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Arakhin


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Arachin examines the laws of dedicating the value of a person or object to the Temple. It details the Torah’s fixed valuations for individuals of different ages and genders, procedures for redeeming vows, and rules governing the consecration and redemption of land and houses.

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Arakhin 2

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Rabbanit Michelle Farber
06.18.2019 | ט״ו בסיון תשע״ט


Arakhin 3

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06.19.2019 | ט״ז בסיון תשע״ט


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06.20.2019 | י״ז בסיון תשע״ט


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06.21.2019 | י״ח בסיון תשע״ט


Arakhin 7

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06.23.2019 | כ׳ בסיון תשע״ט


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06.24.2019 | כ״א בסיון תשע״ט


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06.25.2019 | כ״ב בסיון תשע״ט


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06.26.2019 | כ״ג בסיון תשע״ט


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06.27.2019 | כ״ד בסיון תשע״ט


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06.28.2019 | כ״ה בסיון תשע״ט


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06.30.2019 | כ״ז בסיון תשע״ט


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07.01.2019 | כ״ח בסיון תשע״ט
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Arakhin

Arachin examines the laws of dedicating the value of a person or object to the Temple. It details the Torah’s fixed valuations for individuals of different ages and genders, procedures for redeeming vows, and rules governing the consecration and redemption of land and houses.

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Glossary

Here you’ll find definitions and explanations for some of the key terms in this masechet. See more here.

Heseg Yad

The amount one must pay if she vows her worth to the Temple, based on her market value. However, the amount might be reduced based on her financial situation. This adjustment is called affordability.

Zera Chomer Se’orim

A unit of land measurement large enough to yield a chomer (a specific measure) of barley. When a person redeems a field that was sanctified to the Beit Mikdash, he must pay one sela per each such unit. In practice, a person will pay more for a high-producing field, since the area required to yield a chomer of barley is smaller.

Batei Chatzerim

Houses in open areas – houses located outside cities walled since the days of Joshua. Like hereditary fields, if no one redeems these houses by the yovel, they return to the original owner. However, unlike hereditary fields, one may redeem them even within the first two years of their sale.

Sdeh Mikna

A purchased field – land bought from its hereditary owner. Regardless of resale, it reverts to the original owner in the yovel. If sanctified to the Temple, it still returns to the original owner at the yovel.

Sdeh Achuza

An ancestral field is family land dating back to the time of Joshua. If sold, the original owner or their kin cannot repurchase it until after two harvests; if left unredeemed until the yovel, it reverts to them. However, if sanctified to the Beit Mikdash and not redeemed, it goes to the kohanim.

Batei Arei Chomah

Houses of walled cities – homes in cities fortified since the days of Joshua. When the Jubilee (yovel) is observed, sellers have one year to redeem their houses. If they or a close relative don’t, the property permanently belongs to the buyer and does not revert to the original owner.

Yovel

Jubilee – the fiftieth year in each calendar cycle. It begins on Yom Kippur with the blowing of a shofar that frees all slaves and returns all lands to their original owners.

Chomesh

When the original owner redeems something from Temple sanctity, she must pay an additional 25% of its value as a penalty. This is called a fifth (חומש), because the total payment equals a fifth of the adjusted amount including the penalty. For example, redeeming an item worth 100 requires paying 125—making the extra 25 a fifth of 125.

Hekdesh

Consecrated property – anything donated or belonging to the Beit Mikdash.

Damim

Monetary worth – people may vow to donate their own or another’s value to the Temple by saying “my worth is upon me” or “the worth of so-and-so is upon me.” The value is assessed as if the person were sold as a slave.

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