Chap 4, Mishna 2 – 6

How long may you keep a firstborn if it develops a blemish in its first year?
Can the owner keep it for another thirty days after the first year?
What if the blemish develops after the first year?
What if a firstborn develops a blemish fifteen days before its year ends?
How many days may the owner keep it after the year ends?
Can a firstborn be slaughtered before an expert examines its blemish?
What happens if a non-expert approves the blemish?
What does Rabbi Yehuda say about blemishes on the eye?
Why is the animal prohibited if its blemish cannot change?
Why might the animal need to be buried?
What happens if the blemish is on the cornea?
Do all Sages agree that this type of blemish is problematic?
What happens when a non-expert rules that a bechor has a blemish?
Why is losing a bull considered a greater loss than losing a sheep or goat?
What happens when a judge wrongly rules against an innocent person?
What does it mean to exempt a liable person?
How can a judge make a pure item impure, and vice versa?
What happens when impure produce is mixed with pure produce?
Why is the judge responsible for the resulting loss?
Why can an expert take wages for examining a blemished animal?
Why can he also take wages for examining an unblemished animal?
What might people suspect if he is paid only for finding blemishes?

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