Commentary for Bekhorot 99:3

הני עשרין וחד נכי דנקא הוי

But is not this the sum of twenty-one zuz minus a danka?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Subtract a sixth of twenty-four from twenty-four leaving twenty, and then deduct a sixth of the remaining zuz (each zuz contains six danka) making a total of twenty and five-sixths zuz viz., twenty-one zuz minus a danka, whereas the amount required for redemption is five sela's, or twenty zuz, one sela' four zuz.');">²</span>

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