1)

What are the implications of the phrase "ve'Im Mach hu me'Erkecha"?

1.

Rashi: It implies that the Ma'arich cannot afford to pay the Erech of the Ne'erach.

2)

"Ve'he'emido lifnei ha'Kohen"? Who stands up whom?

1.

Rashi: The Ma'arich stands the Ne'erach in front of the Kohen.

3)

Why does the Torah insert "ha'Kohen" ten times in the current Parshah (See Torah Temimah, note 27)?

1.

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. 1

1

Sanhedrin, Ibid.: One Kohen is intrinsic, the other time - following the principle 'Ein Miy'ut achar Miy'ut Ela Lerabos - include nine Yisre'elim.

4)

What are the implications of "Vehe'emido Lifnei ha?Kohen"?

1.

Erchin, 4b: It implies that if the Ne'erach is a Goseis 1 (on his death bed) and is unable to stand, 2 he cannot be assessed.

1

See Torah Temmah, note 26, as to why the Gemara precludes a Goseis and not a S'tam Choleh.

2

Refer to 27:11:2:1.

5)

How does the Kohen assess him?

1.

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 1 - his bed, covers and pillow, and his work tools - such as his donkey if he is an donkey-driver. 2

1

For himself, but not for his wife and children. See Torah Temimah, note 25.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 24, who explains how we learn it from the Pasuk.

6)

What are the implications of the phrase "Al-Pi asher Tasig Yad ha'Noder"?

1.

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. 1

2.

Erchin, 17a: "Yad ha'Noder" implies that Beis-Din's assessment follows the status of the Ma'arich, and not of the Ne'arach. 2

1

See Torah Temimah, note 30.

2

Since "al-Pi implies that they go after the time that he declared the Erech (Torah Temimah).

7)

Why does the Torah add the (otherwise superfluous) words "Ya'arichenu ha'Kohen"?

1.

Sifra: To incorporate where the Ma'arich died after declaring the Erech. 1

1

See Torah Temimah, note 31.

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