Commentary for Bekhorot 94:43

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R'SIMEON HOWEVER SAYS: THE FIRST IS A FIRST-BORN FOR INHERITANCE AND THE SECOND IS A FIRST-BORN AS REGARDS REDEMPTION WITH FIVE SELA'S. R'Simeon here follows his line of reasoning elsewhere,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Nid. ');">²⁸</span> when he said: [Scripture says], But if she bear,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XII, 5.');">²⁹</span> intimating the inclusion of a foetus extracted by means of the caesarean section. And the second is a first-born as regards redemption with five sela's because he holds: A firstborn in one respect only is considered a [legal] first-born.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As for example here, the second offspring is only the first-born of the womb and is yet considered a legal first-born, whereas the first offspring, although it is the first of the males and the offspring, is nevertheless not considered a genuine first-born, as a primary condition is absent, i.e., that of being the first to open the womb, Scripture making a legal first-born depend on the opening of the womb.');">³⁰</span> [

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