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Talmud: With regard to the case in the Mishnah of the tail of a calf that does not reach the leg joint, it is taught in a baraita: This leg joint is the upper joint, between the thighbone and the tibia, and not the lower joint, between the middle and lower bones. And with regard to this upper joi
Mishnah: For these blemishes enumerated in the previous mishnayot, one slaughters the firstborn outside the Temple and disqualified consecrated animals may be redeemed on their account.
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Why do I need this additional statement that for these blemishes one slaughters the firstborn outside the Temple? It was already taught in the first clause, at the beginning of the chapter: For these blemishes, one may slaughter the firstborn animal outside the Temple. The
Rather, since a previous Mishnah taught that Ila added 3 additional blemishes, and the rabbis said to him: We did not hear about those, and then the tanna of the Mishnah proceeded to teach halakhot in the name of individual opinions, those of R' Ḥananya ben Gamliel and R' Ḥanina ben Antigonus, one m
Mishnah: And these are the blemishes that one does not slaughter the firstborn due to them, neither in the Temple nor in the rest of the country: Pale spots on the eye and tears streaming from the eye that are not constant; and internal gums that were damaged but that were not extracted; and an ani