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Mishnah Menachot 13:9: “This ox shall be an olah” and it becomes blemished - if he wants he may bring two with its [redemption] money. “These two oxen are for an olah” and they become blemished - if he wants he may bring one ox with their [redemption] money. Rabbi [Yehudah Hanasi] forbids it. “This ram shall be an olah” and it becomes blemished - if he wants he may bring a lamb with its [redemption] money. “This lamb shall be an olah” and it becomes blemished - if he wants he may bring a ram with its [redemption] money; Rabbi [Yehudah Hanasi] forbids it. One who says, “One of my lambs shall be sanctified,” or “one of my oxen shall be sanctified,” and he had only two, the larger one is sanctified. If he had three, the middle one is sanctified. “I specified one but I do not know which I specified,” or [if he said,] “My father told me [that he had specified one] but I do not know which” - the largest one among them is sanctified.

שור זה עולה, ונסתאב, אם רצה יביא בדמיו שנים. שני שורים אלו עולה, ונסתאבו, אם רצה יביא בדמיהם אחד. רבי אוסר. איל זה עולה, ונסתאב, אם רצה יביא בדמיו כבש. כבש זה עולה, ונסתאב, אם רצה יביא בדמיו איל. רבי אוסר. האומר: אחד מכבשי הקדש, ואחד משורי הקדש, היו לו שנים, הגדול שבהן הקדש, שלשה, הבינוני שבהן הקדש. פרשתי ואיני יודע מה פרשתי, או שאמר: אמר לי אבא ואיני יודע מה, הגדול שבהן הקדש.

Mishnah Menachot 13:10: “I take upon myself an olah” - he must offer it in the Temple. And if he offered it in the Temple of Onias (A temple made by Onias in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis, contemporary with the Second Temple in Jerusalem), he has not fulfilled his obligation. “I take upon myself to offer an olah but I will offer it in the Temple of Onias” - he must offer it in the Temple, yet if he offered it in the Temple of Onias he has fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Shimon says: this is not an olah. “I will be a Nazirite” - he must shave in the Temple. And if he shaved in the Temple of Onias he has not fulfilled his obligation. "[I will be a Nazirite on the condition] that I will shave in the Temple of Onias” - he must shave in the Temple, but if he shaved in the Temple of Onias he has fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Shimon says: this one is not a Nazirite. The priests who served in the Temple of Onias may not serve in the Temple in Jerusalem; and needless to say [this is so of priests who served] something else [a euphemism for idolatry]; for it is said, “The priests of the shrines, however, did not ascend the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. But they did eat unleavened bread along with their kinsmen” (II Kings 23:9). Thus they are like those that had a blemish: they are entitled to share and eat [of the holy things] but they are not permitted to offer sacrifices.

הרי עלי עולה, יקריבנה במקדש. ואם הקריבה בבית חוניו, לא יצא. שאקריבנה בבית חוניו, יקריבנה במקדש. ואם הקריבה בבית חוניו, יצא. רבי שמעון אומר: אין זו עולה. הריני נזיר, יגלח במקדש. ואם גלח בבית חוניו, לא יצא. שאגלח בבית חוניו, יגלח במקדש. ואם גלח בבית חוניו, יצא. רבי שמעון אומר: אין זה נזיר. הכהנים ששמשו בבית חוניו, לא ישמשו במקדש בירושלים, ואין צריך לומר לדבר אחר, שנאמר (מלכים ב כג) אך לא יעלו כהני הבמות אל מזבח יי בירושלים כי אם אכלו מצות בתוך אחיהם. הרי הם כבעלי מומין, חולקין ואוכלין, אבל לא מקריבין.

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