[If] someone declares cherem his son or daughter, his Hebrew manservant or maidservant, and his acquired land, they do not become cherem, because a person cannot render cherem something that is not his. Kohanim and Leviim cannot declare a cherem; [these are] the words of R’ Yehudah. R’ Shimon says: Kohanim cannot declare a cherem, because the charamim belong to them; [however,] Leviim can declare a cherem, because the charamim do not belong to them. Rabbi said: The view of R’ Yehudah is indicated with respect to real property, as it says (Lev. 25:34): For it is an eternal holding for them; and the view of R’ Shimon with respect to movable property, inasmuch as the charamim do not belong to them.

The charamim dedicated to the Kohanim are not redeemable, but are given to the Kohanim. R’ Yehudah ben Beseira says: Unspecified charamim are for the repairs of the Temple, as it says (Lev. 27:28): Any cherem is most holy to HASHEM. But the Sages say: Unspecified charamim are for the Kohanim, as it says (Lev. 27:21): Like the cherem field; his ancestral holding shall go to the Kohen. If so, why does it say, Any cherem is most holy to HASHEM? [To teach] that it takes effect for kodshei kodashim and kodashim kalim.

A person can declare cherem his consecrated animals, be they kodshei kodashim or kodashim kalim. If it is a neder, he gives the worth [of the animal]; if it is a nedavah, he gives its benefit to him. [If one had said,] ‘This ox shall be an olah offering,’ we evaluate how much a person would be willing to give for this ox to offer it as an olah offering that he is not obligated [to bring]. A bechor — whether it is unblemished or blemished, one may declare it cherem. How do they redeem it? The redeemers evaluate how much a person would be willing to give for this bechor, that it be given to his daughter’s son, or his sister’s son. R’ Yishmael says: One verse states, you shall consecrate, while another verse states that one may not consecrate. It is impossible to say consecrate, for it is already stated that one may not consecrate. It is [similarly] impossible to say not to consecrate, for it has already been stated, consecrate. [Therefore,] you must now say: You may consecrate it as a consecration of assessment, but you cannot consecrate it as a consecration to the Altar.

One who sells his field at a time that the Yovel is in force is not permitted to redeem [it] before two years, as it says: According to the crop-years shall he sell to you (Lev. 25:15). [If] it was a year of wind-blast, or yellowing, or [if it was] a Shemittah year, it is not included for him in the count. [If] he plowed it, or let it lie fallow, it is included for him in the count. R’ Elazar says: [If] he sold it to him before Rosh Hashanah, when it was full of produce, he may garner from it three crops in two years.