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״רגלה של זו עולה״ — יכול תהא כולה עולה? תלמוד לומר ״כל אשר יתן ממנו לה׳ יהיה קדש״ — ממנו קודש ולא כולה קודש.
The leg of this animal is a burnt offering, one might have thought that all of the animal will be a burnt offering. Therefore, the verse states: “And if it is an animal of those that they bring as an offering to YHWH, anything of it that one gives to YHWH, it should be sacred” (Leviticus 27:9). The verse indicates that the part of it that one gives will be sacred, but not all of the animal will be sacred.
יכול תצא לחולין? תלמוד לומר: ״יהיה״ — בהוייתה תהא. הא כיצד? תמכר לצורכי עולות, ודמיה חולין, חוץ מדמי אותו אבר שבה, דברי רבי מאיר.
A non-sacred animal with a consecrated limb may not be sacrificed. Accordingly, one might have thought that the consecrated limb may be redeemed and thereby transferred to non-sacred status. Therefore the verse states: “should be,” meaning: It should be as it is, i.e., the limb remains consecrated. How is this possible, i.e., what should one do in this case? The animal should be sold for the needs of burnt offerings, i.e., to an individual who will sacrifice the entire animal as a burnt offering, and the payment received for the animal will be non-sacred, except for the payment received in exchange for that limb of it that was consecrated. This is the statement of R' Meir.
רבי יהודה ורבי יוסי ורבי שמעון אומרים: מנין לאומר ״רגלה של זו עולה״, שכולה עולה? תלמוד לומר: ״כל אשר יתן ממנו לה׳ יהיה קדש״, לרבות את כולה.
R' Yehuda and R' Yosei and R' Shimon say: From where is it derived that in the case of one who says: The leg of this animal is a burnt offering, all of the animal becomes a burnt offering? The verse states: “All that any man give of such to YHWH should be holy” (Leviticus 27:9). The term “should be” serves to include all of the animal, indicating that it all becomes sacred.