Commentary for Kiddushin 41:4
א"ל רב אחא בריה דרבא לרב אשי איכא למיפרך מה למוכר בית בבתי ערי חומה שכן הורע כחו ליגאל לעולם תאמר במקדיש שיפה כחו ליגאל לעולם
Thus!] Let him who sells 'a field of possession' prove it, whose privilege is great, that he can redeem it for ever, and yet he may not borrow and redeem, or redeem half. As for him who sells 'a field of possession', that is because his rights are impaired, in that he [cannot] redeem it immediately. Then let one who sells a house in a walled city prove it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He can redeem it immediately, and yet cannot borrow etc.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Aha son of Rava argues that one cannot derive the laws regarding redeeming a consecrated field from the laws governing redeeming half of a house in a walled city. The latter may not be redeemed in halves because he has less power in general—it must be redeemed within a year. But one who consecrates a field can redeem it until the Jubilee. So maybe he should be able to redeem it in halves. This is the opposite of what the baraita at the end of last week’s daf stated.
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