## Bekhorot Daf 60a

###### Bekhorot 60a:1
[Bekhorot 60a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/60a:1)

לֹא יֹאמַר: אֶבְרוֹר עֲשָׂרָה וְאֶטּוֹל מֵהֶן אֶחָד וְהַשְּׁאָר פְּטוּרִים, אֶלָּא כּוֹנְסָן לַדִּיר, וּמוֹצִיא עֲשָׂרָה, וְנוֹטֵל מֵהֶן אֶחָד, וְהַשְּׁאָר מִצְטָרְפִין לְגוֹרֶן אַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**he may not say: I will separate ten** and bring them into the pen, **and I will take one of them** as animal tithe, **and the rest** will be **exempt. Rather,** he must **bring** them all **into the pen and remove ten** of them by causing them to emerge from the opening, **and take one of them,** the tenth one, as animal tithe. **And the remainder combine** with animals born later, to be tithed **in another** designated time of **gathering.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:2
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וְהָתַנְיָא: תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר טְלָאִים, לֹא יֹאמַר: אֶבְרוֹר עֲשָׂרָה וְאֶטּוֹל מֵהֶן אֶחָד, וְהַשְּׁאָר פְּטוּרִין, אֶלָּא כּוֹנְסָן לַדִּיר, וּמוֹצִיא עֲשָׂרָה וְנוֹטֵל מֵהֶן אֶחָד, וְהַשְּׁאָר פְּטוּרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that if one has **nineteen lambs he may not say: I will separate ten** and bring them into the pen, **and I will take one of them** as animal tithe **and the rest** will be **exempt; rather,** he must **bring** them all **into the pen and remove ten** of them by causing them to emerge from the opening, **and take one of them,** the tenth one, **and the remainder are exempt?** According to this *baraita*, the remainder are not combined with animals born later.


###### Bekhorot 60a:3
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תַּרְגְּמַהּ רַב הוּנָא בַּר סְחוֹרָה קַמֵּיהּ דְּרָבָא בְּרִיגְלָא: בְּדִיר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ שְׁנֵי פְתָחִים עָסְקִינַן, וְיָצְאוּ תִּשְׁעָה בְּפֶתַח זֶה וְתִשְׁעָה בְּפֶתַח זֶה, דְּהַאיְךְ חַד חָזֵי לְהָכָא וּלְהָכָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Huna bar Seḥora interpreted** the *baraita* **before Rava at** the time of the **Festival** discourse: **We are dealing with a pen that has two openings. And nine** of the lambs **emerged** through **this opening and nine** of them went out through **that opening, and this** last **one** remaining in the pen **is fit to** come out **here or to** come out **there.** Therefore, all the lambs emerged as part of a tally fit to reach ten.


###### Bekhorot 60a:4
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וְלִישַׁנֵּי לֵיהּ: כְּגוֹן שֶׁמָּנָה תִּשְׁעָה, וְכִי מְטָא עֲשָׂרָה קָרֵי ״חַד״ מֵרֵישָׁא! קָסָבַר: עֲשִׂירִי מֵאֵלָיו קָדוֹשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges: **But let him teach** instead that the *baraita* is referring to a case **where he counted nine, and when the tenth** lamb **arrived** to be counted **he called** it number **one** and began counting again **from the start.** In such a case he designated only the nineteenth lamb that emerged as number ten, and therefore all the other lambs are exempt. The Gemara explains that Rav Huna bar Seḥora **holds** that the **tenth** animal to come out of the pen **is sanctified of its own** accord, even if it was designated as number one.


###### Bekhorot 60a:5
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וְלִישַׁנֵּי לֵיהּ בְּגוֹרֶן, וּמְנָאָן זוּגוֹת זוּגוֹת! קָסָבַר: עֲשִׂירִי לְמִנְיָן בְּהֵמוֹת הוּא קָדוֹשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges: **But let him teach** instead that the *baraita* is referring **to** a case of a designated time for **gathering** the animals, and that the pen has only one opening, **but he counted them pair by pair,** i.e., he called the first pair number one, the second pair number two, and so on. In this manner, the nineteenth lamb would be designated as number ten and thereby exempt the others. The Gemara explains that Rav Huna bar Seḥora **holds** that the **tenth according to the number of animals is sanctified,** regardless of how he counts them. Accordingly, one of the fifth pair would be the tithed animal, and the remaining nine would not be considered part of a tally fit to reach ten.


###### Bekhorot 60a:6
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אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: זְכַאי אִימֵּיהּ דְּרַב הוּנָא בַּר סְחוֹרָה, דְּשַׁנִּי לֵיהּ שְׁמַעְתָּא בְּרִיגְלָא כִּשְׁמַעְתֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said** with regard to this incident: **The mother of Rav Huna bar Seḥora merited** to give birth to such a son, **who explained the *halakha*** before Rava **at** the time of **the Festival** discourse **in accordance with** Rava’s **own *halakha*.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:7
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**מַתְנִי׳** יָצְאוּ שְׁנַיִם כְּאַחַת — מוֹנֶה אוֹתָם שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, מְנָאָן אֶחָד — תְּשִׁיעִי וַעֲשִׂירִי מְקוּלְקָלִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If **two** animals **emerged as one, one counts them as twos,** i.e., as though they came out one after the other. If he mistakenly **counted** two of the animals at the beginning or in the middle of the ten as **one,** and then continued his count, the **ninth and** the **tenth are flawed,** as he called the tenth: Ninth, and he called the eleventh: Tenth.


###### Bekhorot 60a:8
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קָרָא לַתְּשִׁיעִי ״עֲשִׂירִי״, וְלָעֲשִׂירִי ״תְּשִׁיעִי״, וְלָאַחַד עָשָׂר ״עֲשִׂירִי״ — שְׁלָשְׁתָּן מְקוּדָּשִׁין: הַתְּשִׁיעִי נֶאֱכָל בְּמוּמוֹ, וְהָעֲשִׂירִי מַעֲשֵׂר, וְאַחַד עָשָׂר קָרֵב שְׁלָמִים וְעוֹשֶׂה תְּמוּרָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If he mistakenly **called** the **ninth: Tenth, and** the **tenth: Ninth, and the eleventh: Tenth,** the **three of them are sacred,** although each has a different halakhic status. **The ninth is eaten in its blemished** state; **and the tenth is** animal **tithe,** which is sacrificed in the Temple and eaten by its owner; **and** the **eleventh is sacrificed as a peace offering,** from which the breast and the thigh are given to the priest. **And** the eleventh **renders** a non-sacred animal that is exchanged for the peace offering consecrated as **a substitute** and he sacrifices it as a peace offering; this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:9
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אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: וְכִי יֵשׁ תְּמוּרָה עוֹשָׂה תְּמוּרָה? אָמְרוּ מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי מֵאִיר: אִילּוּ הָיָה תְּמוּרָה — לֹא הָיָה קָרֵב. קָרָא לַתְּשִׁיעִי ״עֲשִׂירִי״, וְלָעֲשִׂירִי ״עֲשִׂירִי״, וְלָאַחַד עָשָׂר ״עֲשִׂירִי״ — אֵין אַחַד עָשָׂר מְקוּדָּשׁ. זֶה הַכְּלָל: כֹּל שֶׁלֹּא נֶעֱקַר שֵׁם עֲשִׂירִי מִמֶּנּוּ, אֵין אַחַד עָשָׂר מְקוּדָּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda said:** The eleventh animal itself, which he called tenth, is a substitute for animal tithe, **and does a substitute render** another animal **a substitute?** Everyone agrees that a substitute is created only in exchange for an originally consecrated animal. The Sages **said in the name of Rabbi Meir:** The eleventh animal is not considered a substitute for the animal tithe, since **if it were a substitute it would not be sacrificed,** as the substitute for an animal tithe is not sacrificed. If **one called the ninth** animal: **Tenth, and the tenth: Tenth, and the eleventh: Tenth, the eleventh is not consecrated. This is the principle:** In **any** situation **where the name** of the **tenth was not removed from** the tenth animal, the **eleventh** that was called the tenth **is not consecrated.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:10
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**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מְנָאָן זוּגוֹת זוּגוֹת, קִינְטָרִין קִינְטָרִין — עֲשִׂירִי לְמִנְיָנוֹ הוּא קָדוֹשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **Rabbi Yoḥanan says:** If one **counted** the animals **pair by pair,** i.e., he called the first pair: One, and the second pair: Two, and so on, or if one counted them **hundred [*kinteran*]** by **hundred,** the **tenth** according **to his number is sanctified.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:11
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״לְמִנְיָנוֹ״ מַאי? רַב מָארִי אָמַר: לַמִּנְיָן שֶׁלּוֹ הוּא קָדוֹשׁ, רַב כָּהֲנָא אָמַר: לְמִנְיַן בְּהֵמוֹת הוּא קָדוֹשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: When Rabbi Yoḥanan says that the tenth is sanctified according **to his number, what** does he mean? **Rav Mari says: It is sanctified according to his counting,** i.e., all the animals in whichever pair or group he calls: Ten, are sanctified, e.g., the tenth pair, which consists of the nineteenth and twentieth animals. **Rav Kahana says: It is sanctified according to the number of animals,** regardless of how he designates them.


###### Bekhorot 60a:12
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תְּנַן: יָצְאוּ שְׁנַיִם כְּאַחַת — מוֹנֶה אוֹתָן שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם. מְנָאָן אֶחָד — תְּשִׁיעִי וַעֲשִׂירִי מְקוּלְקָלִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites support for Rav Mari’s opinion. **We learned** in the mishna: If **two** animals **emerged as one, one counts them as twos.** If he mistakenly **counted** a pair of animals in the middle as **one** and continued his count, the **ninth and** the **tenth are flawed,** as he called the tenth: Ninth, and the eleventh: Tenth.


###### Bekhorot 60a:13
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בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר: לַמִּנְיָן שֶׁלּוֹ הוּא קָדוֹשׁ, מִשּׁוּם הָכִי הָווּ תְּשִׁיעִי וַעֲשִׂירִי מְקוּלְקָלִין, וְלָעֲשִׂירִי קָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ ״תְּשִׁיעִי״, וְלָאַחַד עָשָׂר ״עֲשִׂירִי״. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר: לְמִנְיַן בְּהֵמוֹת הוּא קָדוֹשׁ, לַתְּשִׁיעִי ״תְּשִׁיעִי״ קָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ, וְלָעֲשִׂירִי ״עֲשִׂירִי״ קָא קָרֵי לֵיהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted, according to the one who says: It is sanctified according to his counting,** i.e., Rav Mari, it is **due to that** reason that **the ninth and** the **tenth are flawed,** because the number by which one designates them is significant, **and he called the tenth** animal the **ninth, and the eleventh** he designated as **tenth. But according to the one who says** that the animal **is sanctified according to the number of animals** regardless of how the owner designates each one, i.e., Rav Kahana, why are they flawed? It should be considered as though **he called the ninth** animal the **ninth, and the tenth** animal **he called: Tenth.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:14
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אָמַר לָךְ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כִּי אָמֵינָא אֲנָא — הֵיכִי דְּאִיכַּוֵּין לְאַפּוֹקֵי זוּגוֹת זוּגוֹת, הֵיכָא דִּנְפַק מִמֵּילָא — לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that according to Rav Kahana, **Rabbi Yoḥanan** could have **said to you: When I said** the designation goes according to the animal I was referring only to a case **where he intended to take out** the animals **pair by pair,** and he did not err. In such a case his designation is nullified and the animals are sanctified in accordance with the order they left the pen. But with regard to a case **where** the animal **emerged by itself** and the owner miscounted I did **not** say the designation goes according to the number of the animal, as the Torah explicitly includes a case where the sanctification follows a mistaken designation (see 60b).


###### Bekhorot 60a:15
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תָּא שְׁמַע: מְנָאָן לְמַפְרֵעַ — עֲשִׂירִי שֶׁבְּמִנְיָן הוּא קָדוֹשׁ. בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְמִנְיַן בְּהֵמוֹת הוּא קָדוֹשׁ — שַׁפִּיר, אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לַמִּנְיָן שֶׁלּוֹ הוּא קָדוֹשׁ, עֲשִׂירִי ״חַד״ קָרֵי לֵיהּ!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **Come** and **hear** another proof from a *baraita*: If one **counted them backward,** i.e., ten, nine, eight, and so on, the **tenth** animal **in the numbering,** which he designated as number one, **is sanctified. Granted, according to the one who says** that the tithe **is sanctified according to the** number of **animals** regardless of how he designates each animal, i.e., Rav Kahana, this works out **well,** as the tenth animal is sanctified. **But according to the one who says it is sanctified** according **to his counting,** i.e., Rav Mari, why is the tenth animal sanctified? After all, **he called** the **tenth** animal number **one.**


###### Bekhorot 60a:16
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אָמַר רָבָא: הוֹאִיל וְאִיתֵיהּ בְּמִנְיָנָא פָּרְסָאָה, דְּקָרוּ לְעַשְׂרָה ״חַד״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** The tenth animal is sanctified according to Rav Mari **because it** has been counted as number ten **in Persian counting, as they call the tenth** one in their language by the term **one,** i.e., they count only in units of ten, and call these units: One. Therefore, in this case there is no contradiction between the designation and the number of the animal.