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Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that if one vows to bring a certain bull as a burnt offering and it became blemished, he may bring two bulls with its redemption money. The Talmud asks: But didn’t you say in the first clause, i.e., in the previous Mishnah (107b), that if one said: It is incumbent upon
The Talmud answers that these two cases are not comparable. The previous Mishnah was referring to a case where one vowed to bring a bull worth 100 dinars, without referring to a specific bull. Therefore, he is obligated to fulfill the specific conditions of his vow. By contrast, this Mishnah is refe
The Mishnah teaches that if one says: These two bulls are hereby a burnt offering, and they became blemished, if he wishes he may bring with the money of their redemption one bull. And R' Yehuda HaNasi deems this prohibited, and holds that he must bring two bulls. The Talmud asks: What is the reas
The Talmud answers: Because it is similar to a case where one vowed to bring a large bull and he brought a small bull, in which case he has not fulfilled his vow. Similarly, in this case, he vowed to bring two bulls and brought only one. And although he is not actually obligated to bring two bulls,
The Talmud asks: But if so, let R' Yehuda HaNasi disagree in the first clause of the Mishnah as well, which states that if one consecrated a specific bull as a burnt offering and it subsequently became blemished, he may purchase two bulls with its redemption money. There, too, R' Yehuda HaNasi shou