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״נדבה תעשה אתו״ — זה קדשי בדק הבית, ותנן: המקדיש תמימין לבדק הבית, אף על פי שהוא בלא תעשה — מה שעשה עשוי. תיובתא דרבא!
“Either a bull or a lamb that has anything too long or too short, that may you offer for a gift; but for a vow it should not be accepted” (Leviticus 22:23). This verse teaches that only blemished animals may be consecrated for Temple maintenance. And we learned in a baraita: With regard to one who consecrates unblemished animals for Temple maintenance, even though he has transgressed a prohibition, what he did is done. This is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.
אמר לך [רבא]: ממקום שנתרבו בעלי מומין לגבי מזבח, נתרבו תמימין לבדק הבית.
The Talmud explains that Rava could say to you: From the same place that it was derived earlier that blemished animals are included, i.e., that their consecration for sacrifice on the altar is effective after the fact, it is likewise derived that unblemished animals are included, that their consecration for Temple maintenance is effective. But in general, transgressions are not effective.
והרי גזל, דרחמנא אמר ״לא תגזול״, ותנן: הגוזל עצים ועשאן כלים, צמר ועשאן בגדים — משלם כשעת הגזילה, תיובתא דרבא!
The Talmud objects: But there is the case of robbery, with regard to which God states: “You should not oppress you neighbor, and you should not rob him” (Leviticus 19:13), and we learned in a Mishnah (Bava Kamma 93b): One who robs another of wood and fashions it into vessels, or one who robs another of wool and fashions it into garments, pays the victim according to the value of the goods at the time of the robbery, but he need not return the vessels or garments, since by changing the stolen items he acquired them. If he can acquire the stolen item, this is apparently a conclusive refutation of the opinion of Rava.