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Mishnah: If one derived benefit equal to half of a peruta from a consecrated item and caused it half of a peruta of damage, or if he derived benefit equal to the value of one peruta from a consecrated item that has the potential to be damaged and caused damage of the value of one peruta to another
One is liable for misuse after misuse in consecrated items only in the case of an animal and in the case of service vessels. How so? If one rode upon a sacrificial animal, and another person came and rode upon that animal, and yet another came and rode upon it as well, all of them are liable for mi
Talmud: According to the Mishnah, one can be liable for misuse after misuse only in the case of an animal or service vessels. The Talmud inquires: Whose opinion is expressed in the Mishnah? It is the opinion of R' Neḥemya, as it is taught in a baraita (Tosefta 2:6): One is liable for misuse after m
The Talmud asks: What is the reason of the first tanna in the baraita, who rules that service vessels are not susceptible to repeated misuse? The Talmud answers that he holds that the halakha of misuse is written with regard to the case of an animal. As it is written: “If anyone commits a misuse, a
And R' Neḥemya could have said to you, in response, the following a fortiori inference: If a service vessel brings other materials placed in them to their state of sanctity, thereby rendering those materials susceptible to misuse after misuse, all the more so is it not clear that the vessel itself