Commentary for Bekhorot 18:32

והרי שביעית דפדיונה מותר והיא אסורה

but you may do work with a firstling which belongs [both] to you and to a gentile;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case e.g., of a firstling of an animal in which a gentile has a share, although R. Judah requires the Israelite to give a half of its value to the priest, nevertheless working with the animal and the shearing thereof are permitted. Since the verse, however, does not exclude the first-birth of an ass, we do not permit its use prior to its redemption and it is on a par with a firstling of a clean animal.');">¹⁴</span>

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