Commentary for Nedarim 138:2
ואפילו רבי מאיר לא קאמר דלא אמר לא תיחול זו אלא אם כן חלה זו אבל הכא דאמר לא תיחול הקמה אלא אם כן חלה הפרה ר"מ נמי מודה דהפרה חלה
since it is impossible to pronounce both designations simultaneously, his declarations are valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XXVII, 33; He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy. This is interpreted as meaning that if an animal he dedicated for a particular sacrifice, e.g., a peace-offering, and then a second substituted for it, both are holy, the second having exactly the same holiness as the first. Now, R. Meir rules that if he declares it a substitute for two other consecrated animals in succession, only the first declaration is valid, and the second disregarded. But R. Jose maintains that if the second statement was not added as an afterthought, but formed part of the original intention, the whole is valid. Consequently, the animal must be sold, and the money expended half for a burnt-offering and half for a peace-offering. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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