(Devarim 24:6) "One shall not take as a pledge the nether millstone nor the upper millstone": Whence do we derive (the same for) all things (that process food)? From "for it is a soul (i.e., a life) that he takes as a pledge." If so, why mention (only) nether millstone and upper millstone? Just as these are distinct in being implements performing one task, for each of which in itself one is liable, so, one is liable for all such implements.
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כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל, לְהַגִּיד מַה גָּרַם.
"for it is a soul that he takes as a pledge": This is the basis (of the prohibition).
(דברים כד ו) לֹא יַחֲבֹל רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא רֵחַיִם וָרֶכֶב הַמְיֻחָדִים, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת כָּל דָּבָר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל, אִם כֵּן לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר רֵחַיִם וָרָכֶב? מָה רֵחַיִם וָרֶכֶב מְיֻחָדִים שֶׁהֵם שְׁנֵי כֵלִים וּמְשַׁמְּשִׁים מְלָאכָה אַחַת, וְחַיָּב עַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְעַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, כָּךְ כָּל שְׁנֵי כֵלִים שֶׁמְּשַׁמְּשִׁים מְלָאכָה אַחַת, חַיָּב עַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ וְעַל זֶה בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ.
(Devarim 24:6) "One shall not take as a pledge the nether millstone nor the upper millstone": Whence do we derive (the same for) all things (that process food)? From "for it is a soul (i.e., a life) that he takes as a pledge." If so, why mention (only) nether millstone and upper millstone? Just as these are distinct in being implements performing one task, for each of which in itself one is liable, so, one is liable for all such implements.
כִּי נֶפֶשׁ הוּא חֹבֵל, לְהַגִּיד מַה גָּרַם.
"for it is a soul that he takes as a pledge": This is the basis (of the prohibition).