Commentary for Bekhorot 38:5

אי סלקא דעתך בכור לדבר אחד הוי בכור תינח היכא דיצא זכר יוצא דופן וזכר דרך רחם דלא קדוש דאימעוט לידה מבכור דבכור לרחמים איכא בכור לזכרים ליכא

But in the case of a female extracted from the cesarean section and a male subsequently born from the womb, let it be sanctified, since here we have a firstling of males and the firstling of the womb?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the additional word can only exclude one case, whereas the Baraitha above implies that in both instances, even where a female was extracted through the cesarean section and a male was born from the womb, it is not the Scriptural firstling.');">⁴</span>

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