Arachin 6b

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Arakhin 6b

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Topic

Changing charity and synagogue donations; ערכין, vows, and damages of a גוסס and a יוצא ליהרג

Overview

The amud opens by asking how רבי ינאי could borrow charity money and repay it. The answer is that his borrowing actually helped the poor. A ברייתא then teaches that a Jew's donated מנורה or נר for a בית הכנסת may not be changed. רבי יוחנן limits this to voluntary uses, so changing it for a מצוה is allowed. A non-Jew's donation is different: it may not be changed while his name is remembered, since he might protest. The story of שעזרק's lamp shows the sages disagreeing over whether that worry applied to him. Next comes a new משנה about a גוסס and a יוצא ליהרג, discussing vows, ערכין, and liability for damage. The גמרא uses ״כׇּל חֵרֶם לֹא יִפָּדֶה״ to explain both sides of the ערכין dispute. It then shows that the real argument between the תנא קמא and רבי יוסי is about damage. רב יוסף and רבא each give a reason for that argument, and some place their dispute on a different ברייתא.

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The steps (23)

1. ChallengeChallenge from רבי ינאי's borrowing
2. Resolutionרבי ינאי's borrowing helped the poor
3. StatementA donated lamp may not be changed
4. Statementרבי חייא בר אבא: no change for any purpose
5. Rejectionרבי יוחנן permits change for a מצוה
6. ProofProof from a non-Jew's donated lamp
7. QuestionWhat kind of change is the non-Jew ruling about?
8. ResponseThe non-Jew's ruling is about a מצוה use, because he would protest
9. StatementThe story of the lamp donated by שעזרק
10. ConclusionWhy one side changed the lamp and the other objected
11. StatementNew משנה: a dying person and one going out to be executed
12. QuestionWhy can't a person going to be executed be valuated?
13. ResponseA פסוק teaches that one sentenced to death has no ערכין
14. QuestionHow does רבי חנינא בן עקביא use this פסוק?
15. ResponseThe פסוק teaches that no ransom can replace a court's death sentence
16. ResponseEven the lighter death penalties cannot be bought off
17. ChallengeDoes the first opinion really disagree with רבי יוסי?
18. ResolutionThe real dispute is about paying for damage
19. QuestionWhat principle is behind the damage dispute?
20. Responseרב יוסף: it depends on collecting an oral loan from heirs
21. Responseרבא's different explanation: a Torah debt versus a written document
22. StatementA second version: the dispute is placed on a different ברייתא
23. Statementרבי שמעון בן אלעזר: the condemned man is exempt too