Commentary for Bekhorot 63:40

ומאי חזית דלא תפדה דבכור לגופיה ודמעשר לאפנויי

- [The text That thou shalt cause to pass' is superfluous.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It would have sufficed if Scripture had stated: All that openeth the womb is the Lord's. The term 'cause to pass' here is therefore free for the deduction of an analogy between it and the term used in connection with tithing, as we do not refute an analogy drawn from congruent expressions, since the latter is a tradition. Therefore the text 'It shall not be redeemed' is redundant, and we consequently compare it with a similar text in connection with haramim, deducing that tithes must not be sold as well as not redeemed. vsp ktd');">²¹</span>

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