Derasha 1 on Vayikra 27:16

Field of inheritance · Unit 1

וְאִ֣ם׀ מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֲחֻזָּת֗וֹ יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה עֶרְכְּךָ֖ לְפִ֣י זַרְע֑וֹ זֶ֚רַע חֹ֣מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֔ים בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שֶׁ֥קֶל כָּֽסֶף׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: inherited field valued by seed capacity — chomer of barley = fifty shekels.

Core Text
“וְהָיָה עֶרְכְּךָ לְפִי זַרְעוֹ — זֶרַע חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים בַּחֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כָּסֶף.”

English: Valuation according to its seed — a chomer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

Type of Learning

Seed-area valuation derasha.

What Is Learned

The fixed rate is geometric (seed capacity), not market appraisal of the particular plot.