Commentary for Bekhorot 69:18
אמר רבא
IT IS FORBIDDEN, BUT, IF IT IS NOT WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND CONSENT, IT IS PERMITTED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore, in the cases of the quaestor and the children, the animals were permitted. When, however, other firstlings had their ears slit, the Sages forbade them, because the owners did not prevent this, and therefore it is as if this were done with their knowledge.');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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