We begin with a reminder about what would disqualify a bird from sacrifice. One of the disqualifies is bestiality - if someone sexually interfered with a bird. The rabbis connect the notion of corruption with idol worship.
The rabbis consider other issues of uncertainty. They ask about stringency regarding the age of an animal to be sacrificed. What of a ram who is between one year and thirteen months old? Similarly, the rabbis ask about whether or not one might eat matza that was not completely unleavened and still fill the mitzvah of eating unleavened bread.
At the end of our mitzvah we are introduced to a new Mishna. It tells us that what is fit in a red heifer is unfit in a heifer whose neck is broken. As well, what is fit in a heifer whose neck is broken is unfit in a red heifer.
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