Arakhin - ערכין

Seder Kodashim | Tractate on Valuations

About Arakhin

Masechet Arakhin deals with the laws of valuations (ערכין) - when a person pledges to the Temple the “value” of themselves or another person. The tractate discusses:

• The fixed valuations based on age and gender as specified in Leviticus 27
• The difference between “valuations” (ערכין) and “assessments” (דמים)
• Laws of consecrated property and fields
• The Jubilee year and its effect on valuations
• The blowing of the shofar on Yom Kippur of the Jubilee

Structure

Arakhin contains 9 chapters and 34 mishnayot.

Available Mishnayot

Chapter 5

• Arakhin 5:4-5 - Vows involving valuations and assessments
• Arakhin 5:6-6:1 - Coerced consent and property auctions

Chapter 6

• Arakhin 5:6-6:1 - Coerced consent and property auctions
• Arakhin 6:2-3 - Redemption with debts; bankruptcy exemptions
• Arakhin 6:4-5 - Tool distribution; family property protection

Chapter 7

• Arakhin 7:1-2 - Ancestral field consecration; Jubilee calculations
• Arakhin 7:3-4 - Field redemption chains; unredeemed fields
• Arakhin 7:5-8:1 - Purchased vs ancestral fields; bidding procedures

Chapter 8

• Arakhin 7:5-8:1 - Purchased vs ancestral fields; bidding procedures
• Arakhin 8:2-3 - Auction rules; reneging penalties
• Arakhin 8:4-5 - Cherem limits; what cannot be dedicated
• Arakhin 8:6-7 - Unspecified cherem; dedicating sacrifices

Chapter 9

• Arakhin 9:1-2 - Field sale rules; redemption pricing
• Arakhin 9:3-4 - Walled city houses; Hillel’s reform
• Arakhin 9:5-6 - Wall boundaries; qualifying cities list
• Arakhin 9:7-8 - Village houses; Levitical property laws

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