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When they reached the House of the Swallowed, a location in the sea where the water absorbs everything in its vicinity, R' Yehoshua ben Ḥananya filled up a small jug of water from the House of the Swallowed. When they arrived, he presented the rabbis of Athens before the emperor. The emperor saw t
R' Yehoshua brought the water that he had brought from the House of the Swallowed and poured it into a utensil [betigada]. He said to the rabbis: Fill it up and go on your way. They filled and poured one by one, i.e., they filled the utensil by pouring in water numerous times, and each time the ute
Mishnah: In the case of a female donkey that had not previously given birth and now gave birth to two male offspring, as there is no doubt that one of them is firstborn, its owner gives one lamb to the priest in redemption of that firstborn. If it gave birth to a male and a female and it is not kno
If an individual has two donkeys, and both of his two donkeys had not previously given birth and they now gave birth to two males, one each, the owner gives two lambs to the priest. If they together gave birth to a male and a female or to two males and a female, he gives one lamb to the priest, a
If one of his donkeys had previously given birth and one had not previously given birth and they now together gave birth to two males, the owner gives one lamb to the priest as redemption for the firstborn male. If they together gave birth to a male and a female he designates one lamb for himself,