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he holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who says that a human child born by caesarean section is a full-fledged offspring and renders its mother ritually impure with the impurity of childbirth. Likewise, with regard to an animal born by caesarean section, he holds the birth was a prope
And with regard to an animal whose time has not yet arrived, this tanna holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon ben Yehuda, who maintains that the obligation of animal tithe applies to such an animal. As for an orphan animal, he is referring to a case where the mother’s hide exists at bir
R' Yishmael ben Satriel, from a place called Arkat Leveina, testified before R' Yehuda HaNasi: In our locale, if an animal dies while giving birth they flay the dead mother’s skin and clothe the living newborn animal with it for protection. R' Yehuda HaNasi said: This testimony of yours reveals th
R' Yishmael ben Satriel also testified before R' Yehuda HaNasi: The lettuce in our locale has 600,000 leaves in its omasum, i.e., in its core. R' Yishmael ben Satriel further testified before R' Yehuda HaNasi: Once one cedar tree fell in our locale, and it was so wide that 16 wagons passed over its
R' Yishmael ben Satriel also testified before R' Yehuda HaNasi: Once an egg of the bird called bar yokhani fell, and the contents of the egg drowned 60 cities and broke 300 cedar trees. The Talmud asks: And does the bar yokhani bird throw its eggs to the ground? But isn’t it written: “The kenaf rena