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Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that with regard to all disqualified consecrated animals that were disqualified for sacrifice due to blemishes and were redeemed, all benefit accrued from their sale belongs to the Temple treasury, and the animals may consequently be sold in the manner of non-sacred meat
Rather, it applies to an animal before its redemption, in which case the money accrued from its sale, which renders it non-sacred, belongs to the Temple treasury. But if so, the Mishnah’s statement that the animals may be slaughtered in the butchers’ market is problematic. The Talmud explains the
The Talmud adds: This works out well according to the one who says that items consecrated to be sacrificed on the altar that were then disqualified due to a blemish were not included in the requirement of standing and valuation. If so, the animal may be slaughtered and subsequently sold. But accord
The Talmud answers: Rather, the ruling of the Mishnah actually applies to a case where the animals are sold and slaughtered after their redemption by the owner. And what is the meaning of the Mishnah’s statement that all benefit accrued from their sale belongs to the Temple treasury? This is not re
The Talmud explains: Since the Sage in the Mishnah deems it permitted for the redeemed animals to be subsequently sold in the butchers’ market and slaughtered in the butchers’ market, and weighed and sold by the litra, there is a higher probability that the owner will redeem the animal for more mon