
First Born Kosher Animals - Bechorim
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Verbally declaring its sanctification before it is born: Nedarim 13a
Attempting to sanctify a bechor for an offering: Temurah 25a
Status of the animal if a nochri is a joint owner: Pesachim 6a
Status of the animal of the owner is a nochri, but it is raised by a Jew who is [not] responsible for any depreciation: Bava Metzia 70b
Status of the animal if its mother was to be taken as part of the King's tithe: Pesachim 6a
Status of an animal if its mother had been sanctified for Temple use, and then the mother had become blemished and been redeemed: Temurah 10b, 33b
Need for Rabbinic accreditation of an Expert to examine a Blemish: Yoma 78a; Sanhedrin 5a-b
Whether an expert may examine a blemish without the Kohen who received the animal present: Temurah 8b
Bechor animals mixed up with Pesach Offerings: Pesachim 98a-b
What happens if one brings a bechor animal without intent for the right offering and right owner: Zevachim 7b
If the animal may not have been the true First-Born Kosher Animal: Bava Metzia 6b
A first-born kosher animal owned by a member of a city condemned for idolatry: Temurah 8a
Principle of Placing the Burden of Proof on the Claimant in demanding rights to the bechor: Nedarim 19a; Bava Metzia 6b; Temurah 8a
What if a kohen grabs an animal of doubtful bechor status: Bava Metzia 6b
Whether an animal which has had its value dedicated to the Temple before birth still gains the status of a bechor, or not: Temurah 10b
An animal owned by someone who might, and might not, be a Kohen: Temurah 8a
Declaring a first-born kosher animal to be a burnt offering while it is in utero, as a clever method to prevent it from gaining the status of a regular first-born kosher animal: Temurah 10b, 24b-25a
What happens if one declares a first-born fetus to be sanctified as a burnt offering in utero, and then it turns out to be an hermaphrodite, or an animal of indeterminate gender: Temurah 24b, 25a
What happens if one declares the fetus, in utero, to be a
A substitute for a first-born Kosher animal: Temurah 5b, 8b, 13b, 21a
Whether one may sell or redeem such a substitute animal for money: Temurah 5a-b, 8a, 21a
What happens to children of an animal which is substituted for a first-born Kosher animal: Temurah 21a-b
Whether a thief must pay an extra one-fifth if he first swears falsely that he did not steal an animal which has been substituted for a first-born animal: Temurah 8a-b
Status of a first-born Kosher animal which is more than a year old: Temurah 21b
The shelamim is considered holier than the bechor and maaser beheimah offerings, because of the way it is processed: Zevachim 11b; Rashi Zevachim 2a "Bechor"
Status of the temurah of a bechor: Zevachim 37b
Uses
Does the animal retain its sanctity even after it becomes blemished: Temurah 24a
The right of a kohen to a blemished bechor: Zevachim 37a-b
Skinning the animal as one would for a merchant [Margilin]: Temurah 24a
Whether the offering must be eaten within the walls of Jerusalem: Temurah 21b
Having a non-Kohen take part in consuming a blemished first-born Kosher animal, with a Kohen: Temurah 24a
The period of time for which the offering may be consumed: Temurah 21b
Counting an animal for Animal Tithing if it might be a First-Born Kosher Animal: Bava Metzia 7a
Use for the korban tamid: Pesachim 47b
Punishment for eating this animal, if one is not a Kohen: Makkot 17a
Ability of someone who might be a Kohen, to refuse to give the animal to a Kohen: Temurah 8a
What happens if someone blemishes an animal which has been substituted [temurah] for a bechor: Temurah 21a
Incinerating an entity woven of the hair of a first-born Kosher animal: Temurah 34a
Procedure in the Temple
Pouring the Blood on the Base of the Altar: Pesachim 64b; Zevachim 37a
Burning of some sections of the animal on the Altar: Pesachim 64b; Zevachim 37a; Keritot 4a
Sprinkling its blood, if it gets mixed in with blood from other offerings: Temurah 5b
Making a Blemish
People are [not] naturally careful about making a Blemish: Pesachim 11a-b
Allowing blood-letting for a sick animal in a way which will not cause a Blemish, because otherwise he will make a Blemish: Pesachim 11a-b
Allowing Hearsay Testimony that the Kohen didn't make the Blemish himself: Shabbat 145b
Who is credible to testify that the Blemish wasn't made by the Kohen: Shabbat 145b
Blemishing the first-born animal while it is still in utero: Temurah 24b
In the time of the Temple
A bechor which is brought from outside Israel: Bava Kama 12b; Temurah 8b, 21a-b
Rights of the Kohen to a bechor: Bava Kama 12b-13a; Temurah 7b-9a
Selling a bechor, before or after it is slaughtered: Bava Kama 12b-13a; Temurah 7b-9a
Not allowing a Kohen to sell an unblemished bechor to a non-Kohen, lest he appear to be doing so in order to receive later such animals from this person, which would be disgraceful, turning it into a business: Temurah 8b
When there is no Temple
Conducting the service for a First Born animal in the post-Temple era: Makkot 19a; Temurah 21a
Rights of the Kohen to a First-Born Kosher Animal: Bava Kama 12b-13a; Temurah 7b-9a
Selling a First-Born [Un-]blemished Kosher Animal, before or after it is slaughtered: Bava Kama 12b-13a; Temurah 7b-9a
What to do with a First-Born animal which had its blood sprinkled before the destruction of the Temple, but was not brought on the altar before the Temple was destroyed: Makkot 19a; Temurah 21a-b
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