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Shall we say the tanna of this baraita holds that an animal that expels a murky discharge does not return to its fertile state and give birth within its first year? The Talmud rejects this suggestion: It is possible the tanna does not hold that opinion. Even if you say an animal that expels a murky
§ The baraita teaches that R' Shimon says: I saw a single kid that yielded enough offspring to be subject to the tithe within its first year of life. By contrast, the first tanna in the baraita does not add the phrase: Within its first year of life. The Talmud asks: What difference is there between
The first tanna accepts the statement of Ze’eiri, and therefore he holds that in such a case the goats cannot become pregnant before the 1st day of the 8th month, which means they cannot give birth before the 1st day of the 2nd year. And R' Shimon does not accept the statement of Ze’eiri; he holds
And if you wish, say that everyone accepts Ze’eiri’s statement and everyone agrees that an animal does not give birth after incomplete months, and here they disagree with regard to whether or not the halakhic status of part of the day is like an entire day. According to the first tanna, we do not sa
And if you wish, say that everyone agrees that part of the day is like an entire day, and here they disagree with regard to whether or not an animal whose time has not yet arrived, i.e., one that is not yet 7 days old, which may not be sacrificed on the altar, enters the pen to be tithed. According