Arachin 31b

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Arakhin 31b

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Topic

Redeeming houses in walled cities (בתי ערי חומה): heirs, resale, leap years, gifts, הקדש, יובל, and הלל's תקנה

Overview

This amud opens with רבא explaining an earlier argument about interest. Everyone forbids צד אחד ברבית, and the real argument is about רבית על מנת להחזיר. The גמרא then works through the משנה on houses in walled cities. The words 'וְהָיְתָה גְּאֻלָּתוֹ' teach that the right to redeem passes to the seller's son and works against the buyer's son. The redemption year is counted from the first sale, and רבי אלעזר and רבי יוחנן argue over which buyer keeps the house forever. רבי אבא בר ממל shows that in a leap year the extra month counts, both for houses and for the age of lambs. רבי and the חכמים disagree about how long a 'full year' is. The word לצמיתות teaches that the house becomes the buyer's forever and that a gift is included, which the גמרא concludes is not רבי מאיר's view. A ברייתא then explains a house given to הקדש, and רב ספרא explains why the יובל does not return the house. Finally, a new משנה tells of הלל's תקנה against buyers who hid, and רבא learns from it that a conditional גט needs the husband to accept the money willingly.

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The steps (38)

1. Resolutionרבא explains the argument differently
2. ChallengeIf the seller dies his son redeems, but isn't that obvious?
3. ResolutionThe son redeems even though he did not sell
4. ChallengeIf the buyer dies, redeem from his son, but isn't that obvious?
5. ResolutionRedemption works even from someone who did not buy
6. StatementThe year is counted from the first sale
7. QuestionWhich sale starts the year?
8. Response'A full year for him' means from the first sale
9. QuestionWhose house is it forever?
10. StatementThe argument: first buyer or second buyer
11. ChallengeWhat is רבי יוחנן's reason?
12. ResolutionThe first buyer sold every right he would get
13. StatementTwo houses sold in a leap year
14. Challenge"I lit my fire before you!"
15. Resolution"You went into the extra month"
16. StatementTwo lambs born in a leap year
17. Challengeרבינא asks: shouldn't the older lamb turn one first?
18. ResolutionThe older lamb was born in the extra month
19. ChallengeWhy teach the lamb rule if it matches the house rule?
20. ResolutionThe word 'year' links lambs to houses
21. StatementHow long is a 'full year'? רבי and the חכמים disagree
22. Statement'Permanently' means completely and forever
23. Statement'Permanently' also includes a house given as a gift
24. ResponseHow the word shows that gifts are included
25. QuestionWhose opinion is the ברייתא about gifts?
26. Resolutionרב פפא: it can still be רבי מאיר
27. ChallengeChallenge from יובל, where gifts are also included
28. ConclusionThe ברייתא is not רבי מאיר
29. StatementA house in a walled city given to הקדש
30. QuestionWhere do we learn this?
31. Responseשמואל: "to the one who bought it"
32. ChallengeWhy doesn't הקדש keep it forever?
33. Resolutionלדורותיו leaves out הקדש
34. QuestionWhy does the פסוק need 'it shall not go out in the יובל'?
35. ResponseThe words cover a sale where the יובל arrives within the first year
36. StatementBuyers used to hide on the last day of the year
37. Statementהלל's תקנה: put the money in the chamber and take the house back
38. Statementרבא: a גט given on condition of payment needs the husband's consent to the payment