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The Talmud suggests: But if so, let Rav Ḥisda establish the entire baraita in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon. The Talmud answers: Perhaps R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, says that the sanctity of a slaughtered blemished offering is retained only there, with regard to other
The Talmud asks: But doesn’t R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, agree with the ruling of the Mishnah (31a) that all disqualified consecrated animals are sold in the butchers’ market and weighed and sold by the litra, in the manner of non-sacred meat? Certainly he agrees with that halakha. Evidently, sinc
The Talmud cites several resolutions. Rav Mari, son of Rav Kahana, said that the benefit gained to the hide by skinning it whole is offset by the detriment caused to the flesh. Part of the animal’s flesh is severed from the carcass during the skinning process, thereby lowering its value. In the Wes
R' Yosei bar Avin says that this prohibition is a rabbinic decree, lest one retain the disqualified consecrated animals in his possession while waiting for a consumer to purchase the hides, and in the meantime raise many herds of disqualified animals from them. In such a case, he might shear or wor
Mishnah: With regard to a firstborn animal that was congested with excess blood, even if the animal will die if one does not let the excess blood, one may not let its blood, as this might cause a blemish, and it is prohibited to cause a blemish on consecrated animals. This is the statement of R' Y