Commentary for Arakhin 53:42

תיפוק ליה דאיידי דחביבה עליה טפי ופריק לה

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE SAID: 'I WILL ACQUIRE IT FOR TEN SELA'S, AND ANOTHER '[FOR] TWENTY', AND ANOTHER 'FOR THIRTY', AND ANOTHER 'FOR FORTY', AND ANOTHER 'FOR FIFTY', AND HE [THAT BID] FIFTY RECANTED, THEY TAKE PLEDGES FROM HIS PROPERTY UP TO TEN SELA'S.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through his recanting the Sanctuary lost ten sela's, the difference between his bid and that of the next lower bidder. As a rule, some definite act is necessary before any purchase is legally binding, but with regard to any transaction touching the Sanctuary an oral undertaking has the force of a legal act.');">¹⁶</span>

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