Slaughter-blood of cattle, of beasts, or of fowl, whether unclean or clean; blood [shed as a result] of piercing; or blood [shed as a result] of tearing; or the blood of bloodletting, by which life escapes — they are liable for it. The blood of the spleen; the blood of the heart; the blood of eggs; the blood of fish; the blood of locusts; or the blood that oozes out — they are not liable for it. R’ Yehudah holds [one] liable for the blood that oozes out.

R’          Akiva holds [one] liable to an asham talui for a doubtful case of me’ilah, but the Sages exempt [him]. R’ Akiva agrees, however, that he does not bring his restitution until it becomes known to him, and he [then] accompanies it with the unconditional asham. Said R’ Tarfon: Why should this [person] bring two ashamos? Rather, let him bring restitution and its fifth, and let him bring an asham for two selaim and say, ‘‘If I am surely guilty of me’ilah, let this be my restitution and this my asham’’; and if it is doubtful, the money is a donation and the asham is an asham talui, for, from the [same] species from which he brings for an obligation of doubt, he brings for an obligation of certainty.

Replied R’ Akiva to him: Your words are acceptable in the case of a small me’ilah. [But] what if he is guilty of a doubtful case of me’ilah of one hundred maneh, is it not better for him that he bring an asham for two selaim and not bring a doubtful restitution of one hundred maneh? R’ Akiva [then] agrees with R’ Tarfon in the case of a small me’ilah. [If] a woman brought a bird chatas of doubt: If it became known to her before its neck was nipped that she had definitely given birth, she must make it an unconditional [chatas], for, from the [same] species from which she brings for an obligation of doubt, she brings for an obligation of certainty.

[If there was] a piece of ordinary [meat] and a piece of sanctified [meat], [if] he ate one of them, but it is not known which of them he ate — he is exempt. R’ Akiva holds [him] liable to an asham talui. [If] he ate the second [piece], he must bring an unconditional asham. [If] one [person] ate the first [piece], and another [person] came and ate the second [piece] — this one must bring an asham talui, and that one must bring an asham talui; [these are] the words of R’ Akiva. R’ Shimon says: They both bring one asham. R’ Yose says: Two do not bring one asham.