Commentary for Zevachim 207:20

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> פרים הנשרפים ושעירים הנשרפים בזמן שהן נשרפין כמצותן נשרפים בבית הדשן ומטמאין בגדים ואם אינן נשרפין כמצותן נשרפין בבית הבירה ואינן מטמאין בגדים

R'Hiyya B'Abba said in R'Johanan's name: The halachah is as R'Akiba. But even R'Akiba ruled thus only where an expert had permitted it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before a blemished firstling might be slaughtered for food it had to be examined by an expert, to make sure that the blemish was a permanent one and had not been deliberately inflicted.');">²⁸</span> but not if an expert had not permitted it. [The Talmud however states:] The law agrees with the view of the Sages: [the flesh is buried and the skin is burnt].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Presumably this means that the Talmud rejects the ruling of R. Hiyya b. Abba and rules in accordance with the Sages. Consequently, R. Akiba's inference, being based on R. Hanina's ruling, is likewise rejected. Hence if a firstling is found terefah after it is stripped, the whole of it is forbidden. The flesh is buried, not burnt, for only the flesh of sacrifices which had been brought to the Temple court and there disqualified is burnt. Rashi knows no reason why the skin is burnt, and suggests that 'the flesh . . burnt' should altogether be deleted, and that we simply read: The law agrees with the Sages.');">²⁹</span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>BULLOCKS WHICH ARE BURNT AND GOATS WHICH ARE BURNT: WHEN THEY ARE BURNT IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR PRESCRIBED RITES, THEY ARE BURNT IN THE ASH DEPOSITORY, AND DEFlle GARMENTS;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The garments of those who burn it, v. Lev. XVI, 28.');">³⁰</span> BUT WHEN THEY ARE NOT BURNT IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR PRESCRIBED RITES,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But because they had been disqualified.');">³¹</span> THEY ARE BURNT IN THE PLACE OF THE BIRAH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the Edifice.' V. GEMARA:');">³²</span> AND DO NOT DEFILE GARMENTS.

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