Bava Batra 72A

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ומי מצית מוקמת לה לרבי שמעון כרבי עקיבא? והא תניא: הקדיש שלשה אילנות ממטע עשרה לבית סאה ⁠– הרי הקדיש את הקרקע ואת האילנות שביניהם; לפיכך כשהוא פודה ⁠– פודה בית זרע חומר שעורים, בחמשים שקל כסף.

The Talmud asks: But can you establish that the opinion of R' Shimon is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, that one who sells or consecrates property does so generously? But isn’t it taught in a baraita: If one consecrates 3 trees in a field where 10 trees are planted in an area required for sowing one se’a of seed [beit se’a], he has consecrated not only those trees, but also the land and the young trees between them? Therefore, if this is an ancestral field of his, when he redeems them, he redeems the land and everything contained within it according to the standard rate established by the Torah, by which an area fit for the sowing of a ḥomer, i.e., a kor, of barley seed is redeemed for 50 silver shekels.

פחות מכאן או יותר על כן, או שהקדישן בזה אחר זה ⁠– הרי זה לא הקדיש לא הקרקע, ולא את האילנות שביניהם. לפיכך, כשהוא פודה ⁠– פודה את האילנות בשוויהן. ולא עוד, אלא אפילו הקדיש את האילנות, וחזר והקדיש את הקרקע; כשהוא פודה ⁠– פודה את האילנות בשוויהן, וחוזר ופודה בית זרע חומר שעורים בחמשים שקל כסף.

The baraita continues: If the ratio of land to trees was less than this, and the trees were planted more densely, or if the ratio of land to trees was more than this, and the trees were planted less densely, or if he consecrated each of the trees separately, one after the other, this person has consecrated neither the land nor the young trees between them. Therefore, when he redeems them, he redeems the trees in accordance with their worth. And moreover, even if one consecrates the trees where they are planted more densely, less densely, or one after the other, and then afterward he consecrates the land, so that everything belongs to the Temple treasury, when he redeems them, he redeems the trees separately in accordance with their worth, and then he redeems the land according to the standard rate, where an area fit for the sowing of a ḥomer of barley seed is redeemed for 50 silver shekels.

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