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their direct offspring are exempt from the mitzva of the firstborn if they give birth to a male, but the offspring of their direct offspring are obligated in the mitzva of the firstborn if they gave birth to a male. If the Jew established their offspring in place of their mothers for collection in c
A ewe that gave birth to a goat of sorts and a goat that gave birth to a ewe of sorts are exempt from the mitzva of the firstborn. And if the offspring has some of the characteristics of its mother, it is obligated in the mitzva of firstborn.
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that animals given to a Jew as a guaranteed investment by a non-Jew are not subject to their offspring being counted a firstborn because they belong to the non-Jew. The Talmud suggests: Is this to say that since the owner did not yet take the money that will be owed to h
And the Talmud raises a contradiction to this conclusion from a Mishnah (Bava Metzia 70b): One may not accept from a Jew sheep to raise or other items to care for as a guaranteed investment, in which the terms of the transaction dictate that the one accepting the item takes upon himself complete re
Abaye said: This is not difficult. This case, i.e., the Mishnah here, is where the non-Jew owner of the sheep accepts upon himself the responsibility for losses due to an accident or depreciation in the market value, and that is why the sheep are considered to still belong to him. And that case, th