[א] "ואם דל הוא" – שומע אני דל איש פלוני ממה שהיה, שהיה בן מאה מנה ונעשה בן חמשים מנה… ת"ל "ואין ידו משגת". אי "ואין ידו משגת", יש לו ואינו מוצא ליקח… ת"ל "אם דל הוא". הא עד שיאמרו ב' כתובים ואם לאו לא שמענו.
1) (Vayikra 14:21) ("And if he is poor, and his hand cannot attain, then he shall take one he-lamb as a guilt-offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil as a meal-offering, and a log of oil.") "And if he is poor": By this I might think that if he became poorer than he was (when he incurred responsibility for the offering), such as one who possessed one hundred manah who was reduced to fifty manah (— I might think that such a one could be called "poor" and not liable for a rich man's offering). It is, therefore, written "and his hand cannot attain." If "and his hand cannot attain," (I might think that) if he had the means but could not readily find (the needed sheep — I might think that such a one could bring a poor man's offering). It is, therefore, written "and he is poor" — so that both verses are necessary, lacking which we would not know (the halachah).
[א] "ואם דל הוא" – שומע אני דל איש פלוני ממה שהיה, שהיה בן מאה מנה ונעשה בן חמשים מנה… ת"ל "ואין ידו משגת". אי "ואין ידו משגת", יש לו ואינו מוצא ליקח… ת"ל "אם דל הוא". הא עד שיאמרו ב' כתובים ואם לאו לא שמענו.
1) (Vayikra 14:21) ("And if he is poor, and his hand cannot attain, then he shall take one he-lamb as a guilt-offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil as a meal-offering, and a log of oil.") "And if he is poor": By this I might think that if he became poorer than he was (when he incurred responsibility for the offering), such as one who possessed one hundred manah who was reduced to fifty manah (— I might think that such a one could be called "poor" and not liable for a rich man's offering). It is, therefore, written "and his hand cannot attain." If "and his hand cannot attain," (I might think that) if he had the means but could not readily find (the needed sheep — I might think that such a one could bring a poor man's offering). It is, therefore, written "and he is poor" — so that both verses are necessary, lacking which we would not know (the halachah).