Commentary for Temurah 51:18

בהמה חציה עולה וחציה חטאת (כולה) תיקרב עולה דברי ר"מ

R'Jose says: Let it die.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We hold also to the last statement when the two statements of a person contradict. And since he is not obliged to bring a sin-offering, the animal is condemned to die, like a sin-offering whose owners procured atonement through another animal (R. Gershom) . Tosaf. comments that in circumstances where one is not required to bring a sin-offering, if he says: Let this animal be a sin-offering, his words are of no avail and that we are dealing here with a case where one says: Let half of this animal be exchanged for a burnt-offering and the other half be exchanged for a sin-offering, R. Jose holding that the animal dies, since the holiness of both sacrifices rests on the animal, and as one dedication is that of the exchange of a sin-offering, the animal is condemned to die.');">¹⁰</span>

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