Bechoros 25
Oct 19, 2026 · 36 min · 8 segments
1\. Trimming off the black hair tips of a פרה אדומה 2\. Hair of a בכור בעל מום which fell out, and the bechor was then shechted, or died
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Oct 19, 2026 · 36 min · 8 segments
1\. Trimming off the black hair tips of a פרה אדומה 2\. Hair of a בכור בעל מום which fell out, and the bechor was then shechted, or died
He says by the Bechor to Dinim.
Firstly, even though there is a prohibition of shearing the hair of the Bechor, you can pluck the hair with your hands for two purposes.
One, to shecht it.
That's easier.
If you get rid of the hair, the knife can go straight to the skin.
And another thing is to inspect a blemish.
Let's say there is a blemish.
You can't really see it well.
If you can remove the hair, you can see it better.
In both of those cases, it's okay to pluck the hair according to him.
We don't know why it's okay.
There are two main ways to explain why it's okay.
One way to explain it is because plucking the hair with your hand is not the prohibition of shearing the wool.
Another way of explaining it is because your intention here isn't to get the hair.
Your intention is to or to inspect the blemish, and that's in something unintentional, which is okay.
What is one area where the reasoning behind Rabi Yosef and Moshulam will make a difference? It is on Yom Tov.
So if you're saying the reason why the plucking of the hair is okay is because it's Dabashim Rikav and your intention here is not to pluck the hair but to make it easy to sheikh to inspect the blemish, so the same parallel case on Yom Tov, you want to sheikh the animal, so you want to pluck the hair to get a better angle to sheikh the animal, that'll also be okay.
If you say the reason is because plucking the hair is not considered shearing, that doesn't really help you vis-a-vis Yom Tov.
But we learned at the end of Daff 24, Rav says two things.
He says by the Bechor to Dinim.
Firstly, even though there is a prohibition of shearing the hair of the Bechor, you can pluck the hair with your hands for two purposes.
One, to shecht it.
That's easier.
If you get rid of the hair, the knife can go straight to the skin.
And another thing is to inspect a blemish.
Let's say there is a blemish.
You can't really see it well.
If you can remove the hair, you can see it better.
In both of those cases, it's okay to pluck the hair according to him.
We don't know why it's okay.
There are two main ways to explain why it's okay.
One way to explain it is because plucking the hair with your hand is not the prohibition of shearing the wool.
Another way of explaining it is because your intention here isn't to get the hair.
Your intention is to or to inspect the blemish, and that's in something unintentional, which is okay.
What is one area where the reasoning behind Rabi Yosef and Moshulam will make a difference? It is on Yom Tov.
So if you're saying the reason why the plucking of the hair is okay is because it's Dabashim Rikav and your intention here is not to pluck the hair but to make it easy to sheikh to inspect the blemish, so the same parallel case on Yom Tov, you want to sheikh the animal, so you want to pluck the hair to get a better angle to sheikh the animal, that'll also be okay.
If you say the reason is because plucking the hair is not considered shearing, that doesn't really help you vis-a-vis Yom Tov.
But we learned at the end of Daff 24, Rav says two things.
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