Halakhah for Meilah 38:1
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נהנה כבחצי פרוטה ופגם כחצי פרוטה או שנהנה בשוה פרוטה בדבר אחד ופגם בשוה פרוטה בדבר אחר לא מעל עד שיהנה בשוה פרוטה ויפגם בשוה פרוטה בדבר אחד
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE HAS DERIVED A BENEFIT OF HALF A PERUTAH'S WORTH AND HAS IMPAIRED [THE VALUE OF THE USED ARTICLE] BY ANOTHER HALF A PERUTAH, OR IF ONE HAS DERIVED THE BENEFIT OF A PERUTAH'S WORTH FROM ONE THING<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., an article which according to the rule of the previous Mishnah comes under the Law of Sacrilege only after it has been impaired.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is that which our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, said (Kiddushin 54b) [regarding] one who misappropriates after someone misappropriates: if the first was inadvertent, the latter is exempt - since the consecrated already became desanctified once the first became liable for payment and a sacrifice. But if the first was volitional - which is not in the category of a sacrifice - the latter is in the category of misappropriation. And there is only misappropriation after misappropriation of the consecrated with a beast or ministering vessels alone (Meilah 19b). And one who takes a coin [of minimal value] from the consecrated in order that it be his does not misappropriate until he spends it on his wants. If he gives it to his fellow, he has misappropriated, and his fellow has not misappropriated - as there is only misappropriation after misappropriation with a beast or vessels alone, as we said.
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