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3 to remember · Bekhorot 19 · בכורות י״ט
Bekhorot 19: three things to remember
- Rabbi Akiva rules that neither a caesarean offspring nor its subsequent sibling is sanctified, because a firstborn must satisfy both conditions.
- Rabbi Akiva holds that uterine discharge or afterbirth exempts subsequent births from bechor status, even before an animal delivers a live offspring.
- The Rabbis rely even on statistical majorities, permitting minor orphans to enter levirate marriage without fearing they are sterile.