Sheviis 7:4 — Occasionally Selling Forbidden Things

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Occasionally Selling Forbidden Things

שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא אֻמָּנוּתוֹ בְכָךְ
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Mishnah שביעית ז׳:ד׳ · Sheviis 7:4
לָקַח בְּכוֹר לְמִשְׁתֵּה בְנוֹ אוֹ לָרֶגֶל וְלֹא צָרִיךְ לוֹ,
מֻתָּר לְמָכְרוֹ.
צָדֵי חַיָּה עוֹפוֹת וְדָגִים
שֶׁנִּזְדַּמְּנוּ לָהֶם מִינִים טְמֵאִין,
מֻתָּרִים לְמָכְרָן.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר,
אַף מִי שֶׁנִּתְמַנָּה לוֹ לְפִי דַרְכּוֹ,
לוֹקֵחַ וּמוֹכֵר,
וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא אֻמָּנוּתוֹ בְכָךְ.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹסְרִין:
[If] he bought a firstborn animal for his son's feast or for the festival, and does not need it,
he is permitted to sell it.
Trappers of wild animals, birds, and fish
who happened upon impure species,
are permitted to sell them.
Rabbi Yehuda says:
even one to whom [such a thing] came about in his ordinary course,
may buy and sell [it],
provided that this is not his trade.
But the Chachamim forbid [it]:

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