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Mishnah: Everyone takes vows of valuation and is thereby obligated to donate to the Temple treasury the value fixed by the Torah (see Leviticus 27:3–7) for the age and sex of the person valuated. And similarly, everyone is valuated, and therefore one who vowed to donate his fixed value is obligate
A tumtum, whose sexual organs are concealed, and a hermaphrodite [androginos], vow, and are the object of a vow, and take vows of valuation, but they are not valuated. Consequently, if one says, with regard to a tumtum: The valuation of so-and-so is incumbent upon me to donate to the Temple treasu
A deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor are the object of a vow and are valuated, but neither vow to donate the assessment of a person nor take a vow of valuation, because they lack the presumed mental competence to make a commitment.
Talmud: The Talmud asks: What is added by the Mishnah’s statement: Everyone [hakol] takes vows of valuation? When a principle is stated in a Mishnah, it serves to include a particular case that it does not mention explicitly in its halakha. Which case is included by the broad statement here? The T
The Talmud similarly asks: What is added by the statement: And everyone is valuated? The Talmud answers: The Mishnah serves to add a repulsive man and one afflicted with boils, who have no market value.