## Mishnah Temurah Chapter 5

###### Mishnah Temurah 5:1
[Mishnah Temurah 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:1)

כֵּיצַד מַעֲרִימִים עַל הַבְּכוֹר. מְבַכֶּרֶת שֶׁהָיְתָה מְעֻבֶּרֶת, אוֹמֵר, מַה שֶּׁבְּמֵעֶיהָ שֶׁל זוֹ, אִם זָכָר, עוֹלָה, יָלְדָה זָכָר, יִקְרַב עוֹלָה. וְאִם נְקֵבָה, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים, יָלְדָה נְקֵבָה, תִּקְרַב שְׁלָמִים. אִם זָכָר עוֹלָה, אִם נְקֵבָה זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים, יָלְדָה זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, הַזָּכָר יִקְרַב עוֹלָה, וְהַנְּקֵבָה תִּקְרַב שְׁלָמִים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**How** may **one employ artifice to** circumvent the obligation to give **the firstborn** to the priest and utilize the animal for a different offering that he is obligated to bring? The owner approaches **an animal** that is going to **give birth to its firstborn** while **that** animal **was** still **pregnant,** and **says:** That **which is in the womb of this** animal, **if** it is **male,** is designated as a **burnt offering.** In that case, if the animal **gave birth to a male, it will be sacrificed as a burnt offering. And** in a case where he says: **If it is female,** it is designated as a **peace offering,** if the animal **gave birth to a female, it will be sacrificed as a peace offering.** In a case where the owner says: **If** it is **male** it is designated as a **burnt offering, and if it is female** it is designated as a **peace offering,** and the animal **gave birth to a male and a female, the male will be sacrificed as a burnt offering and the female will be sacrificed as a peace offering.**


###### Mishnah Temurah 5:2
[Mishnah Temurah 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:2)

יָלְדָה שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים, אַחַד מֵהֶן יִקְרַב עוֹלָה, וְהַשֵּׁנִי יִמָּכֵר לְחַיָּבֵי עוֹלָה, וְדָמָיו חֻלִּין. יָלְדָה שְׁתֵּי נְקֵבוֹת, אַחַת מֵהֶן תִּקְרַב שְׁלָמִים, וְהַשְּׁנִיָּה תִּמָּכֵר לְחַיָּבֵי שְׁלָמִים, וְדָמֶיהָ חֻלִּין. יָלְדָה טֻמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס, רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, אֵין קְדֻשָּׁה חָלָה עֲלֵיהֶן:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the animal **gave birth to two males, one of them will be sacrificed as a burnt offering and the second will be sold to** those **obligated** to bring **a burnt offering,** who will sacrifice it as a burnt offering; and the **money** received from **its** sale is **non-sacred.** If the animal **gave birth to two females, one of them will be sacrificed as a peace offering and the second will be sold to** those **obligated** to bring **a peace offering,** who will sacrifice it as a peace offering, and the **money** received from **its** sale is **non-sacred.** If the animal **gave birth to a *tumtum*,** whose gender is unknown, **or a hermaphrodite,** which has both male and female sexual organs, both of which are unfit for sacrifice, **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: They are not imbued with sanctity.**


###### Mishnah Temurah 5:3
[Mishnah Temurah 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:3)

הָאוֹמֵר, וְלָדָהּ שֶׁל זוֹ עוֹלָה וְהִיא שְׁלָמִים, דְּבָרָיו קַיָּמִים. הִיא שְׁלָמִים וּוְלָדָהּ עוֹלָה, הֲרֵי זוֹ וְלַד שְׁלָמִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אִם לְכֵן נִתְכַּוֵּן מִתְּחִלָּה, הוֹאִיל וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִקְרוֹת שְׁנֵי שֵׁמוֹת כְּאַחַת, דְּבָרָיו קַיָּמִים. וְאִם מִשֶּׁאָמַר הֲרֵי זוֹ שְׁלָמִים, נִמְלַךְ וְאָמַר וְלָדָהּ עוֹלָה, הֲרֵי זוֹ וְלַד שְׁלָמִים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One who says: The offspring of this** non-sacred animal **is a burnt offering and** the animal **itself is a peace offering, his statement stands,** i.e., is effective. If he says: The animal **itself is a peace offering and its offspring is a burnt offering,** then since consecration of the mother preceded consecration of the offspring, it is **the offspring of a peace offering,** whose halakhic status is that of a peace offering; this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir.** **Rabbi Yosei said: If that was his intent from the outset,** to designate the offspring as a burnt offering when he designated the mother as a peace offering, then **since it is impossible to call** it by **two designations simultaneously, his statement stands,** and the mother is a peace offering and the offspring a burnt offering. **And if** it was only **after he said: This** animal **is hereby a peace offering,** that **he reconsidered and said: Its offspring is a burnt offering, that offspring is a peace offering,** as before he reconsidered, the offspring had already assumed the status of the offspring of a peace offering.


###### Mishnah Temurah 5:4
[Mishnah Temurah 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:4)

הֲרֵי זוֹ תְמוּרַת עוֹלָה וּתְמוּרַת שְׁלָמִים, הֲרֵי זוֹ תְמוּרַת עוֹלָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, אִם לְכֵן נִתְכַּוֵּן מִתְּחִלָּה, הוֹאִיל וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִקְרוֹת שְׁנֵי שֵׁמוֹת כְּאַחַת, דְּבָרָיו קַיָּמִין. וְאִם מִשֶּׁאָמַר תְּמוּרַת עוֹלָה, נִמְלַךְ וְאָמַר, תְּמוּרַת שְׁלָמִים, הֲרֵי זוֹ תְמוּרַת עוֹלָה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If one had two animals standing before him, one a burnt offering and the other a peace offering, and he said with regard to a third, non-sacred animal: **This** animal **is hereby the substitute of the burnt offering, the substitute of the peace offering, that** animal **is the substitute of the burnt offering.** This is **the statement of Rabbi Meir.** Once he designated it as the substitute of the burnt offering, his initial statement takes effect and the animal assumes the sanctity of the burnt offering. **Rabbi Yosei said: If that was his intent from the outset,** when he said that the animal is the substitute of the burnt offering, to state that the animal is also the substitute of the peace offering, then **since it is impossible to call two designations simultaneously,** i.e., one must first say one designation and then the other, **his statement stands,** and the animal is half a burnt offering and half a peace offering. **And if** it was only **after he said:** This animal is hereby **the substitute of the burnt offering,** that **he reconsidered and said: The substitute of the peace offering, that** entire animal **is the substitute of the burnt offering.**


###### Mishnah Temurah 5:5
[Mishnah Temurah 5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:5)

הֲרֵי זוֹ תַחַת זוֹ, תְּמוּרַת זוֹ, חֲלוּפַת זוֹ, הֲרֵי זוֹ תְמוּרָה. זוֹ מְחֻלֶּלֶת עַל זוֹ, אֵינוֹ תְמוּרָה. וְאִם הָיָה הֶקְדֵּשׁ בַּעַל מוּם, יוֹצֵא לְחֻלִּין וְצָרִיךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּמִים:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This mishna discusses the language that serves to effect substitution. If one said: **This** non-sacred animal **is hereby in place of that** consecrated animal, or if he said: It is **the substitute of that** consecrated animal, or if one said: It is **the exchange for that** consecrated animal, **that** non-sacred animal **is a substitute.** If he said: **This** consecrated animal **is desacralized,** with its sanctity transferred **to that** non-sacred animal, **that** non-sacred animal **is not a substitute.** **And if the consecrated** animal **was blemished,** and he said: This consecrated animal is desacralized, with its sanctity transferred to that non-sacred animal, the consecrated animal is desacralized **and assumes non-sacred** status, by Torah law. By rabbinic law, the owner **is required to conduct** an appraisal to ascertain the relative **value** of the two animals. If the consecrated animal was worth more than the non-sacred animal, he must pay the difference to the Temple treasury.


###### Mishnah Temurah 5:6
[Mishnah Temurah 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Temurah/r/5:6)

הֲרֵי זוֹ תַחַת חַטָּאת, וְתַחַת עוֹלָה, לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם. תַּחַת חַטָּאת זוֹ, וְתַחַת עוֹלָה זוֹ, תַּחַת חַטָּאת וְתַחַת עוֹלָה שֶׁיֶּשׁ לִי בְתוֹךְ הַבָּיִת, הָיָה לוֹ, דְּבָרָיו קַיָּמִין. אִם אָמַר עַל בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה, וְעַל בַּעֲלַת מוּם, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ עוֹלָה, לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם. הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לְעוֹלָה, יִמָּכְרוּ וְיָבִיא בִדְמֵיהֶם עוֹלָה:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If one said: **This** non-sacred animal **is hereby in place of a burnt offering,** or: It is **in place of a sin offering, he has said nothing,** as he did not say that it was in place of a specific offering. If he said: It is **in place of this sin offering, or:** It is **in place of this burnt offering,** or if he said: It is **in place of a sin offering** that I have in the house, **or:** It is **in place of a burnt offering that I have in the house,** and **he had** that offering in his house, **his statement stands,** i.e., is effective. If he **said with regard to a non-kosher animal and with regard to a blemished animal: These** animals **are hereby** designated as **a burnt offering, he has said nothing.** If he said: **These** animals **are hereby** designated **for a burnt offering,** the animals **should be sold, and he brings a burnt offering** purchased **with the money** received from **their** sale.