Commentary for Avodah Zarah 46:6
אלא מעתה תיפסל ביוצא דופן וכי תימא ה"נ אלמה תניא הקדישה ביוצא דופן פסולה ור"ש מכשיר
If that be so, it should be disqualified if born through caesarean: and were you to say that it is so indeed, why then are we taught: If one dedicates [as a red heifer] born through a caesarean section, it is unfit, but R. Shimon declares it as fit?
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
If a red heifer is akin to other sacrifices, then one born through a caesarean birth (literally, one who comes out of the wall) should be disqualified. Why then would R. Shimon rule that such a red heifer is valid, despite the fact that in general he holds that sacrifices cannot be from animals born through Caesarean.
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