Commentary for Yoma 100:8

ת"ש חומר בזבח מבתמורה וחומר בתמורה מבזבח חומר בזבח שהזבח נוהג ביחיד כבצבור ודוחה את השבת ואת הטומאה ועושה תמורה מה שאין כן בתמורה

More severe are the regulations touching a substitute animal than those of the original sacrificial animal, inasmuch as a substitute is effected<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The animal itself, even though it be blemished, partakes of sacrificial holiness, although unfit for the altar.');">⁹</span> even if it have a permanent blemish, and it cannot be made available [on redemption] for profane use, either to be shorn, or put to work,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e.. even after redemption the substitute may neither be shorn nor put to work, though its flesh may be consumed as non-holy meat.');">¹⁰</span>

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