Commentary for Arakhin 48:19

אין מקדישין ליגאל בגירוע פחות משתי שנים

said Rabbi: I hold that he must pay a sela' [shekel] and a pondion? - Rabbi is of the view of R'Judah who said: The fiftieth year is counted both ways.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The year of Jubilee is the last of the last cycle and the first of the new one, so that there are forty-nine years for each of which a shekel and a pondion are due from the redeemer.');">¹¹</span>

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