Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 1:5

אֵין פּוֹדִים לֹא בָעֵגֶל, וְלֹא בַחַיָּה, וְלֹא בַשְּׁחוּטָה, וְלֹא בַטְּרֵפָה, וְלֹא בַכִּלְאַיִם, וְלֹא בַכּוֹי. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר מַתִּיר בַּכִּלְאַיִם מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא שֶׂה, וְאוֹסֵר בַּכּוֹי מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא סָפֵק. נְתָנוֹ לַכֹּהֵן, אֵין הַכֹּהֵן רַשַּׁאי לְקַיְּמוֹ עַד שֶׁיַּפְרִישׁ שֶׂה תַחְתָּיו:

One may redeem neither with a calf, nor with an undomesticated animal, nor with a slaughtered animal, nor with a <i>treifah</i> [animal which cannot live another 12 months], or with a mixed species [i.e., from sheep and goat parents], nor with a <i>koi</i> [animal of ambiguous status, exhibiting characteristics of wild and domesticated animals]. Rabbi El'azar permits [redeeming] with a mixed species because it is still [considered] a lamb; But he forbids a <i>koi</i>, because it is of doubtful [status]. If one gives a donkey to a priest, the priest does not have permission to keep it, until [the priest] separates a lamb for it.

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