Mesorat%20hashas for Arakhin 8:4

מַחֲרִים אָדָם מִצֹּאנוֹ וּמִבְּקָרוֹ, מֵעֲבָדָיו וּמִשִּׁפְחוֹתָיו הַכְּנַעֲנִים, וּמִשְּׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ. וְאִם הֶחֱרִים אֶת כֻּלָּן, אֵינָן מֻחְרָמִין, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה, מָה אִם לַגָּבֹהַּ, אֵין אָדָם רַשַּׁאי לְהַחֲרִים אֶת כָּל נְכָסָיו, עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה שֶׁיְּהֵא אָדָם חַיָּב לִהְיוֹת חָס עַל נְכָסָיו:

A man may proscribe [part] of his flock or of his herd, of his Canaanite slaves or female slaves or of his hereditary field. But if he proscribed all of them, they are not considered [validly] proscribed - [these are] the words of Rabbi Elazer. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: just as regarding [proscribing one's property] for holy matters, one is not permitted to proscribe all of his possessions, how much more so should one be careful with his property.

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