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And when he slaughters the animal he is obligated to have the gifts of the priesthood taken from it, i.e., the gifts that one is required to give a priest from a non-sacred animal: The foreleg, the jaw, and the maw. And R' Yosei deems him exempt from giving those gifts. If one of the two born togeth
Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that the Rabbis disagree with R' Yosei HaGelili, maintaining that it is impossible for the time of twins’ births to coincide precisely. They said in the school of R' Yannai: According to R' Yosei HaGelili, we heard in the Mishnah that he says: It is possible for two eve
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from a Mishnah (Middot 3:1): A red line encircled the altar in the middle, to separate between the blood that must be presented on the upper part of the altar and the blood that must be presented on the lower section of the altar. And if you say that it is
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from the measurements of the vessels and from the measurements of the altar of the Temple. Since the Torah gives precise measurements for them, this indicates that it is possible to measure precisely. The Talmud rejects this proof as well: It is different t
Rav Ketina said: Come and hear a different proof from a baraita: An earthenware vessel that became ritually impure can be purified only by being broken. If it is broken in two, the larger piece remains impure while the smaller piece becomes pure. If one divided an impure earthenware oven into two pi