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מה ליוצא דופן שכן אינו קדוש בבכורה

Whereupon R'Aha the Elder said to R'Ashi, That which was extracted from the side of the mother's womb can prove otherwise: for in that case [the priest] who offers [the sacrifice] is not on the same footing as the [animal] offered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A priest who at birth was extracted by a Caesarean operation from his mother's womb is considered fit to serve in the Temple, whereas an animal so extracted from the dam's womb is not fit for a sacrifice. V. Lev. XXII, 27 and Sifra thereon.');">⁷</span> nevertheless such an animal is permitted to man and forbidden to the Most High.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And a trefah animal would a fortiori be forbidden to the Most High, since it is even forbidden to man; hence the verse excluding trefah is superfluous.');">⁸</span>

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