Musar for Rosh Hashanah 51:17
מאי משמע דהאי יובלא לישנא דדכרא הוא דתניא אמר רבי עקיבא כשהלכתי לערביא היו קורין לדכרא יובלא
What is the practical importance of this? - For explaining [the Scriptural expression] a hundred kesitah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXXIII, 19: the price paid by Jacob for the field he bought at Shechem.');"><sup>25</sup></span> it means, a hundred danki.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One sixth of a denar (v. Glos.) .');"><sup>26</sup></span> Rabbi said: When I went to the sea-ports, they called mekirah [selling] 'kirah'.
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