Study Bava Metzia folio 91A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
It is taught at the beginning of tractate Temura that the Torah prohibits the substitution of a non-consecrated animal for a consecrated one. The Mishnah teaches (Temura 2a): That is not to say that it is permitted for a person to effect substitution; rather it means that if one substituted a non-sa
The Talmud asks: But can you establish and explain that Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda? After all, it teaches in the first clause: Everyone substitutes a non-sacred animal for a consecrated animal, both men and women. And we discussed this statement by asking the following ques
The Talmud elaborates: As, if it were in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, doesn’t he say that an heir cannot effect substitution, and an heir cannot place his hands on the head of an offering? The Talmud refutes this difficulty: This is not a conclusive proof, as it is possible to say that
§ A baraita states: One who muzzles a cow and threshes with it is flogged, and in addition he must pay the owner of the cow 4 kav for a cow, the usual amount it consumes while threshing, and 3 kav for a donkey. The Talmud asks: But isn’t there a principle that an offender is not flogged and also p
Rava said that there is a difference between the transgression itself, which is between the offender and God, for which he is liable to be flogged, and the loss he caused the owner of the cow, for which he must pay restitution. The Torah prohibits one from bringing as an offering an animal given as