Repaying Misused Sacred Property With a Fifth Added

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 477:2

"And he shall make restitution for that which he has done amiss in the holy thing" (Leviticus 5:16) — in addition to that very holy thing. From where do we include even less than the value of a peruta? Since you might think that, just as one is not liable to pay restitution for less than a peruta, so too one is not liable for the law of trespass concerning it — Scripture teaches "from the holy thing," to include even less than the value of a peruta. From where do we know that he pays the added fifth and brings the guilt-offering upon these restitutions? Scripture teaches "the holy thing he shall make restitution." "And he shall add its fifth to it" — so that it together with its fifth shall be five parts. "And he shall make restitution for that which he has done amiss in the holy thing" — to include even less than the value of a peruta for the obligation of repayment. For consecrated property, yes; for ordinary property, no. And if the court has already taken up a case involving the value of a peruta, they complete the judgment even for less than the value of a peruta.

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