Commentary for Kiddushin 33:6
אמר מר חמש סלעים מכל מין ומין שהם חמש עשרה סלעים דברי ר' מאיר ור"מ מנינא אתא לאשמועינן הא קמ"ל מיבצר הוא דלא מבצר ליה מהאי מנינא ואי בצר ליה מחד מינא וטפי ליה מחד מינא לית לן בה
R'Simeon said: Fifty, as the fifty of 'arakin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. If one vows his own worth to the Temple. he must pay according to a fixed scale, which in the case of an adult man is fifty sela's; Lev. XXVII, 3.');"><sup>7</sup></span> The master said: 'With five sela's [worth] of each kind, which is fifteen sela's: this is R'Meir's view.' D then R'Meir come to teach us arithmetic? - He tells us this: He may not indeed diminish his total, but if he gives him less of one kind and more of another, we have no objection.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Meir did not need to say “which is fifteen sela’s in all.” We could have done that math ourselves! He added that number in order to teach that the total must be fifteen selas. But if the master gives 8 of one, 4 of the other and 3 of the other (for instance), he has fulfilled his duty.
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