Commentary for Kiddushin 41:6
וחזר הדין לא ראי זה כראי זה הצד השוה שבהן שנגאלין ואין לוה וגואל וגואל לחצאין אף אני אביא מקדיש שנגאל ואין לוה וגואל וגואל לחצאין
So may I also adduce the case of one who sanctifies [an inherited field]: it may be redeemed, and he cannot borrow and redeem, nor redeem half. Mar Zutra son of R'Mari said to Rabina: This may be refuted. What is their common feature?
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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