Midrash for Bekhorot 51:3
לימא כתנאי
- [Explain this as follows]: As long as the expert has not permitted it, the Tanna [in th Baraitha] describes it as an unblemished [firstling].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although it is in reality blemished, and the expression in the Baraitha 'although subsequently a blemish appeared on it' means after the expert had examined the blemish and pronounced it to be of a permanent character.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 15:19) "Every firstling (bechor)": Scripture apprises us that a bechor is to be eaten (by the Cohein) all of its (first) year. This tells me only of an unblemished bechor. Whence do I derive (the same for) a blemished one (that cannot be sacrificed)? From "every bechor." From "You shall not work with the bechor of your bullock, etc." we are taught that it is forbidden to shear or to work with a bechor. This tells me only of an unblemished bechor. Whence do I derive (the same for) a blemished one? From "every bechor."
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