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that anywhere that there are only 5 sela available, i.e., enough to redeem only one man, and one is obligated to redeem both himself and his son, he, the father, takes precedence over his son. What is the reason? It is that his own mitzva is preferable to one that he performs on behalf of others.
And the reasoning behind the dispute is as follows: R' Yehuda maintains that a loan that is written in the Torah, i.e., any financial obligation that applies by Torah law, is considered as though it is written in a document, and therefore it can be collected from liened property, like any loan rec
And the Rabbis maintain: A loan that is written in the Torah is not considered as though it is written in a document, since buyers will not be aware of this obligation, so that they should be aware that the land may be repossessed. And therefore there is no advantage for this man to redeem his son
A baraita states: If one has money to redeem his son and to ascend to Jerusalem on the pilgrimage Festival, he redeems his son and then ascends to Jerusalem on the pilgrimage Festival. R' Yehuda says: He ascends to Jerusalem on the pilgrimage Festival and then redeems his son. His reasoning is tha
The Talmud asks: Granted, according to the opinion of R' Yehuda, it is as he stated in his reasoning, i.e., R' Yehuda provided the rationale for his opinion. But what is the reasoning of the Rabbis, who say that he should first redeem his son? The Talmud answers that the reason is that the verse