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Even the 9th that was accidentall y designated as the tenth is not sanctified and may be eaten before it develops a blemish, unless the name of the tenth is removed from the tenth animal, i.e., if the owner erred also in that he called the tenth animal the 9th. And logical reasoning leads to this co
The Talmud explains the logical reasoning: The halakha is that if one designated the 9th animal as the tenth, and the tenth as the tenth, and the 11th as the tenth, then the 11th is not consecrated. This is because in any situation where the name of the tenth was not removed from the tenth animal, t
The Talmud rejects this logical derivation: That claim itself provides support for the contrary opinion. With regard to the 11th animal, which becomes sanctified with a stringent sanctity to be sacrificed as a peace offering, if the name of the tenth is removed from the actual tenth animal, then yes
Alternatively, there is another distinction between the two cases. With regard to the 11th animal, which is sanctified only after the tenth animal has been selected, as it has emerged from the pen, one can claim that if the name of the tenth is removed from the tenth animal, then yes, the 11th be
But with regard to the 9th animal, which becomes sanctified at a time when the tenth animal has not yet been selected, as the tenth animal has not yet left the pen, if the owner accidentally designated that 9th animal as the tenth it becomes sanctified, and in such a case this is the halakha even t