Commentary for Shevuot 22:5

אי הכי מתה או נשחטה תפדה הא בעינן העמדה והערכה הא מני ר"ש היא דאמר קדשי מזבח היו בכלל העמדה והערכה קדשי בדק הבית לא היו בכלל העמדה והערכה

it can never be redeemed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if he finds a better one. Since everything in connection therewith has been correctly performed, it would not be seemly to redeem it and make it hullin (v. Glos.) . Now reverting to the first clause of this Baraitha, how could it be redeemed without a blemish, seeing that the Beth din do not make mental stipulations in connection with rare matters? ,hcv esc hase jczn hase');">¹¹</span> The red heifer is different, for it is in the category of holy things for Temple repair.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., holy only for its value, and not for offering on the altar, , and therefore redeemable without a blemish. ,hcv esc hase ohns ,ause is equivalent to ; v. Yoma 42a.');">¹²</span> If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is holy only in respect of its value.');">¹³</span>

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