the owner in the second יובל is like another person and the field goes to the כהנים; in the other, he is not, and he keeps it. A new משנה follows about a son who buys a field from his father: רבי מאיר and רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון disagree on whether it is a שדה אחוזה or a שדה מקנה. The משנה also teaches that a שדה מקנה never goes to the כהנים, and that כהנים and לוים may always consecrate and redeem. The גמרא suggests their argument depends on whether קנין פירות is like קנין הגוף. רב נחמן בר יצחק begins to answer, and his answer continues on the next amud.

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The steps (27)

1. QuestionIs the owner treated like a stranger in the second Jubilee cycle?
2. ProofA teaching on the word 'anymore'
3. QuestionWhich Jubilee cycle is the teaching talking about?
4. QuestionWhose opinion is the teaching?
5. ConclusionThe teaching follows רבי אליעזר, so the owner is like a stranger
6. ChallengeWhat do רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון learn from the word עוד?
7. ResolutionThe ברייתא is about a field a כהן consecrated
8. ProofSupport: the field does not return to the treasurer
9. ProofThe field goes back to the כהן who sold it
10. StatementWhy the Torah needed both phrases
11. StatementWhy the Torah also needed 'It shall not be redeemed'
12. StatementWhy the Torah added the word 'anymore'
13. QuestionSo what is the answer to our original question?
14. Responseרבי אליעזר: the field goes to the כהנים
15. Challengeרבינא: but the משנה says 'until another redeems it'
16. ResolutionIn the second יובל, the owner counts as 'another'
17. ResponseAnother version: the field stays with the owner
18. ChallengeWhy do we need the ברייתא if the משנה already says this?
19. ResolutionFrom the משנה alone we might have thought the owner counts as 'another'
20. StatementA son buys a field from his father: רבי מאיר's view
21. Statementרבי יהודה and רבי שמעון: it is always a שדה אחוזה
22. StatementA purchased field never goes to the כהנים
23. Statementכהנים and לוים can always consecrate and redeem
24. StatementField bought from father, made הקדש before the father died
25. Statementרבי מאיר: only once the father has died
26. StatementSuggestion: the argument depends on קנין פירות
27. Rejectionרב נחמן בר יצחק: In general, they hold קנין פירות is like קנין הגוף