Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 46:23

תנן התם ר' אליעזר בן יעקב אומר

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>R'SIMEON B. GAMALIEL SAYS: IF ONE BUYS AN ANIMAL GIVING SUCK FROM A GENTILE, HE NEED NOT FEAR THAT PERHAPS THE OFFSPRING BELONGS TO ANOTHER [ANIMAL].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to consider the offspring which follows a doubtful firstling, as perhaps the animal had never given birth. And as for its giving milk, it is only a minority of animals which give milk without having given birth previously. We therefore consider the offspring as certainly belonging to the animal and the animal is thus exempted from the law of the firstling.');">¹¹</span>

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