Related%20passage for Chullin 273:49

אמר קרא (שמואל א כה, יח) עשויות שעושות ב' מצות ראשית הגז ומתנות

Then according to your suggestion [it ca also be asked:] Is not one [sheep] subject to the priestly dues? - Rather, said R'Ashi, the verse says: 'Five sheep ready dressed', that is, they bid their owner to be ready, addressing him, 'Up, perform the commandment'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This can only refer to the law of the first of the fleece for which, as is apparent from the verse, there must be a minimum of five sheep; for the law of the firstling and the priestly dues apply even to a single sheep.');">³³</span>

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