Why does the Torah invert the order - to place "Yakdish Ish (oso)" after "ve'Im mi'Sedei Achuzaso" instead of before it?
Sifra: To incorporate a field that one inherits from one's mother in the Din of Zera Chomer Se?orim. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 73.
What are the connotations of "Vehayah Erk'ch L'fi Zar'o"?
Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word ?Zera??
Erchin, 25a: To confine the Din to a Chomer of barley-seeds, and not of produce. 1
Erchin, 14b: To confine the Din to a corn-field ? to preclude a field of trees, which one redeems from Hekdesh according to its market-value.
See Torah Temimah, note 83 & 77.
?Zera Chomer Se?orim?. How does one sow the barley seeds?
What is a 'Chomer'?
Rashi: A Chomer is the equivalent of a Kor - thirty Sa'ah. 1
Hha'Kesav ve'ha'Kabalah: It is an area in which one can seed a Chomer of barley - seventy-five thousand square Amos. See Torah Temimah, note 77, who elaborates and who explains why specifically barley seeds.
How does one assess the field if there are trees growing in it or if it is full of rocks and not fit for planting?
Erchin, 14a: "S'dei Achuzaso" implies a field, irrespective of what is growing in it, 1 whereas if it is full of rocks, it is assessed according to its market value - since it does fall into the category of "Beis Zera".
Although the trees are sometimes assesed independently according to their market value. See Torah Temimah, citing Erchin, 14a #2, and note 78 & 80.
When in the Yovel cycle does the assessment of fifty Shekels per Chomer of barley apply?
Rashi: The assessment of fifty Shekel 1 per Chomer of barley applies at the beginning of the Yovel cycle, 2 which means that each year is assessed at a Shekel plus a Pundiyon 3 per Chomer. Consequently, in the event that someone comes to redeem the field from Hekdesh during the Yovel cycle, he deducts the years from the sale up to the redemption at the rate of a Sela and a Pundiyon per year, and pays the Gizbar of Hekdesh the balance. 4
The Shekel mentioned by the Torah is double the regular Shekel - which means that it is the equivalent of a Sela (Refer to 27:25:1:1)..
Rashi: This is the explanation of Pasuk 17.
Rashi: A Pundiyon equals one forty-eighth of a Sela. See Ikar Sifsei Chachamim. Moshav Zekenim: This folows the opinion of the Chachamim. According to R. Yehudah, there is one year less between one Yovel and the next, so each year is valued at a Sela and two Pundiyonim.
Rashi: This is the explanation of Pasuk 18.
