Commentary for Bekhorot 119:14

ולישני ליה בגורן ומנאן זוגות זוגות

- R'Huna holds: The tenth is rendered holy by the actual number of the animals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is not how one counts them, viz., one, two etc. which matters. Therefore as soon as he counted five pairs, one of the lambs becomes the tithe and the remaining nine are not exempt since the counting of them was not properly begun.');">¹¹</span>

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