Arachin 29b

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Arakhin 29b

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Topic

Redeeming a sold field after two years, selling a field in the יובל year itself, and שמואל's rulings on reversed sales

Overview

The משנה teaches that someone who sells his inherited field while the יובל system is in force may not buy it back before two years have passed, based on the פסוק 'במספר שני תבואות'. It explains which years count toward those two years, and רבי אליעזר adds that a buyer may end up eating three crops in two years. The גמרא reads the משנה's words 'not permitted' as a real איסור, so strong that the seller may not even jingle coins to tempt the buyer. Both seller and buyer are bound by an עשה. Next, רב and שמואל argue about a field sold during the יובל year itself. רב says it is sold but goes right back, and שמואל says it is not sold at all. The גמרא defends רב against a קל וחומר and two ברייתות. Finally, רב ענן reports two rulings of שמואל, one about the יובל-year field and one about a slave sold to non-Jews or outside ארץ ישראל. In one of them the sale is reversed and in the other it is not, but he forgot which. רב יוסף proves from a ברייתא that the slave's sale stands, so the field sold in the יובל year is not sold and the money goes back.

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The steps (19)

1. StatementA sold field cannot be redeemed before two years
2. StatementWhich years count toward the two years
3. Statementרבי אליעזר: three crops in two years
4. StatementThe wording shows a real prohibition, even against jingling coins
5. StatementBoth seller and buyer are commanded by an עשה
6. StatementSelling a field in the יובל year itself
7. QuestionWhat is שמואל's reason?
8. Responseשמואל's קל וחומר
9. ChallengeWhy doesn't רב accept this קל וחומר?
10. ResolutionA daughter is different from a field
11. ChallengeA ברייתא about which years a field may be sold
12. ChallengeThe ברייתא says a field sold in the יובל year is not sold
13. Resolutionרב: it is sold, just not for the two crop years
14. ChallengeIf it is sold, the buyer should get his two years after יובל
15. ResolutionThere he already started eating; here he never did
16. Statementרב ענן heard two rulings from שמואל
17. StatementIn one case the sale is cancelled, in the other it isn't, and רב ענן forgot which
18. Proofרב יוסף brings a ברייתא about a slave sold outside ארץ ישראל
19. ConclusionThe slave's sale stands, so the field's sale is reversed and the money goes back