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וחכמים אוסרין, דברי רבי יהודה. אמר לו רבי יוסי: לא בזה התיר עקביא בן מהללאל, אלא שער בעל מום שנשר והניחו בחלון ואחר כך מת — בזה עקביא בן מהללאל מתיר וחכמים אוסרין.
and the Rabbis deem its use prohibited; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R' Yosei said to him: It was not with regard to that case that Akavya ben Mahalalel deemed use of the wool permitted. Rather, it was in the case of the hair of a blemished firstborn animal that shed from the animal which one placed in a compartment and after that the animal died. It was in that case that Akavya ben Mahalalel deems use of the wool permitted, and the Rabbis deem its use prohibited even after its death.
צמר המדולדל בבכור, את שנראה עם הגיזה — מותר, ואת שאינו נראה עם הגיזה — אסור.
With regard to wool that is dangling from a firstborn animal, i.e., which was not completely shed, that which appears to be part of the fleece is permitted when the animal is shorn after its death, and that which does not appear to be part of the fleece is prohibited.
גמ׳ מכלל דאסר, השתא במת — שרי, שחטו מיבעיא?
Talmud: R' Yosei’s statement, that it was not with regard to the case where the animal was slaughtered that Akavya ben Mahalalel deemed use of the wool permitted, apparently indicates by inference that Akavya ben Mahalalel deemed use of the wool prohibited if the animal was slaughtered. This is difficult: Now that it has been taught that use of the detached wool of a dead firstborn is permitted, despite the fact that the attached hair must be buried, is it necessary to teach that detached wool is permitted in a case where one slaughtered the animal, where the use of the attached hair is permitted?
אלא, לא בזה התיר עקביא וחכמים אוסרין, שחטו — דברי הכל שרי, כי פליגי במת.
Rather, R' Yosei means that it was not in that case that Akavya deemed use of the detached wool permitted while the Rabbis deem it prohibited, since if he slaughtered the animal, everyone agrees that use of the wool is permitted. They disagree in a case where the detached wool came from a dead animal that was not slaughtered.