Temurah 11B

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תנו רבנן: יכול האומר ״רגלה של זו עולה״ תהא כולה עולה? תלמוד לומר: ״כל אשר יתן ממנו לה׳ יהיה קדש״⁠ — ממנו לה׳, ולא כולו לה׳.

A baraita states: One might have thought that if one says: The leg of this animal is a burnt offering, the sanctity should extend to the whole animal and 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 to YHWH, and not all of the animal will be sacred to YHWH.

יכול תצא לחולין? תלמוד לומר ״יהיה קדש״. הא כיצד? תמכר לצרכי עולות, ודמיה חולין, חוץ מדמי אבר שבה ⁠— דברי רבי מאיר ורבי יהודה.

If so, one might have thought that the consecrated limb may be redeemed and thereby transferred to non-sacred status. Therefore the verse states: “should be sacred,” teaching that the limb remains consecrated. How is this possible, i.e., what should one do with the animal? The animal should be sold for the needs of burnt offerings 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 the limb of the animal that was consecrated. This is the statement of R' Meir and R' Yehuda.

ורבי יוסי ורבי שמעון אומר: מנין לאומר ״רגלה של זו עולה״, שכולה עולה? שנאמר: ״כל אשר יתן ממנו לה׳״, כשהוא אומר ״יהיה קדש״⁠ — לרבות את כולה.

But R' Yosei and R' Shimon say: From where is it derived in the case of one who says: The leg of this animal is a burnt offering, that all of it becomes a burnt offering? Since it is stated: “All that any man give of such to YHWH should be sacred” (Leviticus 27:9), one might have thought that individual limbs can be consecrated. When it says: “should be sacred,” this phrase serves to include all of the animal, indicating that it all becomes sacred.

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