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from that of other items consecrated for Temple maintenance, e.g., a consecrated house, but one does not derive the halakha with regard to items consecrated for Temple maintenance from items that are consecrated for the altar, such as the two lambs brought on Shavuot.
The Talmud objects: And let R' Shimon also derive the halakha by means of a verbal analogy from one who consecrates a house. Why does he disagree with R' Yehuda? The Talmud explains: One derives the halakha of an item that is a gift to the priests, such as an ancestral field that is given to the p
§ The Mishnah teaches that if one consecrates his ancestral field and it is not redeemed before the Jubilee, R' Eliezer says: The priests do not enter into the field, and they also do not give its redemption payment to the Temple treasury. According to R' Eliezer, the priests do not obtain possessi
Rabba said: What is the reason for R' Eliezer’s opinion? It is because the verse states: “And if he will not redeem the field, or if he sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore. But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy for YHWH, as a dedicated field; his
Abaye said: Does a sharp knife cut through the verses, that they may be interpreted by reading the words out of order? Rather, Abaye said: The reason for R' Eliezer’s opinion is as it is taught in a baraita: Since the verse states: “And if he will not redeem the field, or if he sold the field to a