1)

TRANSFERING KEDUSHAH ONTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COINS (Yerushalmi Ma'aser Sheni Perek 2 Halachah 3 Daf 12a)

çæ÷éä àîø ëùäåà îçììä òåùä àåúä ëøòä [ãó éè òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] åëùäåà îçìì òìéä òåùä àåúä ëéôä.

(a)

(Chizkiyah): (The Mishnah in Maseches Bava Metzia 4:6 discusses a case when the weight of a Selah coin became deficient. The Mishnah asks, "How much deficiency in weight can there be before the owner violates the prohibition of Ona'ah (fraud)...? The Mishnah later says that 'one may redeem Ma'aser Sheni with it without fear'.) When he wishes to transfer the Kedushah from this coin onto produce in Yerushalayim, he only needs to redeem it according to its actual value. However, when he wishes to redeem the Kedusha of Ma'aser Sheni onto such a coin, he may use it as if it has the full value of a Selah.

åäúðéðï áåøø àú äéôä ùáäï åîçììï òìéä åéáåø àú äøòä åéòùä àåúä ëéôä

(b)

Question: The Mishnah taught that he then selects the better of the two original Selahs and redeems the Kedushah from the copper coins back onto it. Why must he select the better one? Surely he should be permitted to redeem the inferior Selah and view as if it's a good Selah coin?

àîø øáé éåðä àðé àåîø äéà äéúä îòùø ùðé.

(c)

Answer (R. Yona): I say that the better coin was the Ma'aser Sheni.

[ãó éá òîåã á] îëì î÷åí ìà éöàú ìçåìéï.

(d)

Rebuttal: In any case, didn't it become Chulin when the Kedushah was removed from it?!

àîø øáé éåðä ìà éúëåéï ìòùåúä çåìéï áøåøéï úãò ìê ùäåà ëï ãúðéðï ìà ùé÷ééí ëï àìà çåæø åîçììå òì äëñó.

(e)

(R. Yona): Originally, he didn't intend to make it fully Chulin (when he transferred the Kedushah onto the Selah). And you should know that this is true, as the Mishnah taught that he must transfer the Kedushah back onto silver coins.

øáé çâé àåîø ÷åîé øáé æòéøà îðçí áùí øáé éåçðï ëì ùàîøå áãîàé îçììéï áåãàé îçììéï àåúå îãåç÷.

(f)

(R. Chaggai to R. Zeira that Menachem cited R. Yochanan): Any case where they said about Ma'aser Sheni of Demai that one may transfer the Kedushah; for certain Ma'aser Sheni one may transfer in the same way, but only in a case of need.

åäúðéðï îçììéï ëñó òì ðçåùú îãåç÷ äà ëñó òì ëñó ìà.

(g)

Question (our Mishnah): One may transfer the Kedushah from silver onto copper coins. This implies that one may not transfer from silver onto silver...?

øáé áà áø ëäï àîø ÷åîé øáé éåðä øáé àçà áùí øáé éåçðï ëì ùàîøå áãîàé îçììéï áåãàé òáø åçéììï îçåììéï.

(h)

(R. Ba bar Kohen to R. Yona that R. Acha cited from R. Yochanan): Any case where they said about Ma'aser Sheni of Demai that one may transfer the Kedushah; for certain Ma'aser Sheni, if a person transgressed and transferred, it is valid.

øáé éåãï áï ôæé øáé ùîòåï áø áà áùí øáé éåçðï ëì ùàîøå áãîàé îçììéï áååãàé òáø åçéììï îçåììéï.

(i)

(R. Yudan ben Pazi/ R. Shimon bar Ba citing R. Yochanan): Any case where they said about Ma'aser Sheni of Demai that one may transfer the Kedushah; for certain Ma'aser Sheni, if a person transgressed and transferred, it is valid.

úðé ø' ìòæø áé ø''ù àåîø ëùí ùîçììéï ëñó òì ðçåùú ëê îçììéï æäá òì äëñó.

(j)

Baraisa (R. Elazar bei R. Shimon): Just as one may transfer from silver onto copper (in a case of need), so too one may transfer gold onto silver.

[ãó éè òîåã á (òåæ åäãø)] à''ì ø' îôðé îä îçììéï ëñó òì ðçåùú ùëï îçììéï ëñó òì æäá åéçììå æäá òì ëñó ùàéï îçììéï æäá òì ðçåùú.

1.

(Rebbi to R. Elazar bei R. Shimon): Why may one transfer silver onto copper? Since one may transfer silver onto gold. But may one transfer gold onto silver, if one may not transfer gold onto copper?

àîø ìå øáé ìòæø áé ø' ùîòåï ùëï îòùø ùðé ùì æäá îçììéï àåúå òì îòåú ùáéøåùìéí.

2.

(R. Elazar bei R. Shimon to Rebbi): Yes, since one may transfer Ma'aser Sheni of gold onto copper (Perutah) coins in Yerushalayim.

îãáøé ùðéäí îçììéï ëñó òì (ëñó)[æäá] åàéï îçììéï (ëñó)[æäá] òì ðçåùú

(k)

From both of these opinions we see that one may transfer silver onto gold but one may not transfer gold onto copper.