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מתני׳ המקדיש נכסיו והיתה עליו כתובת אשה, רבי אליעזר אומר: כשיגרשנה ידור הנאה, רבי יהושע אומר: אינו צריך. כיוצא בדבר אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל: אף הערב לאשה בכתובתה והיה בעלה מגרשה ידירנה הנאה, שמא יעשה קינוניא על נכסים של זה ויחזיר את אשתו.
Mishnah: In the case of one who consecrates his property and there was the outstanding debt of the marriage contract of his wife, for whose repayment one’s property is liened, R' Eliezer says: When he divorces her, he should vow that benefit from her is forbidden to him. This is to prevent collusion, by which he divorces her, she collects payment from the consecrated property, and he then remarries her. R' Yehoshua says: He need not do so. On a similar note, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: Even in the case of the guarantor of a woman for her marriage contract, and her husband was divorcing her and could not pay the debt, the husband should vow that benefit from her is forbidden to him, lest he and his wife engage in collusion [kinunya] and collect payment from the property of that guarantor, and then the husband will remarry his wife.
גמ׳ במאי קמיפלגי? רבי אליעזר סבר: אדם עושה קינוניא על ההקדש, ורבי יהושע סבר: אין אדם עושה קינוניא על ההקדש.
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that there is a dispute between R' Eliezer and R' Yehoshua with regard to a case where one consecrates his property and then divorces his wife. The Talmud asks: With regard to what principle do they disagree? The Talmud explains: R' Eliezer holds that a person would engage in collusion against even the Temple treasury, and for this reason he divorces his wife. The required vow serves to prevent such a possibility. And R' Yehoshua holds that a person would not engage in collusion against the Temple treasury.
ואלא הא דאמר רב הונא: שכיב מרע שהקדיש כל נכסיו, ואמר: ״מנה לפלוני בידי״ — נאמן, חזקה אין עושה קינוניא על הקדש, לימא כתנאי אמרה לשמעתיה?
The Talmud asks: But if so, consider that which Rav Huna says: If a person on his deathbed consecrated all of his property and said: So-and-so has 100 dinars that I owe him in my possession, his statement is deemed credible, as there is a presumption that a person does not engage in collusion against the Temple treasury. Let us say that Rav Huna stated this halakha with regard to a matter that is the subject of a dispute between tanna’im.