The dangling limb and flesh of a man are tahor. [If] the man dies: the flesh is tahor, the limb conveys tumah as a limb severed from a living person, but it does not convey tumah as a limb of a corpse; [these are] the words of R’ Meir, but R’ Shimon declares it tahor.

[The mitzvah of giving] the foreleg, the jaws, and the maw applies [both] in the Land and outside the Land, when the Temple exists and when the Temple does not exist, [and] to unconsecrated animals but not to consecrated animals. For it might have been argued: If unconsecrated animals, which are not subject to the [requirement to give the] breast and the thigh, are subject to the [requirement to give the] gifts — [then] consecrated animals, which are subject to the [requirement to give the] breast and the thigh, is it not logical that they be subject to the [requirement to give the] gifts? Therefore, Scripture states (Lev. 7:34): And I have given them to Aaron the Kohen and to his sons for an everlasting right — he has only what is mentioned in the section.

All consecrated animals that had a permanent blemish prior to their consecration, and they were redeemed — they are subject to [the law of] bechor and the gifts [due the Kohen], and they revert to mundane status [even] to [the extent that they may] be shorn and put to work, and their offspring and their milk are permissible after their redemption, and one who slaughters them outside [the Temple Courtyard] is not liable, and they do not effect temurah, and if they died [prior to their redemption] they may be redeemed, except for the bechoroffering and the maaser-offering. All [animals] whose consecration preceded their blemish, or whose temporary blemish [preceded] their consecration, and only after [their consecration] did they develop a permanent blemish, and they were redeemed — they are exempt from [the law of] bechor and from the gifts [due the Kohen], and they do not revert to mundane status to [the extent of being permitted to] be shorn and put to work, and their offspring and their milk are prohibited after their redemption, and one who slaughters them outside [the Temple Courtyard] is liable and they effect temurah, and if they died they must be buried.

[If] a firstborn [animal] became mingled with a hundred: In the case that a hundred people slaughter them all, we exempt them all; [if] one person slaughters them all, we exempt one for him. [If] one slaughters for a Kohen or for a gentile, he is exempt from the gifts, and [if] one makes a partnership with them, he must mark [the meat]. But if he says, ‘‘Except for the gifts,’’ he is exempt from the gifts. [If] he said, ‘‘Sell me the entrails of a cow,’’ and they contained the gifts, he must give them to the Kohen, but he does not deduct [them] from the price. [If] he bought [them] from him by weight, he must give them to the Kohen, and he deducts [them] from the price.

[If] one who converted owned a cow: [If] it was slaughtered before he converted, he is exempt; [if it was slaughtered] after he converted, he is obligated; [if] it is uncertain, he is exempt, because the burden of proof is on the one who seeks to exact payment from the other. Which is the foreleg? From the carpus to the shoulder blade, and that is the one of the nazir, and corresponding to that in the hind leg is the thigh. R’ Yehudah says: The thigh [is] from the heel joint to the knee joint. Which is [the] jaw? From the joint of the jaw until the opening of the trachea.

The [mitzvah of giving the] first of the fleece applies [both] in the Land and outside the Land, when the Temple exists and when the Temple does not exist, to unconsecrated animals but not to consecrated ones. The stringency of the [law of the] foreleg, the jaws, and the maw over the [law of the] first of the fleece is that the [law of the] foreleg, the jaws, and maw applies to cattle and to flocks, to many and to few, whereas the [law of the] first of the fleece applies only to sheep, and it applies only to many.

How many are [considered] many? Beis Shammai say: Two sheep, as it is stated (Isaiah 7:21): A man will sustain a calf and two sheep. Beis Hillel say: Five, as it is stated (I Sam. 25:18): Five prepared sheep. R’ Dosa ben Horkinas says: Five sheep, each of which is shorn of a maneh and a half, are subject to the [law of the] first of the fleece, but the Sages say: Five sheep that are shorn of any amount. How much must we give him? The weight of five selaim in Judea, which are the equivalent of ten selaim in Galilee, bleached but not dirty — enough to make a small garment out of it — as it is stated (Deuteronomy 18:4): You shall give to him — that there should be enough in it for a gift. [If] he did not manage to give it to him until he dyed it, he is exempt; [if] he bleached it but did not dye it, he is obligated. [If] one buys the fleece of a gentile’s sheep, he is exempt from the first of the fleece. [If] one buys the fleece of another’s sheep — if the seller left some over, the seller is obligated; [if] he did not leave [anything] over, the buyer is obligated. [If] he had two kinds, dark ones and white ones, and he sold him the dark ones but not the white ones, the males but not the females, this one must give for himself and that one must give for himself.

[The mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest applies [both] in the Land and outside the Land, when the Temple exists and when the Temple does not exist, to unconsecrated birds but not to consecrated ones. The stringency of [the mitzvah of] covering the blood over [the mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest is that [the mitzvah of] covering the blood applies to both beasts and fowl, whether at one’s disposal or not at one’s disposal, whereas [the mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest applies only to fowl, and it applies only to those not at one’s disposal. Which are those not at one’s disposal? Examples are geese or chickens that nested in the orchard; but if they nested in the house, and similarly, Herodian doves, he is exempt from sending away.

One is exempt from sending away a non-kosher bird. [If] a nonkosher bird sits on the eggs of a kosher bird, or [if] a kosher [bird] sits on the eggs of a nonkosher bird, one is exempt from sending [it] away. A male partridge — R’ Eliezer rules that one is obligated [to send it away], but the Sages exempt.