Arakhin 42
עולתו ושלמיו של פלוני עלי בין לדעת בין שלא לדעת יצא
[If he said,] 'I vow the burnt-offering or peace-offering of So-and-so', then he has fulfilled his obligation, whether it was done with his knowledge or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Contra Samuel.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
אמר לך שמואל
- Samuel will answer you: This was taught with regard to the time of the [obtainment of] atonement,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the time of the actual sacrifice, through which atonement is being obtained.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
כי קאמינא אנא בשעת הפרשה
Now this is in conflict with the view of 'Ulla; for 'Ulla said: They have made no distinction between burnt-offering and sin-offering except in this: the sin-offering requires the agreement [of the one who has to bring it] at the time of its designation, whereas the burnt-offering needs no such agreement.
אמר רב פפא
R'Papa said: The two Baraithas<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The one teaching that if one vowed the burnt-offering and peace-offering of someone else, the latter fulfilled his duty whether that offering had come with or without his knowledge; and the other teaching that in every case knowledge of him on whose behalf they were offered was indispensable.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
ואמוראי נמי לא קשיא שמואל מוקי קמייתא בשעת כפרה בתרייתא בשעת הפרשה עולא מוקי איפכא
Nor do they contradict the Amoraim, Samuel interpreting the first as referring to the time of the atonement, and the second as dealing with the time of the designation; whereas 'Ulla interprets them inversely.
מהו דתימא
You might have said: When Samuel says that he refers it to 'the time of the designation',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that at all times agreement of the person on whose behalf the burnt-offering is sacrificed is necessary.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
מאי בשעת הפרשה דקאמר שמואל אף בשעת הפרשה ואע"ג דהך קמייתא תיובתיה קמ"ל:
he means, 'Also to the time of the designation', although thereby the first Baraitha would be contradicting him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which said that the person on whose behalf the burnt-offering was offered up fulfilled his duty whether he knew (and agreed) or not.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
אמר רב ששת
THUS ALSO IS IT THE CASE WITH A DOCUMENT OF DIVORCE: ONE COERCES HIM etc. R'Shesheth said: If one utters a protest with regard to a document of divorce,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the effect that he does not give it out of his free will, but calls upon the people present to he his witnesses to the fact that he is forced to give it. Such a protest would invalidate the document.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי שנא בבקר ובערב
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>[THE PROPERTY] OF ORPHANS WHICH HAS BEEN VALUED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the court, for the purpose of providing payment for the creditors, either the marriage settlement of the widow, or the debt contracted by the father.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
בשעת הכנסת פועלים דנידכר דאמר להו
Thus was it also taught: [The property] of orphans which has been valued [must be proclaimed] for thirty days, that of the Sanctuary for sixty days, the proclamation to be made in the morning and in the evening, at the time when the labourers leave, and at the time when they enter.
שדה פלוני בסימניה ובמצריה כך היא יפה וכך היא שומא כל הרוצה ליקח יבא ויקח על מנת ליתן לאשה בכתובתה ולבעל חוב בחובו
Because there are some who would prefer dealing with a creditor who is lenient with regard to the coins,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The merchant (creditor) will take even imperfect coins, which in the absence of base metal, would after some time become thin. Such would be looked upon with misgiving by the widow, but not by the merchant, who would know whether the depreciation is too serious for him to accept them. On the other hand, he will insist on full payment, whilst the widow, who uses the money for her own needs, rather than for investment in business enterprise, will be willing to accept payment by instalments, thus allowing the purchaser to use the capital for himself in the interval.');"><sup>11</sup></span>