Shekalim 22b (כב:) — the Talmud in English

Rabbi Yehuda Antorya

[the name of his place]

asked before

[he challenged]

Rabbi Yosei:

What is the difference

here,

with regard to a convert’s quarter of a silver coin, that

you

say

that if he consecrated them,

they become consecrated?

And

what is the difference

here, with regard to shekels for the chamber collection, that

you

say

with regard to Rabbi Shimon

that they do not become consecrated,

even after the fact?

He said to him: There,

with regard to shekels,

they do not become consecrated.

Therefore, the consecration does not take effect, since at present there are no offerings at all to which it could apply.

And if you say:

Let him set aside

the shekels that he consecrated

until the Temple is rebuilt?

It may be said that he may not do so now, because

perhaps the Temple will be rebuilt

not this year, but only

in

the

first

month, which is the month of Nisan.

And

then

the chamber collection will be taken

from the new funds at its proper time, on the first of Nisan; and offerings will no longer be brought from what this person contributed, since it is already called an old contribution, and in the new year offerings are not brought from the old contribution.

Therefore, even if he consecrated his shekel, the consecration does not take effect.

That is not so

here,

with regard to a convert’s quarter of a silver coin, for the consecration takes effect upon it.

What concern can you have,

for once the Temple is rebuilt, his quarter-dinar will be fit for an offering? It is only that Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai abolished the practice of consecrating such money, because of the possibility of a mishap; but the reason of the possibility of a mishap does not come and remove its status as consecrated property.

They said,

Rav Hamnuna and Rav Adda bar Ahava said in the name of

Rav:

The halakha follows Rabbi Shimon

of the Mishna: One who consecrates first fruits nowadays, his consecration does not take effect, whereas one who consecrates shekels, his consecration does take effect.

We have returned to you, chapter “All the Spittle,” and the tractate Shekalim is concluded