Temurah 2B

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And he derives the halakhot of the end of a consecrated animal from the initial consecration of the animal, as follows: Just as with regard to the initial state of consecration of the animal, an inheritor can effect substitution, so too, with regard to the end of the consecrated animal, an inherito

The Talmud asks: According to R' Yehuda, who holds that an inheritor is not able to effect substitution, what does he do with this repetitive language in the verse: “And if he shall at all substitute”? How does he interpret it? The Talmud answers: It serves to include a woman as able to effect sub

The Talmud asks: And according to R' Meir, who derives a different halakha from that verse, from where does he derive that a woman is included? The Talmud answers: He derives it from the addition of the conjunction “and” in the verse: “And if he shall at all substitute.” And R' Yehuda does not inte

The Talmud analyzes this dispute. And according to both the opinion of R' Meir and the opinion of R' Yehuda, the reason why a woman is included is that the verse explicitly includes a woman, either by adding a conjunction or by repetition of the verb. The Talmud asks: Should one infer that if the v

The Talmud answers: It was necessary for the verse to include women specifically, lest you say that this statement that equates women with men in general refers only to a punishment that applies equally to an individual and to the public. But here, since it is a punishment that does not apply equall