One who consecrates his field at a time when the Yovel is not in force, they say to him, ‘You bid first;’ for the owner gives a fifth, whereas any other person does not give a fifth. [There was] a story of a person who consecrated his field because of its poor quality. They said to him: ‘You bid first,’ [and] he said, ‘It is mine for an issar.’ R’ Yose said: This one said nothing other than, ‘for an egg;’ for consecrated property may be redeemed with money or with something worth money. He said to him, ‘It is yours!’ Thus, he was found to have lost an issar, and his field was still his.

[If] one said, ‘It is mine for ten selaim,’ and one said, ‘for twenty,’ and one said, ‘for thirty,’ and one said, ‘for forty,’ and one said, ‘for fifty’ — [if] the one who [bid] fifty retracted, they secure from his property up to ten [selaim]. [If] the one who [bid] forty retracted, they secure from his property up to ten [selaim]. [If] the one who [bid] thirty retracted, they secure from his property up to ten [selaim]. [If] the one who [bid] twenty retracted, they secure from his property up to ten [selaim]. [If] the one who [bid] ten retracted, they sell it for its worth, and collect the balance from the one who bid ten [selaim]. [If] the owner says, ‘for twenty,’ and others say, ‘for twenty,’ the owner is given preference, because he adds a fifth.

[If] one said, ‘It is mine for twenty-one’ — the owner must give twenty-six; ‘for twenty-two’ — the owner must give twenty-seven; ‘for twenty-three’ — the owner must give twenty-eight; ‘for twenty-four’ — the owner must give twenty-nine; ‘for twenty-five’ — the owner must give thirty; for we do not add a fifth to the increment from this one’s [bid]. [If] one said, ‘It is mine for twenty-six’ — if the owner wished to give thirtyone and a dinar, the owner is given preference; and if not, they say, ‘It is yours.’

A person may declare cherem part of his flock or his cattle, some of his male and female Canaanite slaves, or part of his ancestral land; but if he declared all of them to be cherem, they do not become cherem; [these are] the words of R’ Elazar. R’ Elazar ben Azaryah said: If one may not declare all his property cherem to the Most High, how much more so must a person spare his property!