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Erchin 6:4-5

Erchin (Arachin) 6:4

If the debtor had many of one kind of tool and few of another, we don’t tell him to sell some of the former to buy more of the latter. Rather, we allow him to keep two of the former and all of the latter. If a person consecrates all of his possessions, they appraise his tefillin (so that he can redeem them).

Erchin (Arachin) 6:5

If a person consecrates his possessions or commits to donate his valuation, it creates no lien on his wife and children’s clothing, the dye to dye those clothes, or new shoes that he bought for them. It has been said that servants are sold with their clothing in order to increase their value since if one buys him a garment worth 30 dinar, his value increases by a maneh (i.e., 100 dinar). The same is true of a cow; if one waits until market day to sell it, its value will increase. Similarly, if one takes a pearl to the city, its value will increase. Nevertheless, the Temple can only claim the current price of these things in their current locations.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz