Commentary for Bava Metzia 108:4

גבי הקדש כתיב (ויקרא כז, טו) ואם המקדיש יגאל את ביתו ויסף חמישית כסף ערכך ותנן הפודה את הקדשו מוסיף חומש חומשא תנן חומשא דחומשא לא תנן מאי גבי תרומה כתיב ויסף גבי קדש נמי הא כתיב ויסף

nor taught,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To that effect, e.g., if one redeems the second tithe, duly adding a fifth, and then wishes to redeem that fifth with other coins, it was not taught that he must add a fifth thereof. ');">¹⁰</span> nor do we regard it at all as a problem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., another fifth need certainly not be added, since there is not the slightest indication in the Bible to that effect. ');">¹¹</span> With respect to <i>hekdesh</i> it is written, <i>And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXVII, 15. ');">¹²</span>

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