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יורה דעה שכ״אYoreh De'ah 321

Siman 321 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 23 se'ifim

הלכות פטר חמורThe First Birth of a Donkey· siman 321

Se’if 1א׳

בְּכוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה נוֹהֵג בְּכָל מָקוֹם וּבְכָל זְמַן. וְאֵינוֹ נוֹהֵג אֶלָּא בַּחֲמוֹרִים. וְזֶה מִצְוָתוֹ, שֶׁכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֲמוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְּרָה פּוֹדֵהוּ בְּשֶׂה מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים אוֹ מִן הָעִזִּים, בֵּין זָכָר בֵּין נְקֵבָה, בֵין תָּם בֵּין בַּעַל מוּם, בֵּין גָּדוֹל בֵּין קָטָן, וְיִתְּנֶנּוּ לְכֹהֵן. וּמֵאֵימָתַי חַיָּב לִפְדּוֹתוֹ, מִשֶּׁיִּוָּלֵד עַד שֶׁיָּמוּת, אֶלָּא שֶׁמִּצְוָה לִפְדּוֹתוֹ מִיָּד, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁהוֹת הַמִּצְוָה. וּלְאַחֵר שֶׁיִּפְדֶּנּוּ הוּא חֻלִּין גְּמוּרִים, וּמֻתָּר בְּגִזָּה וַעֲבוֹדָה כִּשְׁאָר חֻלִּין. וְהַכֹּהֵן יַעֲשֶׂה גַּם כֵּן בַּשֶּׂה כְּמוֹ בִּשְׁאָר חֻלִּין.

The firstborn of an unclean animal applies in every place and at every time. And it applies only to donkeys. And this is its mitzvah: that every Israelite who has a she-donkey that bore its first redeems it with a lamb from the sheep or from the goats, whether male or female, whether unblemished or blemished, whether large or small, and gives it to a priest. And from when is he liable to redeem it? From when it is born until it dies; but the mitzvah is to redeem it immediately, so as not to delay the mitzvah. And after he redeems it, it is wholly unconsecrated, and permitted in shearing and in work like any other unconsecrated animal. And the priest too does with the lamb as with any other unconsecrated animal.

Se’if 2ב׳

אֵין פּוֹדִין לֹא בְּעֵגֶל וְלֹא בְּחַיָּה וְלֹא בְּשֶׂה שָׁחוּט וְלֹא בִּטְרֵפָה וְלֹא בְּכִלְאַיִם וְלֹא בְּכוֹי.

One does not redeem with a calf, nor with a wild animal, nor with a slaughtered lamb, nor with a tereifah (an animal with a fatal defect), nor with kilayim (an animal born of two kinds crossed together), nor with a koy (a beast whose status, whether domestic or wild, is in doubt).

Se’if 3ג׳

אֵין פּוֹדִין בְּשֶׂה הַדּוֹמֶה לְמִין אַחֵר; וְאִם פָּדָה, פָּדוּי וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּאִם פָּדָה בּוֹ הָוֵי סָפֵק (טוּר בְּשֵׁם הָרֹא"שׁ).

One does not redeem with a lamb that resembles another kind; and if he redeemed, it is redeemed. And some say that if he redeemed with it, it is a doubt (Tur in the name of the Rosh).

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