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by not mentioning non-Jews, the Mishnah teaches us another matter in passing, in accordance with the statement that Rav Yehuda says that Rav says. As Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: It is prohibited for a person to say: How beautiful is this non-Jew.
The Talmud asks: But if this is the only reason that a non-Jew is not mentioned, let the Mishnah teach: 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 the most unsightly among the non-Jews, he gives the fixed payment of 5
The Talmud challenges this answer: And does the Mishnah not deal with two nations? But isn’t it taught in a Mishnah (14b): One who raped or seduced a young woman, whether she is the most prominent in the priesthood or the lowliest among the Israelites, gives the payment of 50 sela, the fine stated
And if you wish, say instead that since the Mishnah wants to teach the case of an ancestral field in the latter clause, which you find in the case of Jews, but you do not find with regard to non-Jews, as they are unfit to have ancestral land in Eretz Yisrael, it is due to this reason that the Mishn
Mishnah: 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 redempti