Commentary for Zevachim 140:7

יתיב רב דימי וקאמר לה להא שמעתא אמר ליה אביי מכלל דעגלה ערופה טהורה היא א"ל אין אמרי דבי רבי ינאי כפרה כתיב בה כקדשים

It was stated likewise: R'Bibi said in R'Eleazar's name: R'Meir declared blemished [birds] clean, even ducks and fowls.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are not eligible sacrifices at all. For terefah too is not fit and yet R. Meir declares it clean.');">⁶</span> R'Jeremiah asked: What if one beheaded a goat?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Deut. XXI, 1-9. Beheading' instead of shechitah normally renders an animal nebelah, so that it defiles, but since it was prescribed for the heifer, it presumably does not defile. What, however, if he beheaded a goat instead of a heifer, and for the same purpose: is the goat nebelah or not?');">⁷</span>

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