Commentary for Meilah 21:20

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ת"ר

they may not be used but the Law of Sacrilege does not apply to them because he might buy with them turtledoves which have not reached the prescribed age or pigeons which have passed the prescribed age?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Turtle-doves are fit for offerings only after they have reached a certain age, pigeons only under that age. cf. Hul. 22b. The argument is: As he might buy with the money something which is not subject to sacrilege. the money. too, should not be subject to the Law of Sacrilege, as in the instance of the MISHNAH:');">¹⁴</span>

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