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With regard to the duration of time for the proclamation, A baraita states: One proclaims the appraisal of the property inherited by minor orphans for 30 days, and one proclaims the appraisal of consecrated property for 60 days. This is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yehuda says: One proclaims the
The Talmud relates that R' Ḥiyya bar Avin was sitting and saying this halakha stated by Rav Ḥisda in the name of Avimi. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said to R' Ḥiyya bar Avin: Did you say that the proclamation is for 60 days or did you say that it is for 30 days? R' Ḥiyya bar Avin said to him: It is for
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak persisted: Do you rule in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir or in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda? R' Ḥiyya bar Avin said to him: I rule in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak raised a difficulty: But R' Meir says that the appraisal
R' Ḥiyya bar Avin said to him that Rav Ḥisda said like this: I absorbed many blows [kulfei] from Avimi due to that halakha, i.e., Avimi would disparage me when I questioned his statement that according to R' Meir one proclaims the appraisal of the property of orphans for 60 days, which is contradic
But if it is proclaimed only on Monday and on Thursday, when the markets are open, villagers gather in the city, and the courts sit in judgment, then it is proclaimed over the course of 60 days. And even though if Master counts the number of days on which there is actually a proclamation, there are