The Mitzvah: The firstborn of both man and animal is sanctified to G-d (Exodus 13:2). Indeed, the first issue of the Children of Israel were consecrated in Egypt when they were spared as G-d struck down all the Egyptian firstborns (Numbers 8:17 ). The firstborn animals were presented to the kohen, priest who offered up […]
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