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  • 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 …

  • Chap 4, Mishna 1 How long should a small firstborn animal be raised before given to a priest?How long must a large firstborn animal be raised?Can the owner give the animal early if the priest asks?At what age is a …

  • Chap 3, Mishna 4, 5 Why does one clear hair from a firstborn animal’s neck?When is plucking the hair permitted?Why is using a tool prohibited?Can one benefit from hair shed by a blemished bechor?Is the wool permitted after slaughter?What is …

  • Chap 3, Mishna 3, 4 What if animal looks like a pig but seems to be young of a sheep?When is ewe’s future offspring exempted from being a bechor?When is animal merciful and nurses unrelated young?Is the pig-like animal kosher?What …

  • Chapter 3, Mishna 2, 3 Do we assume there’s a fetus in congealed mass of blood which ermerged from kosher domesticated animal?Does that mass prevent future offspring from being bechor?When does fetus have status of neveila?What if source of impurity …

  • Chap 3, Mishna 1, 2 What is relevance of which year goat triplets that have triplets are born?When does animal tithe apply?When are there enough offspring to be subject to tithe within first year of life?Does a murky discharge mean …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 6, Chap 3, Mishna 1 What is the bechor status of an animal born by caesarean section?What about the next offspring that is born naturally?When may the owner eat the animals?Are female animals considered firstborn?What does “firstborn …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5 What if a slain man is found between two towns?Do both towns bring a heifer?Can two towns be exactly the same distance from the slain man?What does “the nearest town” mean in this case?Why not …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 3, 4 When are offsprings owned by a gentile exempt from firstborn status?Why are the first offspring exempt but later offspring obligated?Why is a guaranteed investment from a Jew considered a loan?Why is the recipient’s additional profit …

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