Mishnayos Eruchin Perek 5 Mishnah 3
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ערכין פרק ה׳ משנה ג׳
One who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate half of my valuation, gives half of his valuation. But one who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate the valuation of half of me, gives the valuation of his entire self. Likewise, one who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate half of my assessment, gives half of his assessment; one who says: It is incumbent upon me to donate the assessment of half of me, gives the assessment of his entire self. This is the principle: One who takes a vow with regard to an item upon which the soul is dependent gives the assessment of his entire self.
חֲצִי עֶרְכִּי עָלָי, נוֹתֵן חֲצִי עֶרְכּוֹ. עֵרֶךְ חֶצְיִי עָלָי, נוֹתֵן עֵרֶךְ כֻּלּוֹ. חֲצִי דָמַי עָלָי, נוֹתֵן חֲצִי דָמָיו. דְּמֵי חֶצְיִי עָלָי, נוֹתֵן דְּמֵי כֻלּוֹ. זֶה הַכְּלָל, דָּבָר שֶׁהַנְּשָׁמָה תְלוּיָה בוֹ, נוֹתֵן עֵרֶךְ כֻּלּוֹ:
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חציי עלי. הוי כערך ראשי וערך כבדי, דהוי דבר שהנשמה תלויה בו:
דמי חציי עלי נותן דמי כולו. דכתיב (ויקרא כ״ז:ב׳) נדר בערכך נפשות, הקיש נדר לערך, מה ערך אמר ערך חציי עלי נותן ערך כולו, אף נדר אמר דמי חציי עלי נותן כולו:
זה הכלל. לאתויי כל האברים שהנשמה תלויה בהם, שאם אמר דמי חצי אותו אבר עלי כגון שאמר דמי חצי לבי עלי, או דמי חצי כבדי עלי, נותן דמי כולו:
חציי עלי – it would be like the valuation of my head and the valuation of my liver, for it is something upon which his life depends upon.
דמי חציי עלי נותן דמי כולו – as it is written (Leviticus 27:2): “explicitly vows [to the LORD] the equivalent for a human being,” an analogy is made between a vow and a valuation, just as regarding a valuation, if he said: “the valuation of half of me is incumbent on me,” he pays the whole of his valuation, so also that of a vow if he said: “the price of half of me is incumbent on me,” he pays the whole of his price.
זה הכלל – to include all of he limbs upon which his life depends, for if he said: “half of the price of that limb is upon me, as for example, that he said: “half of he price of my heart is upon me,” or the price of half of my liver is upon me, he gives the price of all of it.