Reference for Arakhin 3:8
סד"א
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>What does ALL [PERSONS] ARE FIT TO EVALUATE mean to include? - It is meant to include one close to manhood who must be examined.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mufla' from the root meaning, to make clear, to examine, hence 'one to be examined' as to the purpose for which he made the valuation. Above the age of thirteen such knowledge is taken for granted. Below the age of twelve it is assumed to be absent. During the period from twelve to thirteen the boy is to be subject to questioning. If the examination establishes his knowledge of the purpose of the dedication, his dedication is considered valid, and renders payment obligatory. Otherwise no significance is to be attached during that period to his utterance of the formula: Erek peloni 'alay.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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