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The Talmud concludes: What, is it not that this Mishnah is stated even in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis? If so, the Mishnah is teaching that even according to the Rabbis, an offering designated in the stead of a lost animal is considered like the lost animal, which would contradict the
The Talmud poses a challenge to the explanations of both Rav Huna and R' Abba from that which we learned in the Mishnah: In the case of one who designates a sin offering, and the animal was lost, and he designated another in its stead and sacrificed it, and the first animal was subsequently found, t
The Talmud infers: The reason that the original animal is left to die is that the second animal was already sacrificed, but if the owner did not sacrifice the second animal before the original animal was found, then the original animal is left to graze. The Mishnah apparently indicates that there i
If so, this is a conclusive refutation of the opinions of both of them, since according to Rav Huna everyone agrees that an animal is left to die if the owner took one of the animals without consulting the court; and according to R' Abba everyone agrees that if the owner achieved atonement with the
The Talmud responds: One should not infer in that manner from the Mishnah. Rather, the tanna of the Mishnah taught a matter that was absolute, i.e., a case where the second animal was sacrificed before the original animal was found, as the lost animal is always left to die. He did not teach a matte