והתודו. איזה מהם שיהיה איש או אשה: THEN THEY SHALL CONFESS. Whichever one it be, a man or a woman.
בראשו. כאשר הוא. לא פחות ממנו: IN FULL. Be-rosho (in full) means as it is, not less than it is.24Be-rosho literally means at its head, or at first. Hence I.E.’s comment.
וחמישתו יוסף עליו. אם הוא מתודה מעצמו ואם יש עדים עליו יוסף שני חמישיות ומעתיקי הדת אמרו חומש החומש ודעתם רחבה מדעתנו: AND ADD UNTO IT THE FIFTH PART. If he confesses on his own. However, if there are witnesses then he shall add two fifths. Those who transmitted the law25The Talmudic sages. say a fifth of a fifth.26See Baba Kamma 108a. See Rashi on Lev. 5:24, “If he denies the fifth (i.e., he asserts that he has repaid both capital and fifth, but has not really paid the latter, for which a claim is now made against him) and takes an oath that he has paid it but afterwards admits the claim, then he must now bring (pay) a fifth in addition to this fifth (a fifth of the original fifth which now become the keren (capital) in addition to it).” (Rosenbaum and Silbermann translation). Their minds are greater than ours.