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Rava raises a dilemma: What is the reason of R' Yishmael that a hermaphrodite is definitely blemished? Is it obvious to him that a hermaphrodite animal is a male that has firstborn status, and it comes with its blemish, i.e., the female sex organ, and therefore it is permitted to slaughter it outsi
The Talmud asks: What is the practical difference between the reasons? The Talmud answers that there is a difference with regard to being flogged on account of this animal due to violating the prohibition of shearing and utilizing a firstborn animal for labor (see Deuteronomy 15:19). If it is defini
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a baraita: R' Ilai says in the name of R' Yishmael: A hermaphrodite is a firstborn, and it comes with its blemish. Learn from the baraita that it is obvious to R' Yishmael that a hermaphrodite is a firstborn. The Talmud responds: But perhaps he said his ruling in t
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear another baraita. It states with regard to a burnt offering from cattle: “A male” (Leviticus 1:3), from which it can be inferred: But not a female. When it says below, with regard to a burnt offering from sheep: “A male” (Leviticus 1:10), a second time, it is diffi
The Talmud analyzes this baraita: Whose opinion is this? If we say it is the opinion of the first tanna of the Mishnah, who maintains that a tumtum and a hermaphrodite may not be slaughtered in the Temple or in the rest of the country, then the status of a hermaphrodite is uncertain, as it is unkno