Commentary for Kiddushin 41:5
א"ל רב אחא סבא לרב אשי משום דאיכא למימר ניהדר דינא תיתי במה הצד מוכר שדה אחוזה יוכיח שיפה כחו ליגאל לעולם ואין לוה וגואל וגואל לחצאין מה למוכר שדה אחוזה שכן הורע כחו ליגאל מיד מוכר בית בבתי ערי חומה יוכיח
And thus the argument revolves: the feature of one is not that of the other. What is common to both [cases] is that they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The properties.');"><sup>8</sup></span> may be redeemed, and he [the vendor] cannot borrow and redeem, nor redeem half.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Consecrating an ancestral field is both similar and different to the case of selling an ancestral field and selling a house in a walled city. Since there is something different from both, we cannot use either one to prove that one cannot borrow and redeem or redeem half of a consecrated ancestral field. But together, the commonality can be used to prove that just as in the other two cases one cannot borrow and redeem or redeem half, so too one cannot borrow and redeem or redeem half of a consecrated ancestral field.
We should note that this is a common midrashic technique—it is easier to learn one unknown from two knowns then from one known.
We should note that this is a common midrashic technique—it is easier to learn one unknown from two knowns then from one known.
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