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הַכֹּל מְמִירִים, אֶחָד אֲנָשִׁים וְאֶחָד נָשִׁים. לֹא שֶׁאָדָם רַשַּׁאי לְהָמִיר, אֶלָּא, שֶׁאִם הֵמִיר — מוּמָר, וְסֹפֵג אֶת הָאַרְבָּעִים.
הַכֹּהֲנִים מְמִירִים אֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְמִירִים אֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם. אֵין הַכֹּהֲנִים מְמִירִים, לֹא בַחַטָּאת וְלֹא בָאָשָׁם וְלֹא בַבְּכוֹר. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי: וְכִי מִפְּנֵי מָה אֵין מְמִירִין בַּבְּכוֹר? אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם מַתָּנָה לַכֹּהֵן, וְהַבְּכוֹר מַתָּנָה לַכֹּהֵן, מַה חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם אֵין מְמִירִין בּוֹ, אַף הַבְּכוֹר לֹא יְמִירֶנּוּ בוֹ. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי: מַה לִי אֵינוֹ מֵמִיר בַּחַטָּאת וּבָאָשָׁם שֶׁאֵין זָכִין בָּהֶן בְּחַיֵּיהֶם, תֹּאמַר בַּבְּכוֹר שֶׁזָּכִין בּוֹ בְּחַיָּיו. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא: וַהֲלֹא כְבָר נֶאֱמַר: ”וְהָיָה־הוּא וּתְמוּרָתוֹ יִהְיֶה־קֹּדֶש”, הֵיכָן קְדֻשָּׁה חָלָה עָלָיו — בְּבֵית הַבְּעָלִים, אַף תְּמוּרָה בְּבֵית הַבְּעָלִים.
All [people] can make a temurah, both men and women. [This is] not [to say] that one is permitted to perform a temurah act, rather, that if he did perform a temurah act, it is effective, and he receives forty [lashes]. Kohanim can make a temurah with [offer- ings] of their own, and Yisraelim can make a temurah with [offerings] of their own. [However,] Kohanim cannot make a temurah with a chatas, with an asham, or with a bechor. R’ Yochanan ben Nuri said: But why can [the Kohen] not make a temurah with a bechor? R’ Akiva said to him: A chatas and an asham [are] gifts to the Kohen, and a bechor [is] a gift to the Kohen; just like [the Kohen] cannot make a temurah with a chatas or an asham, so too he should not [be able to] make a temurah with a bechor. R’ Yochanan ben Nuri said to [R’ Akiva]: What [difference does it make] to me that [the Kohen] cannot make a temu- rah with a chatas or asham, in which [the Kohanim] receive no rights during [the animal’s] lifetime; will you say [the same] with regard to a bechor, in which [the Kohanim] do receive rights during its lifetime? R’ Akiva said to him: But it has already been stated: then it and its substitute shall be holy. Where did sanctity devolve upon [the original sacrifice]? In the owner’s house; so too, a temurah [act is effective only when the original offering] is in the owner’s house.
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