Commentary for Bekhorot 49:42

אימור דאמר שמואל שחיללו לכתחלה מי אמר

or only condoned if it had been done?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the expression AND SIMILARLY refers therefore to the passage in the Mishnah stating that the wool must not be removed and that just as in the case of slaughtering the wool must not be removed, so when the blemish is shown to a Sage, the same rule applies. But this does not imply direct permission to tear the hair of the firstling to show its blemish.');">²⁷</span>

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