Derasha 1 on Behar 25:30

Parashas Behar · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 25:30

The Complete Passuk

וְאִ֣ם לֹֽא־יִגָּאֵ֗ל עַד־מְלֹ֣את לוֹ֮ שָׁנָ֣ה תְמִימָה֒ וְקָ֨ם הַבַּ֧יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּעִ֛יר אֲשֶׁר־לֹ֥א חֹמָ֖ה לַצְּמִיתֻ֑ת לַקֹּנֶה֙ אֹת֔וֹ לְדֹרֹתָ֔יו לֹ֥א יֵצֵ֖א בַּיֹּבֵֽל׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra / Arakhin 31a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra / Arakhin
וְקָם הַבַּיִת... לַצְּמִיתֻת. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאִם לֹא נִגְאַל בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׁנָה — נִקְנֶה קִנְיַן עוֹלָם.

English: “Then the house… shall be established permanently.” This teaches that if it is not redeemed within the year, it is acquired as a permanent acquisition.

Type of Learning

Classical derasha (Sifra / Bavli Arakhin).

What Is Learned

Failure to redeem a house in a walled city within one year results in permanent transfer to the buyer; it does not revert at Yovel.