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בעלי מומין יפדו״, ומוקמינן לה בשקדם הקדישן את מומן, שמע מינה פודין את הקדשים להאכילן לכלבים!
that blemished animals can be redeemed; and we established that according to Reish Lakish, the baraita is dealing with animals whose consecrations preceded their blemishes, which means that although the animal has inherent sanctity because it was consecrated when unblemished, nevertheless it can be redeemed; let us conclude from the baraita that one may redeem sacrificial animals in order to feed them to dogs.
הכא במאי עסקינן? בשעבר ושחטן.
The Talmud rejects this suggestion: One cannot arrive at this conclusion from the baraita, since when the baraita states that the animals died it is not referring to deaths due to natural causes. Rather, what are we dealing with here? With a case where one transgressed the prohibition against slaughtering the blemished animals and slaughtered them before they were redeemed, an act that nevertheless renders them permitted for human consumption after redemption.
כדתניא: כל הקדשים שנפל בהן מום, ושחטן, רבי מאיר אומר: יקברו, וחכמים אומרים: יפדו.
As it is taught in a baraita: With regard to all sacrificial animals that developed a blemish and one slaughtered them, R' Meir says that they should be buried, as he holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon that animals consecrated for the altar were included in the halakha of standing and valuation and must be buried if they died. And the Rabbis say: Since an animal consecrated for the altar is not included in the halakha of standing and valuation, even if one slaughtered it, it can be redeemed.
אמר ליה רבי ירמיה לרבי זירא: לרבי שמעון, דאמר: קדשי בדק הבית לא היו בכלל העמדה והערכה, אמאי תמימים יקברו? משום דחזו להקרבה.
R' Yirmeya further said to R' Zeira: According to R' Shimon, who said that animals consecrated for Temple maintenance were not included in the halakha of standing and valuation and are redeemed if they died, why does he state, in the last baraita cited earlier, that unblemished animals consecrated for Temple maintenance should be buried and not redeemed? R' Zeira responds: It is because they are fit for sacrifice upon the altar.