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בכורות 31:1
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Our Rabbis taught: And all of these if they repented must never be received. [These are] the words of R. Meir. R. Judah Says: If they repented only in secrecy, we must not receive them, but if publicly, they may be received. Some there are who say: If what they did was in secrecy, they may be received, but if publicly, they must not be received. But R. Simeon and R. Joshua b. Karha say: Both in the first case as in the other, they may be received because of what is said, Turn, O backsliding children. R. Isaac of Kefar Acco reported in the name of R. Johanan: The halachah is in accordance with the view of that pair. Our Rabbis taught: At first [the Sages] said: If a haber became a tax-collector he is expelled from the order. If he withdrew, he is not received [as a haber]. They subsequently declared: If he withdrew, he is regarded like any other person. The scholars required the teaching of R. Huna b. Hiyya. Rabbah and R. Joseph went in to him together with four hundred pairs of scholars. When he learnt that they were coming, he wreathed four hundred stools for them. Eventually they heard that he had become a tax-collector. Thereupon they sent him a message that he should adhere to his office. He went back to his former position, and sent back to them: ‘I have withdrawn’. R. Joseph did not go, but Rabbah went. R. Joseph said: We have learnt: If he withdrew from the office, he must not be received [as a haber]. Rabbah however says: We have learnt: They subsequently decided that if he withdrew, he is regarded like any other person. Our Rabbis taught: A man may examine all firstlings, except his own; he may examine his holy sacrifices and his animal tithes. He also allows himself to be asked with reference to his levitically prepared food. The master said: ‘A man may examine all firstlings except his own’. What are the circumstances? Shall I say that only one person [examines]? But is one person believed? Then we must suppose that three persons [examine]. But are three persons suspected [on his account]? Have we not learnt: If a woman made a declaration of protest or performed halizah before him [a scholar], the latter may marry her because he is of the Beth din? — I may still say it refers to one person and as R. Hisda reported in the name of R. Johanan elsewhere that it was a case of an individual expert, so also here it is the case of an individual expert [who examined the firstling]. ‘He may examine his holy sacrifices’, [the reason being] because if he wished, he could ask for their release [from a scholar]. And as regards ‘his [animal] tithes’, [the reason is] because if he wished, he could cast a blemish in the entire herd [of animals]. ‘He also allows himself to be asked with reference to his levitically prepared food’, [the reason being] because they are fit to eat during the period of his uncleanness. MISHNAH. THE PROFIT ON ALL DEDICATED OBJECTS WHICH BECAME UNFIT [FOR THE ALTAR] GOES TO THE SANCTUARY. THEY ARE SOLD IN A MARKET, SLAUGHTERED IN A MARKET AND WEIGHED BY THE POUND, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A FIRSTLING OR A TITHING ANIMAL, AS THEIR PROFIT GOES TO THE OWNERS. THE PROFIT ON DEDICATED OBJECTS WHICH BECAME UNFIT [FOR THE PURPOSE CONSECRATED] GOES TO THE SANCTUARY. YOU MUST WEIGH ONE PIECE OF MEAT OF THE FIRST-BORN AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF ORDINARY MEAT OF ASCERTAINED WEIGHT.
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