Commentary for Temurah 42:35

ושעיברה שנתה ושאבדה ונמצאת בעלת מום אם משכפרו הבעלים תמות ואינה עושה תמורה

this teaches us that a firstling may be eaten for two days<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if the second day belonged to the fresh year.');">²⁸</span> and a night. And whence do the Rabbis derive that a firstling may be eaten for two days and a night? - The text says: It shall be to thee as the breast of the waving.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 18. Like the breast and shoulder of the peace-offering which are eaten two days and a night.');">²⁹</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE YOUNG OF A SIN-OFFERING, THE EXCHANGE OF A SIN-OFFERING, AND A SIN-OFFERING WHOSE OWNER HAS DIED, ARE LEFT TO DIE. A SIN-OFFERING WHOSE YEAR IS PASSED OR WHICH WAS LOST AND FOUND BLEMISHED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prior to the owners obtaining atonement through another animal.');">³⁰</span> IF THE OWNERS OBTAINED ATONEMENT [AFTERWARDS, THROUGH ANOTHER ANIMAL], IS LEFT TO DIE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And even the Rabbis who say later that a sin-offering is not condemned to die except when found after the owners had obtained atonement, here agree that the animal dies, since there are two unfavourable conditions: First, it was lost and found blemished, and secondly, the owners obtained atonement through another animal after it was found, thus showing deliberately that they did not wish to procure atonement with the lost animal (Rashi) .');">³¹</span> IT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The animal which was found.');">³²</span> DOES NOT EFFECT EXCHANGE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it is not consecrated bodily but only for its value (R. Gershom) .');">³³</span>

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