Commentary for Arakhin 53:20

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך אין מקדישין</strong></big><br><br>

THEY SAY TO HIM: MAKE THOU THE FIRST BEGINNING!' BECAUSE THE OWNER MUST PAY AN ADDED FIFTH WHEREAS NO OTHER PERSON NEED PAY AN ADDITIONAL FIFTH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For as long as it was valid, the price to be paid was fixed (fifty shekels for every piece of the field sufficient for the sowing of a homer of barley) and did not depend upon any offer of the owner. But after the validity of the Jubilee was lost, the field of possession, too, had to be redeemed at its value, hence the question here.');">⁸</span>

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