Related%20passage for Avodah Zarah 47:12

אמר מר ישראל היו משמרין אותה משעה שנוצרה מנא ידעינן אמר רב כהנא כוס אדום מעבירין לפניה בשעה שעולה עליה זכר

The Master said: “It was watched by Jews from the time it was first formed.’ How did they know it [would be born a red heifer]? R. Kahana said: A red cup would be passed before [the mother] when the male is mating with her.

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