יד הערכין כו': מאי ערכין המטלטלין א"ר גידל אמר רב באומר ערך כלי זה עלי דא"ר גידל אמר רב
14 [can they be appointed valuers]? — Come and hear! 'A man and his two wives may redeem the second tithe of unknown value.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And those have a common purse. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> Perhaps in a case such as that of R. Papa and [his wife], the daughter of Abba from Sura.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who traded on her own, and he had therefore no share in her profits (cf. Keth. 39a). ');"><sup>26</sup></span> DEDICATION IS BY THREE. Our Mishnah is not in accordance with the following Tanna: For it has been taught: R. Eliezer b. Jacob said: Even a hook of the sanctuary requires ten persons [to assess it] for its redemption.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 88a. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> R. Papa said to Abaye: As to R. Eliezer b. Jacob's opinion, it is well, its grounds being Samuel's dictum. For Samuel said: There are ten Biblical references to Priest in the Chapter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Relating to the laws of Redemption; thrice in reference to human beings, Lev. XXVII, 8; thrice in reference to beasts; ibid. 11-13, and four times in reference to land, ibid. 14, 18, 23, — from which he deduces the need of ten persons for valuation. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> But whence do the Rabbis learn that only three [are required]? And should you answer: Because it [sc. the word Priest] appears three times in relation thereto;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in the section dealing with the redemption of animals, and presumably the same applies to the redemption of all forms of hekdesh. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> then since with reference to land [redemption] the word appears four times, let four be sufficient? And should you say that this is indeed so, have we not learnt: THE VALUATION OF LAND REQUIRES NINE PERSONS AND A PRIEST? But what [will you say]? — That this is because with these verses the ten references are completed? Then should not other consecrated objects,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such as unclean beasts. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> with the section on which six such references are completed, require six assessors? The difficulty was not solved. THE ASSESSMENT OF MOVABLE OBJECTS etc. What is meant by THE ASSESSMENT OF MOVABLE OBJECTS?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the laws of assessment in Lev. XXVII comprise only men, beasts and land. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> R. Giddal, reporting Rab, says: For example, one who says, 'I undertake to give the value of this vessel';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the Sanctuary. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> for, R. Giddal said, reporting Rab: