Commentary for Bava Metzia 108:5

או דלמא גבי תרומה כתיב ויסף אי שקלת ליה לוי"ו דויסף ושדית ליה על חמישיתו הוה ליה חמישיתיו גבי הקדש כתיב ויסף חמישית אע"ג דכי שקלת ליה לוי"ו דויסף ושדית ליה על חמישית סוף סוף הוה ליה חמישיתו

And we learnt: He who redeems his <i>hekdesh</i> adds a fifth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 55b. ');">¹³</span> Now, only a fifth was thus taught, but not a fifth of the fifth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is not stated that if he wishes to redeem that fifth, which is now consecrated, that he must add a fifth thereof unto it. ');">¹⁴</span> What then [is the law]? [The problem arises for this reason:] With respect to <i>terumah</i> it is written, <i>and he shall add [we-yasaf]</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The and (we-) is interpreted as an extending particle, and therefore teaches that this fifth may be added more than once, i.e., on repeated redemption a fifth of the added fifth is required. ');">¹⁵</span>

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