Talmud for Bekhorot 5:1
כָּל פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין (הֲנָאָתָן לַהֶקְדֵּשׁ), נִמְכָּרִין בָּאִטְלִיז (וְנִשְׁחָטִין בָּאִטְלִיז) וְנִשְׁקָלִין בְּלִטְרָא, חוּץ מִן הַבְּכוֹר וּמִן הַמַּעֲשֵׂר, שֶׁהֲנָיָתָן לַבְּעָלִים. פְּסוּלֵי הַמֻּקְדָּשִׁין הֲנָיָתָן לַהֶקְדֵּשׁ. וְשׁוֹקְלִין מָנֶה כְנֶגֶד מָנֶה בַּבְּכוֹר:
All disqualified sanctified animals may be sold in the butcher shop, (slaughtered in the butcher shop,) and weighed against standard weights, except for the firstborn and the tithe, for their benefit [goes] to their owners. The benefit of disqualified sanctified animals goes to the Temple. Regarding a firstborn, we weigh a portion against a [non-sacred] portion.
Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan
Rebbi Abba bar Mamal said, If there were somebody who would vote with me, I would permit to sell firstling meat by the pound36Mishnah Bekhorot 5:1. and I would permit to work on the intermediate days of the holiday37The prohibition has no explicit biblical basis.. They only forbade to sell firstling meat by the pound so it should be sold cheaply38This is clearly the thrust of the Mishnah. Even though the biblical text repeatedly declares the defective firstling as intrinsically profane, its meat is sold at premium prices because of its connection with sancta.; but they are tricky about it and selling it dearly. They only forbade to work on the intermediate days of the holiday so they should eat, and drink, and exert themselves in Torah; but they eat, and drink, and behave wantonly.
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