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ולדן וחלבן אסור לאחר פדיונן, והשוחטן בחוץ חייב. אין נותנין מהן לאומנין בשכרן — מה שאין כן בקדשי בדק הבית.
If animals consecrated for the altar became pregnant and then became blemished and gave birth after redemption, their offspring and their milk are forbidden after their redemption. And one who slaughters them outside the Temple courtyard is liable to receive karet. And the Temple treasurer does not give compensation to craftsmen from money designated for purchasing animals consecrated for the altar. And in all these instances, that is not so with regard to money consecrated for Temple maintenance.
יש בקדשי בדק הבית, שסתם הקדשות לבדק הבית, הקדש בדק הבית חל על הכל, ומועלין בגידוליהן, ואין בהן הנאה לבעלים.
There are elements that apply to items consecrated for Temple maintenance that do not apply to animals consecrated for the altar, in that unspecified consecrations are designated for Temple maintenance; consecration for Temple maintenance takes effect on all items; and one is liable to bring a guilt offering and pay an additional payment of 1/5th for misuse of consecrated property, not only for the items themselves, but for their by-products, e.g., milk of a consecrated animal or eggs of a consecrated chicken; and there is no benefit for the owner from items consecrated for Temple maintenance, in contrast to some animals consecrated for the altar, e.g., a peace offering, from which there is benefit for the owner.
גמ׳ וכללא הוא דכל קדשי מזבח עושין תמורה? והרי עופות דקדשי מזבח הן, ותנן: המנחות והעופות אין עושין תמורה! כי קתני — אבהמה.
Talmud: The Talmud questions the statement of the Mishnah that an item consecrated for the altar renders an animal exchanged for it a substitute: And is it an established principle that anything consecrated for the altar renders an animal exchanged for it a substitute? But there are offerings brought from birds, i.e., doves and pigeons, which are consecrated for the altar, and yet they do not render an animal exchanged for them a substitute, as we learned in a Mishnah (Temura 13a): Meal offerings and bird offerings do not render an animal exchanged for them a substitute. The Talmud responds: When this halakha of the Mishnah was taught, it was taught only with regard to animal offerings.