Arakhin 21A

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If the one living in it, i.e., the renter, consecrates the house, he pays the rent to the Temple treasury. The Talmud express surprise at this last statement of the baraita: If the one living in the house consecrates it? How can the renter consecrate it? God states: “When a man shall sanctify his h

The Talmud asks: If the one renting out the house consecrates it, how is it possible for the renter to live in it? Since the house is consecrated property he is standing liable for the prohibition of misuse of consecrated property by living there. And furthermore, why must he pay the rent to the T

The Talmud answers: The baraita is discussing a case where the one renting out the house says: When the payment of the rent will come to me, the money shall be consecrated. The Talmud asks: But how is it possible for the one renting out the house to consecrate money he will receive in the future? A

Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, who says: A person can consecrate an entity that has not yet come into the world. Some say that Rav Pappa said to Abaye, and some say that Rav Mari bar Ḥama said to Rav

Mishnah: With regard to those obligated to pay valuations, the court repossesses their property to pay their debt to the Temple treasury. With regard to those obligated to bring sin offerings and guilt offerings, the court does not repossess their property; since one is obligated to bring them fo