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הכי קאמר: מקדישין איברין וממירין בהן, אבל לא ממירין בהן, ועוברים שקדשו במעי אמן אין ממירין בהן.
R' Zeira answered that this is what the Mishnah is saying: One consecrates certain animal’s limbs, and the sanctity extends to the entire animal. And therefore, one substitutes these animals despite the fact that he initially consecrated only the limbs. But one does not substitute the limbs alone of non-sacred animals for consecrated animals or their limbs, since sanctity cannot be transferred to a limb through substitution. And as for fetuses that were consecrated in their mother’s womb through consecration of the mother, one does not substitute for them as long as they are in their mother’s womb. In other words, the clause of this Mishnah that refers to consecration is not referring to fetuses at all.
בולדי קדשים, במעי אמן — הוא דלא עבדין תמורה, הא אבראי — עבדי. והא תנן: אין הוולדות עושין תמורה! הא מני? רבי יהודה היא.
R' Yirmeya objected: If the Mishnah is referring to the offspring of sacrificial animals, and it is teaching that it is only when they are in their mother’s womb that one may not render a substitute for them, one can infer that once they are outside their mother’s womb, one can render a substitute for them. But didn’t we learn in the next Mishnah that the offspring born of a consecrated animal do not render a non-sacred animal exchanged for them a substitute? R' Zeira answered: In accordance with whose opinion is this Mishnah? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, who disagrees and maintains that one can substitute for the offspring.
אי רבי יהודה, אברין מי קדשי? הא לרבי יהודה לית ליה האומר ״רגלה של זו עולה״ — כולה עולה!
R' Yirmeya objected: If the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, one encounters a difficulty. According to R' Yehuda, are limbs consecrated in this manner, in that the sanctity extends to the whole animal? But R' Yehuda does not accept that if one says: The hind leg of this animal is a burnt offering, the entire animal is a burnt offering.