Commentary for Arakhin 40:7
לא שנו אלא דאמר דמי שור זה עלי עולה אבל אמר
THEN HE IS OBLIGED TO PAY [THEIR WORTH].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf, interprets this Mishnah thus (s.v.) : If someone used the expression. 'this ox' or 'this house' shall be an offering. and the ox died or the house fell down, then he is not obliged to pay because he made the vow contingent upon these objects or upon their value when extant. But if he said: 'I vow (lit., " (i="" take)="" upon="" me")="" this="" ox="" or="" house',="" then="" he="" makes="" the="" payment="" depending="" on="" none="" but="" himself,="" and="" must="" redeem="" his="" pledge="" independent="" of="" condition="" existence="" objects="" (referred="" to)="" .="" maimonides="" distinction:="" preceding="" mishnah="" taught:="" dead="" persons="" have="" no="" market-value.="" applies="" only="" to="" human="" beings.="" oxen,="" however,="" value="" even="" when="" dead.');"=""><sup>3</sup></span>
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