Commentary for Bava Metzia 114:9
כלל ופרט וכלל אי אתה דן אלא כעין הפרט מה הפרט מפורש דבר המטלטל וגופו ממון אף כל דבר המטלטל וגופו ממון
at four se'ahs per <i>sela'</i>, whilst it subsequently stood at three se'ahs per <i>sela'</i>]. As we learnt: If one contracts to supply flour at four [se'ahs per <i>sela'</i>], and it [subsequently] stood at three, he must supply it at four; at three, and it [subsequently] stood at four, he must supply it at four, because <i>hekdesh</i> [always] has the upper hand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shek. IV, 9. The contractor received payment in advance, and fixed the price before the market price was out. Now, if the purchaser were a laymen, this would be forbidden as usury, (infra 62b); as, however, the bargain is with hekdesh, it is permitted. According to this, the passage does not refer to a loan at all. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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