Commentary for Temurah 48:23

ילדה שני זכרים כו'

since otherwise he may come to shear and work [the animal].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he does not maim it, then there is the fear that he might transgress the law relating to a firstling. Var. lec. (v. Rashi and Sh. Mek.) : Even so the causing of the loss of a limb (and thus making it blemished before the greater part of the animal has gone forth from the womb) is preferable.');">¹⁶</span>

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