Commentary for Bekhorot 120:52
דתניא
Not that of Rabbi, for if that of Rabbi, does he not say: The [calling of] the eleventh [befor the tenth] is not considered as eliminating [the name of the tenth]? - You may even say that this represents the opinion of Rabbi, for Rabbi's ruling refers only to a case where he has many animals to tithe, for then we say that he means 'one [group of] ten'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (eleven) lit., 'one ten' may signify (by dividing the words) 'one (group) of ten', and meaning: this is the first tenth, the first ten rag sjt animals that have been tithed. Therefore by calling the tenth he has not really eliminated the name of the tenth therefrom according to Rabbi. rag sjt');"><sup>41</sup></span>
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