Arakhin 40

Chapter 40

א מהו דתימא כיון דלא אמדוהו לא אישתעבוד נכסי קמ"ל כיון דעמד בדין אישתעבודי אישתעבוד נכסי ואומדנא גלויי מילתא בעלמא הוא:
1 Now you might have said: Since there has been no estimate,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. of the worth of the one who has been vowed.');"><sup>1</sup></span> his possessions are not subject [to payment], therefore we are informed that since he stood before the court, his possessions have [automatically] become liable [for the vow], the estimating being a mere statement of fact [as to the monetary value]. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>[IF SOMEONE SAID:] THIS OX SHALL BE A BURNT-OFFERING.
ב <big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> שור זה עולה ובית זה קרבן ומת השור ונפל הבית פטור מלשלם שור זה עלי עולה ובית זה עלי קרבן מת השור ונפל הבית חייב לשלם:
2 OR THIS HOUSE SHALL BE AN OFFERING,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the repair of the Sanctuary. v. Num. XXXI, 50. where such gifts, too, are called korban, 'offering'. rnt');"><sup>2</sup></span> AND THE OX DIED OR THE HOUSE FELL DOWN, HE IS FREE FROM PAYING [THEIR WORTH].
ג <big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> א"ר חייא בר רב לא שנו אלא דאמר דמי שור זה עלי עולה אבל אמר שור זה עלי עולה כיון דאמר זה ומת אינו חייב באחריותו עלי להביאו קאמר
3 [BUT IF HE SAID:] 'I VOW THIS OX AS A BURNT-OFFERING' OR 'THIS HOUSE AS AN OFFERING AND THE OX DIED, OR THE HOUSE FELL DOWN. THEN HE IS OBLIGED TO PAY [THEIR WORTH].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf, interprets this Mishnah thus (s.v.) : If someone used the expression. 'this ox' or 'this house' shall be an offering. and the ox died or the house fell down, then he is not obliged to pay because he made the vow contingent upon these objects or upon their value when extant. But if he said: 'I vow (lit., " (i="" take)="" upon="" me")="" this="" ox="" or="" house',="" then="" he="" makes="" the="" payment="" depending="" on="" none="" but="" himself,="" and="" must="" redeem="" his="" pledge="" independent="" of="" condition="" existence="" objects="" (referred="" to)="" .="" maimonides="" distinction:="" preceding="" mishnah="" taught:="" dead="" persons="" have="" no="" market-value.="" applies="" only="" to="" human="" beings.="" oxen,="" however,="" value="" even="" when="" dead.');"=""><sup>3</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>R'Hiyya B'Rab said: This has been taught only for the case where he said: 'I vow<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 120, n. 5.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
ד מיתיבי שור זה עולה השור הקדש ומועלין בו מת או נגנב אינו חייב באחריותו שור זה עלי עולה השור הקדש ומועלין בו מת או נגנב חייב באחריותו
4 the worth of this ox for a burnt-offering', but if he said: 'I vow this ox as a burnt-offering', since he had said 'this' and one] died, he is not obliged [to make restitution for it], for he [merely] meant: '[I vow] to bring him'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if possible, to make every effort to do so. But his obligation extended only to this ox; he assumed no responsibility for any accident (like death) that would render his effort futile.');"><sup>5</sup></span> An objection was raised: [If he said,] 'This ox shall be a burnt-offering', then the ox is sacred property a the law of sacrilege applies to it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. V, 15ff.');"><sup>6</sup></span> If it die or be stolen, he is not obliged to make restitution.
ה מי אלימא ממתניתין דאוקימנא דקאמר דמי ה"נ דקאמר דמי
5 [But if he sa 'I vow this ox as a burnt-offering', the ox becomes sacred property and the law of sacrilege applies to it. If i died or is stolen, he is obliged to make restitution! - Is this [teaching] any stronger than our Mishnah?
ו והא מדסיפא דקאמר דמי רישא דלא קאמר דמי דקתני סיפא דמי שור עולה השור חולין ואין מועלין בו מת או נגנב אינו חייב באחריותו אבל חייב באחריות דמיו
6 There we assumed it refers to the case where he said: 'I vow its worth', thus here too, the reference is to the case where he said: 'I vow its worth'. But since the second part speaks of the case where he said 'the worth', the first must needs speak of the case where he did not say 'the worth'! For the second part reads: [If he said: The money of the ox shall be a burnt-offering, then the ox remains profane, and the law of sacrilege does not apply to it. If it die or be stolen, he is not obliged to make restitution.
ז רישא וסיפא דקאמר דמי רישא דאמר יקדיש השור לדמיו וסיפא דקאמר לכשיבאו דמיו יקדשו
7 But he is obliged to make restitutio for his money?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is sold and the money obtained as proceeds is lost.');"><sup>7</sup></span> - Both the first and the second part speak of the case where he said: 'Its money value'; but in the first case he said: 'The ox be sanctified in respect of its money', in the second he said: 'The money thereof be sanctified when realized'. But how can a man sanctify a thing that is non-existent?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that has not come into the world'. How then can the consecration operate at all in the second clause?');"><sup>8</sup></span>
ח והא אין אדם מקדיש דבר שלא בא לעולם א"ר יהודה אמר רב הא מני ר"מ היא דאמר אדם מקדיש דבר שלא בא לעולם
8 Said Rab Judah in the name of Rab, This is in accord with R'Meir who said: A man may sanctify a thing that is non-existent. Some say. R'Papa said to Abaye (or, according to others, Rama B'Hama said to R'Hisda) : According to whom will [this teaching be]? According to R'Meir, who holds a man may consecrate a thing that is non-existent? He replied: According to whom else [will it be]?
ט איכא דאמרי אמר ליה רב פפא לאביי ואמרי לה רמי בר חמא לרב חסדא כמאן כרבי מאיר דאמר אדם מקדיש דבר שלא בא לעולם אמר ליה ואלא כמאן
9 Some refer it to the following: If a man rents a house to his neighbour and it became leprous, then although the priest has declared it definitely leprous, he could say to him: Behold. before you lies your own!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The owner can say to him who rented it: The house I rented to you is here. That it became leprous is your misfortune.');"><sup>9</sup></span> If the priest has broken it down, he is obliged to place another one at his disposal;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the priest broke down the house, then the rented house being no more available, the owner must provide a new house for the use of him who had rented it.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
י ואיכא דמתני לה אהא המשכיר בית לחברו ונתנגע אף על פי שחלטו כהן אומר לו הרי שלך לפניך נתצו חייב להעמיד לו בית
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