Study Kiddushin folio 61A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
With regard to one who consecrates his field during the time of the Jubilee Year, i.e., in an era when the halakhot of the Jubilee Year are observed, if he wishes to redeem it from the Temple treasury he gives 50 silver shekels for an area that yields a ḥomer, i.e., a kor, of barley seed. If the f
And we discussed the following problem: Granted, that these areas are not consecrated together with the field, as they are 10 handbreadths higher or lower than the rest of the land; but let the crevices and boulders be consecrated by themselves, so that they should require their own redemption of
The verse states with regard to one who consecrates his field: “Part of a field of his possession” (Leviticus 27:16). What is the meaning when the verse states this? Since it is stated in the same verse: “The sowing of a ḥomer of barley shall be valued at 50 shekels of silver,” I have derived only t
Therefore, the Talmud’s question remains: Why aren’t the crevices and boulders measured by themselves? Mar Ukva bar Ḥama said: Here we are dealing with crevices filled with water. Due to the fact that they are not fit for sowing, the crevices are not considered a field. The Talmud comments: The lan
The Talmud asks: If so, i.e., if the crevices, like the boulders, are unfit for sowing, then even if there is a disparity of less than 10 handbreadths as well, the crevices and boulders should likewise not be measured as part of the field. The Talmud answers: If they are separated from the field b