## Bekhorot Daf 21a

###### Bekhorot 21a:1
[Bekhorot 21a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/21a:1)

לֵימָא קָסָבַר: מְטַנֶּפֶת אֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת וְיוֹלֶדֶת בְּתוֹךְ שְׁנָתָהּ. אִם תִּימְצֵי לוֹמַר: מְטַנֶּפֶת חוֹזֶרֶת וְיוֹלֶדֶת בְּתוֹךְ שְׁנָתָהּ — יוֹלֶדֶת וַדַּאי אֵינָהּ חוֹזֶרֶת וְיוֹלֶדֶת בְּתוֹךְ שְׁנָתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Shall we say** the *tanna* of this *baraita* **holds** that an animal that **expels a murky discharge does not return** to its fertile state **and give birth within its first year?** The Gemara rejects this suggestion: It is possible the *tanna* does not hold that opinion. Even **if you say** an animal that **expels a murky discharge returns** to its fertile state **and gives birth within its first year,** an animal **that** actually **gave birth** to a live offspring **certainly does not return** to its fertile state **and give birth within its first year.**


###### Bekhorot 21a:2
[Bekhorot 21a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/21a:2)

אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: אֲנִי רָאִיתִי גְּדִיָּיה כּוּ׳. מַאי אִיכָּא בֵּין תַּנָּא קַמָּא לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן? אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ דִּזְעֵירִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The *baraita* teaches that **Rabbi Shimon says: I saw** a single **kid** that yielded enough offspring to be subject to the tithe within its first year of life. By contrast, the first *tanna* in the *baraita* does not add the phrase: Within its first year of life. The Gemara asks: **What** difference **is there between** the opinion of **the first *tanna* and** that of **Rabbi Shimon?** The Gemara answers that there is a difference **between** them in a case where the second-generation goats expel a murky discharge on the first day of their seventh month, which is the seventh month of their year for animal tithe. And they disagree with regard to the statement **of Ze’eiri,** cited earlier, that the expulsion of a discharge which exempts an animal from having its future offspring counted a firstborn is one which prevents it from being impregnated for no less than thirty days.


###### Bekhorot 21a:3
[Bekhorot 21a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/21a:3)

תַּנָּא קַמָּא אִית לֵיהּ דִּזְעֵירִי, וְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן לֵית לֵיהּ דִּזְעֵירִי. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא אִית לְהוּ דִּזְעֵירִי, וְהָכָא בְּיוֹלֶדֶת לִמְקוּטָּעִין קָא מִיפַּלְגִי. לְתַנָּא קַמָּא אֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת לִמְקוּטָּעִין, לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן יוֹלֶדֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The first *tanna* accepts** the statement **of Ze’eiri,** and therefore he holds that in such a case the goats cannot become pregnant before the first day of the eighth month, which means they cannot give birth before the first day of the second year. **And Rabbi Shimon does not accept** the statement **of Ze’eiri;** he holds that the goats can become pregnant during the seventh month and give birth during the last month of their first year of life. **And if you wish, say that everyone accepts** the statement **of Ze’eiri, and here they disagree** with regard to whether or not an animal **gives birth after incomplete** months, i.e., prematurely. **According to the first *tanna*,** an animal **does not give birth after incomplete** months; **according to Rabbi Shimon,** an animal **gives birth** after incomplete months.


###### Bekhorot 21a:4
[Bekhorot 21a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/21a:4)

וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא, דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא אֵינָהּ יוֹלֶדֶת לִמְקוּטָּעִין, וְהָכָא בְּמִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ קָמִיפַּלְגִי: לְתַנָּא קַמָּא — לָא אָמְרִינַן מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ, לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן — אָמְרִינַן מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** that everyone accepts Ze’eiri’s statement and **everyone agrees** that an animal **does not give birth after incomplete** months, **and here they disagree** with regard to whether or not the halakhic status of **part of the day is like an entire** day. **According to the first *tanna*, we do not say part of the day is like an entire** day, which means the earliest possible birth is on the first day of the second year. **According to Rabbi Shimon, we do say part of the day is like an entire** day, and therefore it is possible for the goat to give birth on the last day of the first year.


###### Bekhorot 21a:5
[Bekhorot 21a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/21a:5)

וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא אָמְרִינַן מִקְצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכוּלּוֹ, וְהָכָא בִּמְחוּסַּר זְמַן נִכְנָס לַדִּיר לְהִתְעַשֵּׂר קָמִיפַּלְגִי,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** that **everyone agrees** that **part of the day is like an entire** day, **and here they disagree** with regard to whether or not an animal **whose time has not yet** arrived, i.e., one that is not yet seven days old, which may not be sacrificed on the altar, **enters the pen to be tithed.** According to the first *tanna* it does not enter the pen to be tithed; according to Rabbi Shimon, it does enter the pen to be tithed.