Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 57:2
משכו במאתים ולא הספיק לפדותו עד שעמד במנה נותן מאתים מאי טעמא לא יהא כח הדיוט חמור מהקדש
What is the reason? - [Scripture saith,] Then he shall pay the money, and it shall be assured to him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not before. Actually there is no such verse; but v. B.M. (Sonc. ed.) p. 321, n. 1: the deduction will likewise be from 'shekel', i.e., the shek,el alone (viz., money) gives the title. But in Shab. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> If he performs meshikah when it is worth two hundred and has no time to redeem it until it falls to a maneh, he must pay two hundred. What is the reason? - That the rights of a layman should not be stronger<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.,'stricter'.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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