One who derives a perutah’s worth of benefit from hekdeish, even though he did not deteriorate [it], has committed me’ilah; [these are] the words of R’ Akiva. But the Sages say: Any article that is subject to deterioration, one has not committed me’ilah unless he deteriorates [it], while any article that is not subject to deterioration, once one has derived benefit [from it], he has committed me’ilah. How so? She placed a necklace on her neck, a ring on her hand, [or] she drank from a golden cup —- once she has derived benefit [from it], she has committed me’ilah. [If] he wore a shirt, covered [himself] with a cloak, [or] chopped with an ax, he has not committed me’ilah unless he deteriorated [it].  [If] one plucked [hair] from a chatas when it is alive, he has not committed me’ilah unless he deteriorated [it]. [If one plucked hair from the chatas] when it is dead, once he has derived benefit [from it], he has committed me’ilah.

[If] one derived half a perutah’s worth of benefit [from a consecrated object] and deteriorated [it] by half a perutah, or he derived a perutah’s worth of benefit from one object and de- teriorated a different object by one perutah’s worth, he has not committed me’ilah until he derives one perutah’s worth of benefit and causes one perutah’s worth of deterioration in one object.

There is no commission of me’ilah after a commission of me’ilah [has already taken place] with consecrated objects, except [for] an animal and [Temple] service vessels. How so? [If] one rode upon an animal and his fellow came and rode [upon it] and his [other] fellow came and rode [upon it], [or if] one drank from a golden cup and his fellow came and drank [from it] and his [other] fellow came and drank [from it], [or if] one plucked [hair] from a cha- tas and his fellow came and plucked [hair] and his [other] fellow came and plucked [hair], they have all committed me’ilah. Rebbi says: Anything that is not subject to redemption is subject to a commission of me’ilah after a commission of me’ilah.

[If a Temple treasurer] took a consecrated stone or beam, he has not committed me’ilah. [If he] gave it to his fellow, he has com- mitted me’ilah but his fellow has not committed me’ilah. [If he] built it into his house, he has not committed me’ilah until he dwells underneath it for one perutah’s worth [of benefit].  [If a Temple treasurer] took a consecrated perutah, he has not committed me’ilah. [If he] gave it to his fellow, he has committed me’ilah but his fellow has not committed me’ilah. [If he] gave it to the bathhouse owner, even though he did not bathe, he has committed me’ilah, for [the owner] can say to him, “The bathhouse is open —- enter and bathe!”