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כֵּיצַד מְבַטְּלָהּ, קָטַע רֹאשׁ אָזְנָהּ, רֹאשׁ חָטְמָהּ, רֹאשׁ אֶצְבָּעָהּ, פְּחָסָהּ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא חִסְּרָהּ, בִּטְּלָהּ. רָקַק בְּפָנֶיהָ, הִשְׁתִּין בְּפָנֶיהָ, גְּרָרָהּ, וְזָרַק בָּהּ אֶת הַצּוֹאָה, הֲרֵי זוֹ אֵינָהּ בְּטֵלָה. מְכָרָהּ אוֹ מִשְׁכְּנָהּ, רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, בִּטֵּל. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, לֹא בִטֵּל:

How does he nullify it? If he cuts off the tip of its ear, the tip of its nose, the tip of its finger; if he defaced it, [i.e., if he mashed it with a mallet until it were defaced], even if he did not diminish it, it is nullified. If he spat in its face, or urinated before it, or dragged it [in the mud] or threw excrement at it, it is not nullified, [his anger having bested him — until he worships it again.] If he sold or pawned it — Rebbi says he has nullified it; but the sages say he has not nullified it. [They argue in the instance of his selling it to a gentile; but if he sold it to a Jewish goldsmith, all agree that it is nullified. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.]

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