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Positive commandment · Mitzvat Aseh #117 of 613

For a person who consecrates his field to give the fixed amount determined by the [Torah]

להיות מקדיש שדהו נותן בערך הקצוב בפרשה

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The verse · Vayikra 27:16

וְאִם מִשְּׂדֵה אֲחֻזָּתוֹ יַקְדִּישׁ אִישׁ לַה׳ וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ לְפִי זַרְעוֹ זֶרַע חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כָּסֶף

“And if a man shall dedicate to the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then the estimation shall be according to the seed required for it, a ĥomer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.”

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The Rambam’s words

For a person who consecrates his field to give the fixed amount determined by the [Torah], as [Leviticus 27:16] states: "And the value you attach to it shall be according to the amount of seed."

להיות מקדיש שדהו נותן בערך הקצוב בפרשה, שנאמר: "וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ כְּפִי זַרְעוֹ" (ויקרא כז, טז).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced by males and females at the time that the Jubilee is practiced.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Appraisals and Devoted Property הלכות ערכים וחרמין

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