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Bartenura on Mishnah Temurah Chapter 3

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אֵלּוּ קָדָשִׁים. וּוְלַד וְלָדָן עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם. בַּגְּמָרָא פָּרֵיךְ, כֵּיוָן דְּתָנֵי וְלָדָן וּוְלַד וְלָדָן, עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם לָמָּה לִי. מִשּׁוּם דְּשַׁמְעֵיהּ תַּנָּא דִּידָן לְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר דְּאָמַר לְקַמָּן וְלַד שְׁלָמִים לֹא יִקְרַב שְׁלָמִים, מִשּׁוּם הָכִי תָּנָא וְלַד וְלָדָן עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם, כְּלוֹמַר, לֹא מִיבַּעְיָא בִּוְלָדָן דְּלֹא מוֹדֵינָא לָךְ, אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם לֹא מוֹדֵינָא לָךְ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אלו קדשים. וולד ולדן עד סוף העולם – in the Gemara (Tractate Temurah 17b), the objection is raised, since it taught [in the Mishnah], “their offspring” (i.e., their offspring and the substitute’s offspring), why do I need, “the offspring of their offspring to infinity?” Because our teacher/Tanna heard Rabbi Eliezer who said further on [in this Mishnah] that the offspring of peace-offerings are not offered as peace-offerings, because of this, the Tanna taught, “the offspring of their offspring to infinity,” meaning to say, not only with their offspring do I not agree with you, (since for him, the young has the law of the mother), but even “to infinity,” I do not agree with you (since even then, the young has the law of the mother).

וְלַד שְׁלָמִים לֹא יִקְרַב שְׁלָמִים. אֶלָּא כּוֹנְסוֹ לְכִפָּה וּמֵת. מִדְּרַבָּנָן. מִשּׁוּם גְּזֵרָה, דְּאִי אָמַרְתְּ וְלַד שְׁלָמִים יֵשׁ לוֹ תַּקָּנָה, אָתֵי לְשַׁהוֹיֵי לָאֵם עַד שֶׁתֵּלֵד וִיגַדֵּל עֲדָרִים מִן הַוְּלָדוֹת וְאָתוּ בְּהוּ לִידֵי גִּזָּה וַעֲבוֹדָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ולד שלמים לא יקרב שלמים – but rather he brings it in to the vaulted chamber (i.e., closing the barn door without food until they died) and it dies [there]. According to the Rabbis, because of a decree, if you had said the offspring of peace-offerings have a remedy, one would come to delay to the mother until she would give birth and raise a herd from the the offspring, and they would come to have shearing and work.

לֹא נֶחְלְקוּ עַל וְלַד וְלַד שְׁלָמִים. מוֹדִים חֲכָמִים לְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בִּוְלַד וְלַד שְׁלָמִים דְּלֹא יִקְרַב, שֶׁמַּחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ נִכֶּרֶת מִתּוֹךְ מַעֲשָׂיו דִּלְגַדֵּל עֲדָרִים בָּעֵי. וּפְסַק הַהֲלָכָה כְּתַנָּא קַמָּא (שולד) וְלַד וְלָדָן עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כִּשְׁלָמִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

לא נחלקו על ולד ולד שלמים – the Sages agree with Rabbi Eliezer that the offspring of offspring of peace-offerings that it should not be offered, for his intention was known from his actions that he needed to raise a herd/flock. But the legal decision is according to the first Tanna/teacher that the offspring of their offspring until eternity, they are like peace-offerings.

הֵעִיד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכוּ'. דְּלֹא כְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. וְעֵדוּת זֶה אֱמֶת וַהֲלָכָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

העיד רבי יהושע וכו' – and not according to Rabbi Eliezer. And this testimony is true and [the] Halakha.

וְאָכַלְנוּ וְלָדָהּ שְׁלָמִים בֶּחָג. בְּחַג הַשָּׁבוּעוֹת קָאָמַר, שֶׁאִם הָיָה מַמְתִּין וּמְצַפֶּה לְחַג הַסֻּכּוֹת, נִמְצָא עוֹבֵר בַּעֲשֵׂה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יב) וּבָאתָ שָׁמָּה וַהֲבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה, דְּמַשְׁמַע בְּרֶגֶל רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁתָּבֹא שָׁמָּה, תָּבִיא כָּל נְדָרִים שֶׁעָלֶיךָ. מִיהוּ בְּלָאו דְּלֹא תְּאַחֵר אֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר עַד שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ עָלָיו שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ואכלנו ולדה שלמים בחג – it is stated on the holiday of Shavuot, for if he would wait and look forward to the holiday of Sukkot (which is the normal meaning of the word, חג when used without a modifier), it is found that he would violate a positive commandment (Deuteronomy 12:5-6): “there you are to go, and here you are to bring [your burnt offerings and other sacrifices],” that implies that on the first Festival that you go there, bring all of the votive offerings that are upon you. However, regarding the negative commandment (Deuteronomy 23:22): “[When you make a vow to the LORD your God,] do not put off fulfilling it, [for the LORD your God will require it of you, and you will have incurrent guilt],” you do not violate until there has passed over you three Festivals.

הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כְתוֹדָה. אֵמוּרֵיהֶן קְרֵבִים עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְהַבָּשָׂר נֶאֱכָל לְיוֹם וְלַיְלָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הרי אלו כתודה – their portions of the sacrifices that are offered on thee altar and the flesh is eaten during the day and at night.

וּבִלְבַד שֶׁאֵינָן טְעוּנִין לָחֶם. דִּכְתִיב עַל לֶחֶם הַתּוֹדָה, הַתּוֹדָה עַצְמָהּ טְעוּנָה לֶחֶם, וְלֹא וְלָדָהּ וּתְמוּרָתָהּ טְעוּנִים לֶחֶם:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ובלבד שאינן טעונין לחם – as it is written (Leviticus 7:12): “’he shall offer together with the sacrifice if thanksgiving unleavened cakes with oil mixed in,” (the quoted sentence fragment – "על לחם התודה" does not exist in Scripture) the thanksgiving offering itself requires bread, but not its offspring nor its substitutes require bread.

תְּמוּרַת עוֹלָה. כְּגוֹן הֵמִיר זָכָר בְּעוֹלָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תמורת עולה – as, for example, he substituted a male for a burnt-offering (i.e., instead of a female).

וּוְלַד תְּמוּרָתָהּ. כְּגוֹן הֵמִיר נְקֵבָה בְּעוֹלָה, דִּנְקֵבָה מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת בִּתְמוּרַת עוֹלָה, וְיָלְדָה הַתְּמוּרָה זָכָר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

וולד תמורתה – as, for example, he substituted a female for a burnt-offering, for a female is dedicated in the substitution of a burnt-offering, and it gave birth to the male substitute.

וְיָבִיא בְדָמָיו עוֹלָה. וְרֵישָׁא דְּקָתָנֵי הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כְּעוֹלָה גַּבֵּי וָלָד שֶׁל תְּמוּרָה, מִשּׁוּם דְּהֶקְדֵּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁבָּאוּ אֵלּוּ כֻּלָּם מִכֹּחוֹ הוּא קָרֵב, דְּזָכָר הוּא. אֲבָל הָכָא בְּמַפְרִישׁ נְקֵבָה לְעוֹלָה, הֶקְדֵּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁכֻּלָּם בָּאִים מִכֹּחוֹ נְקֵבָה הִיא וְאֵינָהּ קְרֵבָה, הִלְכָּךְ אֵינוֹ כְּעוֹלָה אֶלָּא יִמָּכֵר וְיָבִיא בְּדָמָיו עוֹלָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ויביא בדמיו עולה – the first segment [of the Mishnah] as it is taught: “lo, these are like a burnt-offering regarding the offspring of a substitute,” because of the first dedication that these came all of them were from his own power that he offers them, for it is a male. But here, when he sets aside a female as a burnt-offering, that all of them come from his own power, it is feminine and it is not offered, therefore, it is not like a burnt-offering, but rather, he should sell it and bring a burnt-offering with its monetary value.

הַמַּפְרִישׁ נְקֵבָה לְאָשָׁם. וְאֵין אָשָׁם בָּא מִן הַנְּקֵבָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

המפריש נקבה לאשם – but a guilt-offering does not come from a female [beast].

תִּרְעֶה עַד שֶׁתִּסְתָּאֵב. עַד שֶׁיִּפֹּל בָּהּ מוּם. וּבַגְּמָרָא פָּרֵיךְ, וְתִמָּכֵר בְּלֹא מוּם, דְּהוֹאִיל וְלֹא חַזְיָא לְמִלְּתֵיהּ מוּם גָּמוּר הוּא זֶה וְלֹא קַדְּשָׁה אֶלָּא לְדָמֵי, וְתִמָּכֵר מִיָּד וְיָבִיא בְּדָמֶיהָ אָשָׁם. וּמְשָׁנֵי, הוֹאִיל וּנְחַת לַהּ קְדֻשַּׁת דָּמִים, נָחֲתָה לַהּ נַמִּי קְדֻשַּׁת הַגּוּף לְהָא מִלְּתָא דְּבָעִינַן מוּם:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תרעה עד שיסתאב – until a blemish befalls it. And in the Gemara (Tractate Temurah 19b) it raises the objection: “But let it be sold, for since it is not fit for anything, that in itself constitutes a blemish, and it is not sanctified other than for its value, it should be sold immediately and then one can purchase a guilt-offering with its proceeds. And it answers, for since the holiness of its value rests on it, there also rests on it bodily consecration and it is for this thing that it requires a blemish.

אִם קָרַב אֲשָׁמוֹ. וְתוּ לֹא צָרִיךְ לְאָשָׁם:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אם קרב אשמו – and furthermore, he does not need a guilt-offering.

יִפְּלוּ דָמֶיהָ לִנְדָבָה. לַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת שֶׁבַּמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁמֵּהֶן הָיוּ נוֹטְלִים לְהָבִיא לְנִדְבַת צִבּוּר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

יפלו דמיו לנדבה – for the horn-shaped boxes in the Temple to receive the money for sacrifices which are supplied by the Temple authorities that from them they take to bring to the free-will offerings of the community.

תִּמָּכֵר שֶׁלֹּא בְּמוּם. דְּהוֹאִיל וְלֹא חַזְיָא לְאָשָׁם אֵין לְךָ מוּם גָּדוֹל מִזֶּה, וְלֹא קַדְּשָׁה קְדֻשַּׁת הַגּוּף, וְתִמָּכֵר מִיָּד וְיָבִיא בְּדָמֶיהָ אָשָׁם. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּגַבֵּי מַפְרִישׁ נְקֵבָה לְעוֹלָה לֹא פָּלֵיג רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן דְּבַעְיָא מוּם, הָתָם הוּא דְּאִיכָּא שֵׁם עוֹלָה בִּנְקֵבָה, דְּאַשְׁכְּחַן עוֹלַת נְקֵבָה בְּעוֹף, אֲבָל אָשָׁם נְקֵבָה לֹא מָצִינוּ, הִלְכָּךְ הַיְנוּ מוּמָא וְלֹא קַדְּשָׁה אֶלָּא לְדָמֵי. וְאֵין הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תמכר שלא במום – for since it is not appropriate for a guilt-offering, there is no greater blemish from this, for it was not sanctified for the bodily consecration , and it should be immediately sold and he can bring with its proceeds a guilt-offering. But even though that regarding someone who separates a female beast for a burnt-offering, Rabbi Shimon does not dispute that it requires a blemish, there that there is a burnt-offering with a female beast, for we find a female burnt offering with a bird, but a guilt offering with a female beast, we don’t find. Therefore, this this is its blemish and it is not sanctified other than for its monetary value. But the Halakha is not a according to Rabbi Shimon.

תְּמוּרַת אָשָׁם וְכוּ'. כֻּלָּן יִרְעוּ, דַּהֲלָכָה הִיא כָּל שֶׁבַּחַטָּאת מֵתָה, בָּאָשָׁם רוֹעָה, וּתְמוּרַת חַטָּאת מֵתָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

תמורת אשם וכ' – all of them are to pasture, for the Halakha is that all that with a sin-offering is left to die, with a guilt-offering it is to pasture [until it develops a blemish and then it is sold], and the substitute for a sin-offering is left to die.

יָמוּתוּ. דְאִית לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר כַּחַטָּאת כָּאָשָׁם, מַה בַּחַטָּאת מֵתָה אַף בָּאָשָׁם מֵתָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ומותו – for Rabbi Eliezer holds that just as sin-offering, so too with a guilt-offering; just as a sin-offering’s substitute is left to die, also, the substitute of a guilt-offering.

יָבִיא בִדְמֵיהֶן עוֹלוֹת. דְּמוֹתָרוֹת לְנִדְבַת יָחִיד אָזְלֵי וְלֹא לְנִדְבַת צִבּוּר:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

יביא בדמיהן עולות – which are permissible for an individual’s donation, we we follow, but not for the donation of a community.

אָשָׁם שֶׁמֵּתוּ בְעָלָיו אוֹ שֶׁכִּפְּרוּ בְעָלָיו בְּאַחֵר. דִּבְחַטָּאת תָּמוּת, וּבָאָשָׁם יִרְעֶה עַד שֶׁיִּסְתָּאֵב:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אשם שמתו בעליו או שכיפורו בעליו באחר – that with a sin-offering, it should die, but with a guilt-offering, it should pasture until it is blemished [and then sold].

וַהֲלֹא אַף הַנְּדָבָה עוֹלָה. פֵּרוּשֵׁי קָמְפָרֵשׁ מַאי בֵּינַיְהוּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

והלא אף הנדבה עולה – [the Mishnah] is explaining what is the difference between them (i.e., the first Tanna/teacher [that the animal should be left out to pasture to develop a blemish, be sold and that its monetary value should be donated to the Temple treasury as a free-will offering] and Rabbi Eleazar [that he should purchase with its proceeds a burnt-offering]).

בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא בָאָה חוֹבָה. שֶׁהִיא מֻטֶּלֶת עַל הַיָּחִיד לְהַקְרִיבָהּ. סוֹמֵךְ עָלֶיהָ כוּ':

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

בזמן שהיא באה חובה – when it is placed upon the individual to over it, he lays his hands upon it, etc. (i.e., he brings drink-offerings/libations on its account, and the libations are from his own funds).

וְאִם הָיָה כֹהֵן. אוֹתוֹ שֶׁהִפְרִישׁ אָשָׁם וְנִתְכַּפֵּר בְּאַחֵר וְנִתְּקוֹ לָרִאשׁוֹן בִּרְעִיָּה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ואם היה כהן – he who set aside the guilt-offering and was expiated through another [animal], and the first, an animal dedicated as a guilt-offering, has been condemned to pasture until natural death.

עֲבוֹדָתָהּ וְעוֹרָהּ. שֶׁל עוֹלָה הַקְּנוּיָה מִדְּמֵי אוֹתוֹ אָשָׁם, שֶׁלּוֹ הִיא, שֶׁהוּא עַצְמוֹ מַקְרִיבָהּ וְנוֹטֵל הָעוֹר, וַאֲפִלּוּ אֵינוֹ מִן הַמִּשְׁמָר שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ שַׁבָּת:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

עבודתה ועורה – of the burnt-offering purchased from the proceeds of that guilt-offering, is his, and he himself offers and takes the hide, and even if it is not from the priestly watch of that week.

אֵינוֹ סוֹמֵךְ עָלֶיהָ. דְּנִדְבַת צִבּוּר אֵין בָּהֶם סְמִיכָה:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אינו סומך עליה – for it is the free-will donation of the community which does not have the laying of the hands.

וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא כֹהֵן עֲבוֹדָתָהּ וְעוֹרָהּ לְאַנְשֵׁי מִשְׁמָר. שֶׁהֲרֵי שֶׁל צִבּוּר הוּא וְאֵין כֹּהֵן שֶׁל מִשְׁמָר אַחֵר רַשַּׁאי לְהַקְרִיב, דִּכְתִיב (דברים יח) לְבַד מִמְכָּרָיו עַל הָאָבוֹת, מַה שֶּׁמָּכְרוּ הָאָבוֹת זֶה לָזֶה, טֹל אַתָּה אֶת שַׁבַּתְּךָ וַאֲנִי אֶטֹּל אֶת שַׁבַּתִּי. וַהֲלָכָה כְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ואע"פ שהוא כהן עבודתה ועורה לאנשי משמר – for it is of the community, and a Kohen from a different priestly watch is not permitted to offer it up, as it is written (Deuteronomy 18:8): “[They shall receive equal shares of the dues,] without regard to personal gifts or patrimonies,” what the patrimonies sold to each other, you take on your Shabbat, and I will take on my Shabbat. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.

הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ כִבְכוֹר וּכְמַעֲשֵׂר. כִּקְדֻשַּׁת בְּכוֹר וּמַעֲשַׂר בְּהֵמָה, שֶׁאֵין נִשְׁחָטִים בְּאִטְלִיס, דְּהַיְנוּ בַּשּׁוּק שֶׁמּוֹכְרִין בּוֹ הַבָּשָׂר, אֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר שֶׁנָּפַל בָּהֶן מוּם וְנִפְדּוּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

הרי אלו כבכור וכמעשר – like the sanctity of the firstling and the tithe of the cattle, which are not slaughtered in the booths of a mercantile fair/bazaar.

חוּץ מֵהַבְּכוֹר וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר. מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין הֲנָאָה לַהֶקְדֵּשׁ בִּמְכִירָה, דִּדְמֵי בְּכוֹר לַכֹּהֵן, וּדְמֵי מַעֲשֵׂר לַבְּעָלִים וּמִשּׁוּם הֲנָאָה דִּידְהוּ לֹא מְזַלְזְלִינַן בַּקָּדָשִׁים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

חוץ מהבכור והמעשר (see Tractate Bekhorot, Chapter 5, Mishnah 1) – because there is no benefit for something sanctified in the salle, for the proceeds of a firstling go to a Kohen, and the proceeds of a tithe go to the owners, and because of their benefit, we don’t treat them lightly.

וּבָאִין מִחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ לָאָרֶץ חוּץ מִן הַבְּכוֹר וּמִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר. שֶׁאֵינָן בָּאִים לְכַתְּחִלָּה מִחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, כְּדִמְפָרֵשׁ טַעֲמָא לְקַמָּן. אֲבָל אִם בָּאוּ תְּמִימִים, יִקְרְבוּ:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ובאין מחוצה לארץ לארץ חוץ מן הבכור ומן המעשר (see Tractate Bekhorot, Chapter 9, Mishnah 1) – for they don’t come ab initio from outside the land of Israel, as the reason is explained beyond. But if they came as pure animals, they are sacrificed.

לַבְּעָלִים. בְּכוֹר לַכֹּהֵן, וּמַעֲשֵׂר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מַה טַעַם. שֶׁהַבְּכוֹר וְהַמַּעֲשֵׂר אֵינָן בָּאִין מִחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ כִּשְׁאָר קָדָשִׁים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

אמר ר' שמעון מה טעם – that the firstling and the tithe do not come from outside the Land of Israel like the other Holy Things.

שֶׁבְּכוֹר וּמַעֲשֵׂר יֵשׁ לָהֶם פַּרְנָסָה בִמְקוֹמָן. יֵשׁ לָהֶם תַּקָּנָה בִּמְקוֹמָן שֶׁיִּרְעוּ עַד שֶׁיִּסְתָּאֲבוּ וְיֵאָכְלוּ בְּמוּמָן לַבְּעָלִים:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

שבכור ומעשר יש להם פרנסה במקומן – they have repair in their places that [the animals] will go out to pasture until they become unfit for sacrifices and their owners will consume them with their blemishes.

וּשְׁאָר כָּל הַקֳּדָשִׁים. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנָּפַל בָּהֶן מוּם הֲרֵי הֵן בִּקְדֻשָּׁתָן, וְצָרִיךְ אַתָּה לִפְדּוֹתָן וּלְהַעֲלוֹת דְּמֵיהֶן וּלְהַקְרִיבָן, וְהוֹאִיל וְסוֹפָן לְהַעֲלוֹת דְּמֵיהֶן, יַעֲלוּ הֵן עַצְמָן וְיִקְרְבוּ. וּפְסַק הַהֲלָכָה, דִּבְכוֹר וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֶׁעָלוּ מִחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ תְּמִימִים לֹא יִקְרְבוּ, דִּכְתִיב (דברים יד) וְאָכַלְתָּ לִפְנֵי ה'‏ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְגוֹ'‏ מַעֲשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ תִּירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ, מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מַעֲלֶה מַעֲשֵׂר וְדָגָן אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה בְּכוֹר, וּמִמָּקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה מַעֲשַׂר דָּגָן, אֵין אַתָּה מַעֲלֶה בְּכוֹר. וּמַעֲשַׂר בְּהֵמָה נַמִּי אִתַּקַּשׁ לְמַעֲשַׂר דָּגָן:

Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020

ושאר כל הקדשים – even though a blemish befell them, they are in their sanctity, you need to redeem them and to elevate their monetary value and to offer them up., for since their end is to elevate their monetary value, they should raise them themselves and offer them up. But the legal decision is, that a firstling and a tithe that were pure that came up from outside the Land [of Israel] should not be offered up, as it is written (Deuteronomy 14:23): “You shall consume the tithes of your new grain and wine and oil, in the presence of the LORD your God,” from the place that you raise up tithes and grain, you raise up the firstling, and from the place that you don’t raise up the tithe of your new grain, you don’t raise up the firstling. And the tithe of cattle is also made an analogy to the tithe of your new grain.

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