What are the implications of the phrase "ve'Im Mach hu me'Erkecha"?
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Rashi: It implies that the Ma'arich cannot afford to pay the Erech of the Ne'erach.
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R. Bachye (citing Erchin 24a): It implies that, even though one takes the Ma'arich's property as collateral, one allows him ("ve'Im Mach Hu" - 'Ta'aseh lo Havayah"
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- me'Erko')
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to retain food for thirty days and clothes for twelve months, his bed with the sheets, his shoes and his Tefilin.
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"Ve'he'emido lifnei ha'Kohen"? Who stands up whom?
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Rashi: The Ma'arich stands the Ne'erach in front of the Kohen.
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Why does the Torah insert "ha'Kohen" ten times in the current Parshah (See Torah Temimah, note 27)?
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Sanhedrin, 15a: To teach us that, although the assessment of Hekdesh and of Erchin Metalt'lin requires only three Dayanim, Adam, like Karka, requires ten - nine Yisre'elim and one Kohen.
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Rashi: The Kohen reassesses the Ne'erach according to the means of the Ma'arich, leaving the latter the bare necessities on which to live
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- his bed, covers and pillow, and his work tools - such as his donkey if he is an donkey-driver.
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See Torah Temimah, note 24, who explains how we learn it from the Pasuk.
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What are the implications of the phrase "Al-Pi asher Tasig Yad ha'Noder"?
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Erchin, 17b: "Asher Tasig Yad" implies that if he was poor at the time that he was assessed and became afterwards he pays the higher Erech, and "al-Pi asher Tasig Yad" implies that the same applies in the reverse case.
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Erchin, 17a: "Yad ha'Noder" implies that Beis-Din's assessment follows the status of the Ma'arich, and not of the Ne'arach.
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