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Rabbi Shimon says that the meat of a red heifer that was slaughtered properly is susceptible to becoming ritually impure with the ritual impurity of food, even though it is prohibited to partake of it in its current state, since it had a time when it was fit to be eaten. And in explanation of when it was fit to be eaten, Reish Lakish says: Rabbi Shimon would say that a red heifer may be redeemed even while it is upon its arrangement of wood.
Rabba concedes however the case of a red heifer is different, since it is of great monetary value. Therefore, to avoid a great loss, the court makes a stipulation despite its being an uncommon case.
We explore the notion of bringing cows heifers other animals reminding the divine of the sin of the golden calf yet midrashically interacting “let the mother come and clean the calf’s poop, or let the father come and clean the child” How do we read these parables midrashically and mystically.