Mishnayos Bechoros Perek 5 Mishnah 6
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In the case of one who slaughters a firstborn animal and sells its meat, and it was discovered that he did not initially show it to one of the Sages, the halakha is that it was actually prohibited to derive any benefit from the meat. In that case, what the buyers ate, they ate, and the Sages penalized the seller in that he must return the money to them, which they paid for the meat that they ate. And with regard to that which they did not eat, that meat must be buried, and he must return the money that they paid for the meat that they did not eat. And likewise, in the case of one who slaughters a cow and sells it, and it was discovered that it is a tereifa, what the buyers ate, they ate, and what they did not eat, they must return the meat to the seller, who may sell it to a gentile or feed it to the dogs, and he must return the money to the buyers. If the buyers sold it to gentiles or cast it to the dogs, they pay the seller the value of a tereifa, which is less than the value of kosher meat, and the seller refunds the balance to the buyers.
הַשּׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַבְּכוֹר (וּמְכָרוֹ) וְנוֹדַע שֶׁלֹּא הֶּרְאָהוּ, מַה שֶּׁאָכְלוּ אָכְלוּ וְהוּא יַחֲזִיר לָהֶם אֶת הַדָּמִים. וּמַה שֶׁלֹּא אָכְלוּ, הַבָּשָׂר יִקָּבֵר וְהוּא יַחֲזִיר לָהֶם אֶת הַדָּמִים. וְכֵן הַשּׁוֹחֵט אֶת הַפָּרָה וּמְכָרָהּ וְנוֹדַע שֶׁהִיא טְרֵפָה, מַה שֶׁאָכְלוּ אָכְלוּ וְיַחֲזִיר לָהֶם אֶת הַדָּמִים. וּמַה שֶּׁלֹּא אָכְלוּ, הֵן יַחֲזִירוּ לוֹ אֶת הַבָּשָׂר וְהוּא יַחֲזִיר לָהֶם אֶת הַדָּמִים. מְכָרוּהוּ לַנָּכְרִים אוֹ הִטִּילוּהוּ לַכְּלָבִים, יְשַׁלְּמוּ לוֹ דְמֵי הַטְּרֵפָה:
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השוחט את הבכור. ומכר מבשרו ונודע לנו שלא הראהו לחכם:
מה שאכלו. הלוקחים אכלו:
ויחזיר להם את הדמים. משום קנס. שהאכילם בשר איסור:
מכרוהו. הלוקחים לנכרי, הואיל ולא גרם להם איסורא, ישלמו לו דמי טריפה כמו שהיא נמכרת בזול, והוא יחזיר להם את המותר. וגבי בכור לא תני מכרוהו לנכרי, דבכור תמים אסור בהנאה:
השוחט את הבכור – and sold from its flesh and it became known to us that he had not shown it to a Sage.
מה שאכלו – those who purchase its food.
ויחזיר להם את הדמים – because of a fine. That he fed them forbidden flesh/meat.
מכרוהו – those who purchase it for a heathen, since he did not cause them the prohibition, they will pay him the cost of the torn animal, like it is sold cheaply, and he will return to them the remainder. But regarding a firstling, it is not taught, “they sold it to heathens,” for from a pure firstling is prohibited to derive benefit.