## Mishnah Arakhin Chapter 3

###### Mishnah Arakhin 3:1
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יֵשׁ בָּעֲרָכִין לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר, בִּשְׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּה לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר, בְּשׁוֹר הַמּוּעָד שֶׁהֵמִית אֶת הָעֶבֶד לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר, בָּאוֹנֵס וּבַמְּפַתֶּה וּבַמּוֹצִיא שֵׁם רָע לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. יֵשׁ בָּעֲרָכִין לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. כֵּיצַד. אֶחָד שֶׁהֶעֱרִיךְ אֶת הַנָּאֶה שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת הַכָּעוּר שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, נוֹתֵן חֲמִשִּׁים סָלַע. וְאִם אָמַר הֲרֵי דָמָיו עָלָי, נוֹתֵן אֶת שָׁוְיוֹ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**There are** *halakhot* **with regard to valuations that are lenient and** others **that are stringent; and** there are *halakhot* **with regard to an ancestral field that are lenient and** others **that are stringent; and** there are *halakhot* **with regard to a forewarned ox that killed** a Canaanite **slave that are lenient and** others **that are stringent;** and there are *halakhot* **with regard to a rapist, and a seducer, and a defamer that are lenient and** others **that are stringent.** **There are** *halakhot* **with regard to valuations that are lenient and** others **that are stringent; how so? Both** in the case of one **who took** a vow of **valuation** to donate the fixed value **of the** most **attractive among the Jewish people and** in the case of one who took a vow of valuation to donate the fixed value of **the** most **unsightly among the Jewish people, he gives** the fixed payment of **fifty *sela*,** shekels, to the Temple treasury (see Leviticus 27:3). **And if** one **said: It** is incumbent **upon me** to donate the **assessment** of another to the Temple treasury, **he gives the price** for that person if sold as a slave, a sum that can be more or less than fifty shekels.


###### Mishnah Arakhin 3:2
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בִּשְׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּה לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. כֵּיצַד. אֶחָד הַמַּקְדִּישׁ בְּחוֹלַת הַמָּחוֹז וְאֶחָד הַמַּקְדִּישׁ בְּפַרְדְּסוֹת סְבַּסְטִי, נוֹתֵן בְּזֶרַע חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים חֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף. וּבִשְׂדֵה מִקְנָה, נוֹתֵן אֶת שָׁוְיוֹ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אֶחָד שְׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּה וְאֶחָד שְׂדֵה מִקְנָה. מַה בֵּין שְׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּה לִשְׂדֵה מִקְנָה. אֶלָּא שֶׁבִּשְׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּה נוֹתֵן חֹמֶשׁ, וּבִשְׂדֵה מִקְנָה אֵינוֹ נוֹתֵן חֹמֶשׁ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There are *halakhot* **with regard to an ancestral field that are lenient and** others **that are stringent. How so? Both** one **who consecrates** an ancestral field **in** the low-quality **sands of the** areas **surrounding** the city **and** one **who consecrates** the high-quality **orchards of Sebastia gives** a redemption payment of **fifty silver shekels for** every area that he consecrated that is fit for **sowing a *kor* of barley** (Leviticus 27:16). **And with regard to a purchased field** that one consecrates, **he gives its value** as redemption, a sum that can be more or less than fifty shekels for every area required for sowing one *kor* of barley. **Rabbi Eliezer says:** With regard to **both a purchased field and an ancestral field,** one gives a redemption payment of fifty silver shekels for every area required for sowing a *kor* of barley that he consecrated. **What,** then, is the difference **between an ancestral field and a purchased field?** The difference is **that in** the case of **an ancestral field one gives** an additional payment of **one-fifth, but in** the case of **a purchased field one does not give** an additional payment of **one-fifth.**


###### Mishnah Arakhin 3:3
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בְּשׁוֹר הַמּוּעָד שֶׁהֵמִית אֶת הָעֶבֶד לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. כֵּיצַד. אֶחָד שֶׁהֵמִית אֶת הַנָּאֶה שֶׁבָּעֲבָדִים וְאֶת הַכָּעוּר שֶׁבָּעֲבָדִים, נוֹתֵן שְׁלשִׁים סֶלַע. הֵמִית בֶּן חוֹרִין, נוֹתֵן אֶת שָׁוְיוֹ. חָבַל בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה, מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There are *halakhot* **with regard to a forewarned ox that killed** a Canaanite **slave that are lenient and** others **that are stringent; how so? Both** in the case of an ox **that killed the** most **attractive among the slaves,** whose value is great, **and** likewise in the case of one that killed **the** most **unsightly among the slaves,** whose value is minimal, its owner **gives** payment of **thirty *sela*,** the fine stated in the Torah (Exodus 21:32), to the owner of the slave. If the ox **killed a freeman,** its owner **gives his price** as payment to his heirs. This sum can be more or less than thirty shekels. If the ox **injured this** slave **or that** freeman, **he gives** payment of the **full** cost of the **damage** as compensation.


###### Mishnah Arakhin 3:4
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בָּאוֹנֵס וּבַמְפַתֶּה לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. כֵּיצַד. אֶחָד שֶׁאָנַס וּפִתָּה אֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁבַּכְּהֻנָּה וְאֶת הַקְּטַנָּה שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, נוֹתֵן חֲמִשִּׁים סֶלַע. וְהַבּשֶׁת וְהַפְּגָם, הַכֹּל לְפִי הַמְבַיֵּשׁ וְהַמִּתְבַּיֵּשׁ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There are *halakhot* **with regard to a rapist and with regard to a seducer that are lenient and** others **that are stringent; how so? Both** one **who raped or seduced** a young woman **who is** the most **prominent in the priesthood and** one who raped or seduced a young woman who is **the lowliest among the Israelites gives** the payment of **fifty *sela*,** the fine stated in the Torah (see Deuteronomy 22:29). **And** the payments for **humiliation and** for **degradation** resulting from being raped or seduced are assessed differentially; it is **all based on the one who humiliates and the one who is humiliated.**


###### Mishnah Arakhin 3:5
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בַּמּוֹצִיא שֵׁם רָע לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר. כֵּיצַד. אֶחָד שֶׁהוֹצִיא שֵׁם רַע עַל הַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁבַּכְּהֻנָּה וְעַל הַקְּטַנָּה שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, נוֹתֵן מֵאָה סֶלַע. נִמְצָא הָאוֹמֵר בְּפִיו יָתֵר מִן הָעוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂה. שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ, שֶׁלֹּא נֶחְתַּם גְּזַר דִּין עַל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַמִּדְבָּר אֶלָּא עַל לָשׁוֹן הָרַע, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר יד), וַיְנַסּוּ אֹתִי זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִי:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
There are *halakhot* **with regard to a defamer,** who falsely claims that his bride was not a virgin, **that are lenient and** others **that are stringent. How so? Both** one **who defamed** a young woman who is the most **prominent in the priesthood and** one who defamed a young woman who is the **lowliest among the Israelites gives** payment of **one hundred *sela*,** the fine stated in the Torah (Deuteronomy 22:19). Based on the relative scope of the fines, with the defamer paying twice the sum of the rapist and the seducer, it **is apparent** that **one who utters** malicious speech **with his mouth** is **a more severe** transgressor **than one who performs an action.** And this is corroborated, **as we found that the sentence imposed on our ancestors in the wilderness was sealed only due to the malicious speech** disseminated by the spies, **as it is stated** at that time: “All those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, **yet they have tried Me these ten times** and have not listened to My voice” (Numbers 14:22).