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תני רבי חייא לסיועי לרבי יהושע בן לוי: ״אם כשב הוא מקריב״ — ולד ראשון קרב, ולד שני אינו קרב.
§ R' Ḥiyya teaches a baraita to support the opinion of R' Yehoshua ben Levi, that all agree that the offspring of the offspring of a peace offering is not sacrificed: The verse states: “If he sacrifices a lamb for his offering, then should he present it before YHWH” (Leviticus 3:7). Two limitations are derived from this verse: The word “lamb” indicates that the first offspring, i.e., the offspring of the peace offering, is sacrificed, but the second offspring, i.e., the offspring of the offspring, is not sacrificed.
הוא — קרב, ואין ולד כל הקדשים קרב.
In addition, the word “he [hu]” is interpreted as referring to the offspring of the peace offering rather than the owner, as it is obvious from the context that the owner is sacrificing the animal and the word would be unnecessary if written only for that purpose. Therefore, it teaches that the offspring of a peace offering is sacrificed, but the offspring of all other sacrificial animals is not sacrificed. This indicates that even those rabbis who rule that the offspring of a peace offering is sacrificed agree that the offspring of the offspring is not sacrificed.
ולד דמאי? אי דעולה ואשם — זכרים הם, ולא בני ולד הם. אי דחטאת — הילכתא גמירי לה דלמיתה אזלא.
The Talmud clarifies the second limitation, that the offspring of other sacrificial animals is not sacrificed: The offspring of which type of offering is referred to here? If it is referring to that of a burnt offering or guilt offering, they are male and therefore not capable of giving birth to offspring. If it is referring to the offspring of a sin offering, the verse is unnecessary, as the rabbis learned this halakha as a tradition that it is left to die and may not be offered.