Kinnim 2:3-4

Kinnim 2:3

Let’s say that one woman had one set of birds, another had two sets, another had three, another four, another five, another six, and another had seven sets of birds. If one bird flew from the first set to the second, after which a bird flew from there to the third set, then a bird flew from there to the fourth set, and then one from there to the fifth, and from there to the sixth, and from there to the seventh, and then birds flew back in the same sequence, it disqualifies one bird every time one leaves and every time one returns. The result is that the first and second women have no birds left; the third woman has one set left; the fourth woman has two sets; the fifth, three; the sixth, four; and the seventh, six. If a bird once again flew from set to set and back, it disqualifies a bird through its departure and another bird through its return. Accordingly, the third and fourth women have no birds left; the fifth woman has one set, the sixth has two sets and the seventh has five sets. If it happens once again that a bird flew from set to set and back, it disqualifies a bird through its departure and another bird through its return. In this case, the fifth and the sixth women have no birds left and the seventh woman has four sets, though some say that the seventh loses nothing in this case. If a bird flew from a group of birds that were left to any of these sets, all the birds in those sets must be left to die.

Kinnim 2:4

Let’s say there was an undesignated set of birds and a designated set. If a bird flew from the undesignated set to the designated set, then a replacement must be added to the remaining bird. If a bird flew back, or if it initially flew from the designated set to the undesignated set, then all the birds must be left to die.