Responsa for Bekhorot 47:3
אדרבי יוסי בן המשולם קאי ומאי בכוליה פירקין דר' יוסי תרתי אמר ופלוגתא דברייתא פלוגתא היא
and that what [the expression] 'the whole chapter' meant<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implying as it does a number of things.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A bought from a Gentile a cow that already was yielding milk. Should the cow bear a male calf in A's house, would such calf be unfit for eating purposes for fear lest it be a firstling?
A. The fact that a cow yields milk is no proof that she has already given birth to a calf, for it sometimes happens, though very rarely, that a cow yields milk even though she has not as yet given birth.
SOURCES: Cr. 312; L. 187; Orhot Hayyim p. 21. Cf. Moses, Minz, Responsa 34; ibid. 35; Terumat Hadeshen 271; Isserlein, Pesakim 129; ibid. 167.
A. The fact that a cow yields milk is no proof that she has already given birth to a calf, for it sometimes happens, though very rarely, that a cow yields milk even though she has not as yet given birth.
SOURCES: Cr. 312; L. 187; Orhot Hayyim p. 21. Cf. Moses, Minz, Responsa 34; ibid. 35; Terumat Hadeshen 271; Isserlein, Pesakim 129; ibid. 167.
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