תלמוד על ערכין 6:7

Did we not want to say that dedicated things have only their time and place¹⁹Mishnah Arakhin 6:5. If something is donated to the Temple, it has to be sold off at its place at the earliest possible time; one may not transport dedicated articles to a place where they might fetch a better price. If impure heave fell into dedicated produce, why should it rot and not be sold as fuel?? Rebbi Ḥanina said, explain it if that place was destroyed and he cannot even sell it for the price of wood.

HALAKHAH: “If the judges estimated one sixth too little or too much,” etc. As you say for a private person, in real estate up to one third¹⁰⁶R. Joḥanan was reported to say in Halakhah 4 that in real estate the deviation must be 100%. This is interpreted here to mean than the overcharge cannot be more than 100% of the undercharge, 150% vs. 50%, giving a ratio of 3 to 1 (Pnei Mosheh).., in movables up to one sixth⁸⁰Lev. 25:14: “If you sell a sale to you neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, do not overcharge one another.” Rabbinic interpretation holds that an overcharge of a sixth, 16²/₃%, entitles the injured party to rescind the transaction.. And similarly, for Temple property, in real estate up to one sixth, in movables up to [one in] twelve¹⁰⁷For redemption of property dedicated to the Temple, all terms are halved or doubled to the advantage of the Temple as exemplified in the Mishnah, next Note.. There¹⁰⁸Arakhin 6:1; cf. Tosephta Ketubot 11:3., we have stated: “The estimation for orphans is thirty days, the estimation for Temple property sixty days, and one publicly announces mornings and evenings¹⁰⁹The court’s herald announces the sale twice daily in public..” And why thirty? In order to empower the orphans. Why should they not announce longer? Up to thirty days you empower the orphans, more than that you diminish their power¹¹⁰In less than 30 days one is not sure that all potential buyers hear of the sale; a shorter period would diminish the number of bidders. If the process is drawn out too long, people lose interest and one diminishes the number of buyers.. Why do you not say that for Temple property? Temple property is different because each offer made is firm¹¹¹Each offer made to the Temple administration obliges the bidder to act on his bid until he is notified that he was released from his obligation because a higher bid was accepted. The Temple does not have to worry that it would lose bidders in a drawn out process.. Then they should announce forever! If suffices for the Temple that it should be twice that of a private person. Rebbi Yudan said, since you say that Temple property is different because each offer made is firm, this implies that if they find their estimation they do not continue but close the deal¹¹²If the administration had decided on an adequate price, the first bidder meeting this price can immediately be given possession and the public announcements stopped, since the Temple will get its full price. The sixty day period is a possibility, not a necessity..