Commentary for Bekhorot 51:18

לא דכולי עלמא אי התירו מומחה אין אי לא התירו לא

Then must you not therefore admit that the difference is in respect of a case where the expert had permitted it, the first Tanna [quoted] above] holding that if the expert permitted the firstling, [the wool] is allowed [to be used], but if not, it is not allowed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As this Baraitha above was explained on the view of Resh Lakish as meaning that the expression 'unblemished firstling' meant a blemished firstling which had not yet been shown to the expert, and therefore the wool is forbidden according to all the authorities concerned, but if the expert had permitted the animal, then the wool torn previously is allowed to be used.');">¹¹</span>

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