Quotation for Temurah 3:6
ותיסברא הכל ממירין לכתחילה
You say: ALL PERSONS CAN EXCHANGE, implying that it is [permissible to exchange in the first instance] and [then it says]: NOT THAT ONE IS PERMITTED TO EXCHANGE, implying, only after it has been done?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is the exchange effective, but not that it is directly permissible.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Sifra
3) "his offering," and not the offering of another; "his offering," and not the offering of a gentile; "his offering," and not the offering of his (deceased) father. These are the words of R. Yehudah, who says that an heir does not perform semichah.
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