## Arakhin Daf 34a

###### Arakhin 34a:1
[Arakhin 34a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Arakhin/r/34a:1)

הֵן וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן, הֵן וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן לְמִיסְתְּרִינְהוּ קָיְימִי. אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: אִיצְטְרִיךְ, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: אַדְּמִסְתַּתְּרִי מִסְתַּתְּרִי, אִי מִיזְדַּבְּנִי לִיחַלְטוּ, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
both **they and their** empty **lots.** The Gemara objects: But **they and their lots stand to be dismantled,** as a city of the Levites may not be surrounded by a wall. How, then, can such a city be considered surrounded by a wall? **Rav Ashi said:** Nevertheless, it **was necessary** for the *baraita* to teach that if a Levite sells a house in such a city he may always redeem it, as it might **enter your mind to say: When** the walls **are dismantled,** then they are **dismantled,** but as long as they remain standing, **if** houses in the city **are sold** and are not redeemed within one year, **let them** belong to the buyer **in perpetuity,** in accordance with the *halakha* of houses of walled cities. Therefore, the *baraita* **teaches us** that this is not the case.


###### Arakhin 34a:2
[Arakhin 34a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Arakhin/r/34a:2)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם לַכֹּהֵן תִּהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ, מָה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר? מִנַּיִן לְכֹהֵן שֶׁהִקְדִּישׁ שְׂדֵה חֶרְמוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמַר: הוֹאִיל וְיוֹצָא לַכֹּהֲנִים, וַהֲרֵי הִיא תַּחַת יָדִי — תְּהֵא שֶׁלִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught:** The verse states, with regard to one who consecrated his ancestral field but failed to redeem it before the Jubilee Year: “But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lord, **as a field dedicated; his ancestral field shall be for the priest”** (Leviticus 27:21). **What** is the meaning when **the verse states:** “As a field dedicated”? The *baraita* explains: **From where** is it derived with regard **to a priest who consecrated his dedicated field,** i.e., a field that was dedicated to the priests by an Israelite, and the Jubilee Year arrived, **that he may not say: Since** a field that was consecrated by its owners and was not redeemed **leaves to** the possession of **the priests** in the Jubilee Year, **and this** field that I consecrated **is** already **in my possession, it is** therefore **mine.**


###### Arakhin 34a:3
[Arakhin 34a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Arakhin/r/34a:3)

וְדִין הוּא: בְּשֶׁל אֲחֵרִים אֲנִי זוֹכֶה, בְּשֶׁל עַצְמִי לֹא כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וְהָיָה הַשָּׂדֶה בְּצֵאתוֹ בַיֹּבֵל קוֹדֶשׁ לַה׳ כִּשְׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And** this is the *halakha* despite the fact that the claim of the priest **is** based on **logical inference:** If **I acquire** the fields **of others** that were consecrated and not redeemed before the Jubilee Year, then with regard to **my own** property, should I **not all the more so** acquire it? Therefore, **the verse states: “As a field dedicated, his ancestral field shall be for the priest,”** which teaches that this is not the case.


###### Arakhin 34a:4
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וְכִי מָה לָמַדְנוּ מִשְּׂדֵה הַחֵרֶם מֵעַתָּה? הֲרֵי זֶה בָּא לְלַמֵּד וְנִמְצָא לָמֵד, מַקִּישׁ שְׂדֵה חֶרְמוֹ לִשְׂדֵה אֲחוּזָּה שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל: מָה שְׂדֵה אֲחוּזָּה שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹצָא מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ וּמִתְחַלֶּקֶת לַכֹּהֲנִים, אַף שְׂדֵה חֶרְמוֹ יוֹצָא מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ וּמִתְחַלֶּקֶת לְאֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* elaborates: **But what** have **we learned** about a consecrated ancestral field **from a dedicated field from now?** The Torah does not explicitly state the *halakha* with regard to dedicated fields. Rather, **this** case of a dedicated field **came to teach** a *halakha* with regard to an ancestral field, **and it turns out** that in addition **it derives** a *halakha* from that case, i.e., the verse **juxtaposes the dedicated field** of a priest **to the ancestral field of an Israelite: Just as the ancestral field of an Israelite** that was redeemed by a priest from the Temple treasury **leaves from his possession** at the arrival of the Jubilee Year **and is divided among** all **the priests** (see 25a), **so too, the dedicated field** of a priest that he consecrated **leaves from his possession and is divided among his brothers, the priests,** at the beginning of the Jubilee Year.


###### Arakhin 34a:5
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אָמַר מָר: בְּשֶׁל אֲחֵרִים אֲנִי זוֹכֶה. מִי דָּמֵי? הָתָם זוֹכֶה בְּעָלְמָא, הָכָא קָא שָׁקֵיל לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes this *baraita*: **The Master said:** And this claim of the priest is based on logical inference: If **I acquire** the fields **of others** that were consecrated, then with regard to my own property, should I not acquire it all the more so? The Gemara asks: **Are** these cases **comparable? There,** with regard to an ancestral field that was consecrated and leaves to the possession of the priests, he **merely acquires** it as one of the priests, whereas **here,** with regard to a dedicated field that he consecrated, **he** seeks to **take** the entire field for himself. If so, there is no need for the verse to teach that the priest may not do so.


###### Arakhin 34a:6
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אָמַר רָמֵי בַּר חָמָא: אִיצְטְרִיךְ, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: הוֹאִיל וּכְתִיב ״וְאִישׁ אֶת קֳדָשָׁיו לוֹ יִהְיוּ״, הָא נָמֵי כִּי קֳדָשָׁיו דָּמְיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rami bar Ḥama said:** Nevertheless, the verse **was necessary,** as it might **enter your mind to say** that **since it is written: “And every man’s hallowed things shall be his”** (Numbers 5:10), from which it is derived that a priest who brings an offering may sacrifice it and take for himself those portions intended for the priests and he is not required to give them to the members of the current priestly watch, perhaps **this too,** i.e., his dedicated field that he consecrated, **is considered like his hallowed things,** and he may take it for himself. Therefore, the verse serves to indicate that this is not the case.


###### Arakhin 34a:7
[Arakhin 34a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Arakhin/r/34a:7)

מִי דָּמֵי? קֳדָשָׁיו לָאו בִּרְשׁוּתוֹ, הָכָא בִּרְשׁוּתוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Are** these cases **comparable? His hallowed things,** i.e., offerings brought by the priest, **are not in his possession;** rather, the priest receives the priestly portions from the table of the Most High, in exchange for performing the sacrificial rites. **Here,** the priest seeks to return the field to **his possession.**


###### Arakhin 34a:8
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אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: אִיצְטְרִיךְ, סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא: הוֹאִיל וּכְתִיב ״כִּי אֲחוּזַּת עוֹלָם הוּא לָהֶם״, הָא נָמֵי אֲחוּזָּתוֹ הִיא, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן ״אֲחוּזָּתוֹ״ — אֲחוּזָּתוֹ אִין, חֶרְמוֹ לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, Rav Naḥman said:** The verse **was necessary,** as it might **enter your mind to say** that **since it is written** with regard to the fields of Levites and priests: **“For that is their perpetual possession”** (Leviticus 25:34), from which it is derived that if a priest consecrated his ancestral field he may always redeem it, so too **this** dedicated field received by the priest **is also** considered **his ancestral** field, and if he consecrated it he may always redeem it. The juxtaposition of the dedicated field of a priest to the ancestral field of an Israelite **teaches us** that this is not the *halakha*, as the verse states: **“His ancestral field** shall be for the priest” (Leviticus 27:31). The verse teaches that with regard to the **ancestral field** of a priest that he inherited from his father, **yes,** it remains in the possession of that priest in perpetuity, but with regard to **his dedicated** field, it does **not** remain in his possession in perpetuity; rather, it is divided among the members of the priestly watch serving at the beginning of the Jubilee Year.


###### Arakhin 34a:9
[Arakhin 34a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Arakhin/r/34a:9)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ הַמּוֹכֵר שָׂדֵהוּ, וּסְלִיקָא לָהּ מַסֶּכֶת עֲרָכִין.**

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We will return to you, “One who sold his field”...