(Mishnah): We are not Pores Al Shema (say Kaddish, Borechu, and the first Berachah before Keri'as Shema) or come in front of the podium (a Shali'ach Tzibur repeating Shemoneh Esre aloud, with less than 10);

Birkas Kohanim, Keri'as ha'Torah, and Haftorah in the Navi (are not with less than 10);

Ma'amad u'Moshav (interruptions during a funeral procession), Birkas Avelim (to console mourners), Birkas Chasanim, and Zimun with Hash-m's name are not with less than 10;

Pidyon (redemption) of land requires nine and a Kohen, and [Pidyon] of people is the same.

(Gemara) Question: Since the Mishnah taught that we are not Pores Al Shema with less than 10, why did it need to teach that we do not come in front of the Teivah with less than 10? (The custom was come in front of the Teivah only at the time of Shemoneh Esre. There were already 10 for Borchu!)

Answer: It is needed for what was taught that we are not Pores Al Shema with less than 10. If they began with 10 and some left, he finishes (being Pores Al Shema, but he may not say Chazaras ha'Shatz without 10);

We do not come in front of the Teivah with less than 10. If they began with 10 and some left, he finishes;

We do not give Birkas Kohanim with less than 10. If they began with 10 and some left, he finishes;

We do not read the Torah with less than 10. If they began with 10 and some left, he finishes;

We do not read Haftorah in the Navi with less than 10. If they began with 10 and some left, he finishes;

About all of these, it says [about one who leaves, if 10 will not remain] "v'Ozvei Hash-m Yichlu."

We do not do Ma'amad u'Moshav [with less than 10, because he says] "stand dear ones; sit dear ones" seven times. (It is not proper to say so to less than 10.)

(Beraisa): We say Birkas Chasanim all seven days.

(R. Yirmeyah): We take out the Kalah all seven days [for Birkas Chasanim].

Objection (R. Yosah): R. Chiyah says that Birkas Avelim is all seven days. Will you say that we take out the Mes all seven days?! (Surely we do not!) If so, how do we find Birkas Avelim all seven days?

[Rather, Birkas Chasanim is when there are Panim Chadashos (a new person) and] they rejoice with him. Also here, [Birkas Avelim is when there are Panim Chadashos, and] they console with him (Alei Tamar, from Toras ha'Adam.) Just like here we mention [the praise of the Mes when consoling], also here we mention [the praise of the Kalah when rejoicing].

Implied question: One Beraisa teaches that Aveilim do not count towards the 10, and another teaches that Aveilim count towards the 10!

Answer (R. Avuna): (They do not argue.) The one who says that Aveilim do not count towards the 10, that is Aveilim of that Mes. The one who says that Aveilim count towards the 10, that is Aveilim of a different Mes.

Objection: It was taught that an Avel may leave [the house] to receive consolation, but not to console! (If so, all the Aveilim are being consoled. How can they join to 10? Rather, the Beraisos argue.)

(Shmuel): Kidush ha'Chodesh is only with 10.

(R. Ba and R. Yosa citing R. Yochanan): It says here Edah, and it says there "Ad Masai l'Edah ha'Ra'ah ha'Zos." Just like that Edah was 10 (evil Meraglim), also here it is 10. (ha'Gaon Rav C. Kanievsky, Shlita - this is taken from Brachos 7:3, which discusses mentioning Hash-m's name in the Zimun. R. Shlomo Siriliyo's text learns from "Elokim Nitzav b'Adas Kel.")

(R. Simon): It says here "Toch" ("v'Nikdashti b'Soch Bnei Yisrael"), and it says there "va'Yavo'u Bnei Yisrael Lishbor b'Soch ha'Ba'im." Just like there, Toch refers to 10 [brothers of Yosef], also here it is 10.

Objection (R. Yosi bei R. Bun): If you learn from Toch, they were more (people who came to buy than Bnei Yakov)!

Rather, it says here Bnei Yisrael, and it says there Bnei Yisrael (we equate the same verses as above). Just like there, they were 10, also here it is 10.

(Mishnah): For [Pidyon of] land we require nine and a Kohen.

Explanation: [We require 10] corresponding to the 10 times Kohanim are mentioned in the Parshah.

Question: We should require all [10] to be Kohanim!

Answer: An inclusion following an inclusion [always] comes to exclude.

Question: We should allow all [10] to be Yisraelim!

Answer: We cannot say that not one Kohen in the entire Parshah [was written for the simple meaning]!

Question: [What we said] refers to one who was Makdish the field itself. If he said "the value of my field is Alai" (I must give its value to Hekdesh), what is the law?

Answer: We learn from the following [Beraisa]. Erchin ha'Metaltelim need three [to appraise them];

Question: Are there Erchin that are not Metaltelim?!

Answer #1 (R. Yakov bar Acha citing R. Chaninah): If one says "my Erech is Alai", and he comes to pay it from land, we evaluate for him with 10. If he comes to pay it from Metaltelim, we evaluate for him with three.

Objection: One who says "my Erech is Alai" is unlike one who says "the value of my field is Alai"! (In the former case, it is known what he owes Hekdesh. In the latter case, we must evaluate this! - ha'Gaon Rav C. Kanievsky, Shlita)

Answer #2: However, if he said "it is Alai to give 100 Maneh to Hekdesh", we evaluate [even land] with three (because the debt is known, like Erchin. If he cannot pay all of it now), when he becomes wealthy, he must pay [the rest, unlike Erchin].

(Beraisa): Slaves, documents and Metaltelim do not have letters of Bikores (inspection).

Question: What are letters of Bikores?

Answer: (R. Yudah bar Pazi): They are announcement. (When people hear that they are being sold, they investigate.)

(Ula b'Ribi Yishmael): Slaves [do not have letters of Bikores] lest they flee [if they know that they are being sold]. Documents and Metaltelim do not, lest they be stolen.

Question (R. Ba bar Kohen, to R. Yosah): Does this not teach that slaves are redeemed through three? (If they needed 10, this would cause publicity, and they would flee! It seems that there is a mistake in the text of Korban ha"Edah.)

Answer (R. Yosah): You are correct.

Question (R. Ba bar Kohen): Our Mishnah teaches that Pidyon of land needs nine and a Kohen, and a person is like [land]!

Answer (R. Yosah): The person here [in our Mishnah] is a free man. (He requires 10. There is no concern lest he flee.)

(Chinenah bar Shalmiyah citing Rav Acha): A case occurred in front of Rebbi, and he wanted to rule like Rabanan (who say that if Beis Din erred in their evaluation, the sale is Batel);

R. Lazar ben Parta, the grandson of R. Lazar ben Parta (to Rebbi): Didn't you teach us in the name of your grandfather that if so, Beis Din's power is not strong?!

[Rebbi] retracted and ruled like R. Shimon ben Gamliel (the sale stands).