Arakhin 25B

גמ׳ תנו רבנן:

Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that if one consecrated his ancestral field and his son redeemed it from the Temple treasury, the field returns to the original owner when the Jubilee arrives. By contrast, if another person redeemed it, the field is transferred to the priests during the Jubilee Year. With regard to this matter, A baraita states a baraita analyzing the verse: “And if he will not redeem the field, or if he sold the field to another man, it should not be redeemed anymore. But the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, should be holy for YHWH, as a dedicated field; his ancestral possession should be for the priest” (Leviticus 27:20–21).

״אם לא יגאל את השדה״⁠ — בעלים, ״ואם מכר את השדה״⁠ — גיזבר.

The phrase “and if he will not redeem the field” is referring to a case where the owner did not redeem it and it remained in the possession of the Temple treasury, and the phrase “or if he sold the field” is referring to a situation where the Temple treasurer sold it to another person. The verse indicates that in both of these instances, possession of the field goes to the priests.

״לאיש אחר״⁠ — לאחר, ולא לבן. אתה אומר: לאחר ולא לבן, או אינו אלא לאחר ולא לאח? כשהוא אומר ״איש״⁠ — הרי אח אמור, הא מה אני מקיים ״אחר״⁠ — ולא לבן.

The baraita continues: “To another man,” indicates that the field is transferred to the priests during the Jubilee Year only if it had been sold to another, and not to the son of the one who consecrated it. The baraita asks: Do you say that the verse is referring to another and not to his son? Or perhaps the verse means only that it was sold to another and not to his brother? The baraita rejects this suggestion: When it says: “Man,” the brother is stated, i.e., he is included in the category of a man. How do I realize the meaning of: “Another man”? It must mean: Another, but not his son.