ג תני תנא קמיה דרב נחמן בנו פדוי לכשיתן א"ל רב נחמן זו דברי רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה סתימתא ואמרי לה זו דברי רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון סתימתא אבל חכמים אומרים אין בנו פדוי והלכתא אין בנו פדוי:
3 R'Nahman said to him: This is the teaching of R'Jose son of R'Judah whose opinion has been reported anonymously. But the Sages say: His son is not redeemed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf, points out that although this is apparently what the Mishnah says, viz., that he gives him the five sela's and yet the son is not redeemed, it is possible that R. Nahman holds that what the Mishnah means by the expression 'ALTHOUGH HIS SON IS NOT REDEEMED is that the son is not redeemed unless payment is made, and that if the priest enters the note as a loan against him, we do not say that it is as if the priest received it and then later lent him the money, or if the priest remits the five sela's, the son is still not redeemed unless the father pays. R. Nahman therefore informs us that the Sages maintain that the son is not redeemed in such circumstances even after payment of the note.');"><sup>4</sup></span> And the Law is that his son is not redeemed. THEREFORE IF THE PRIEST WISHES TO GIVE HIM [THE NOTE OF INDEBTEDNESS] AS A GIFT, HE IS PERMITTED TO DO SO. [The Mishnah here] teaches what our Rabbis have taught [elsewhere]: If one gave [the five sela's] to ten priests simultaneously,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Putting the five sela's before them all and then going his way (Rashi) . R. Gershom adds that although this meant that each priest only receives half a sela', yet since altogether he gave the full redemption money, his son is redeemed.');"><sup>5</sup></span> he has discharged his duty of redemption. If he gave [the five sela's] one after the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To one priest. So Rashi. Maimonides appears to refer this to ten priests i.e., that he gave the money between ten priests, but not to them all simultaneously only to one after the other.');"><sup>6</sup></span> he has discharged his duty. If [the priest] took the redemption money and returned it to him, he has discharged his duty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The halachah will therefore be in accordance with the ruling of the Mishnah, since the Baraitha here supports the Mishnah (R. Gershom) .');"><sup>7</sup></span>