In the last Mishnah, we spoke about an Olah (burnt offering), which could only be brought from male animals. Here we’ll talk about somebody who vows to bring a Shelamim (peace offering) or Todah (thanksgiving offering), which could be brought from both male and female animals. The Mishnah says: Somebody says, “I accept upon myself to bring a Todah or a Shelamim,” but does not specify what type of animal they want to bring. They have to bring a lamb. A lamb is the smallest type of animal fit for a Todah or a Shelamim. They can also bring a Kivsah, which is a female lamb. They can bring one of the two.
Somebody says, “I specified in my swear to bring a Todah or a Shelamim from Bakar, from cattle, but I don’t remember which type of cattle I wanted to bring it from.” They have to bring all three: a bull, a cow, a male calf, and a female calf. Since a Todah and a Shelamim could be brought from both male and female animals, they have to bring one of each gender and one of each age category, the young and the old, in order to fulfill this swear. He has to bring all possibilities. If somebody says, “I made a swear to bring a Todah or a Shelamim from an animal, but I don’t know which animal I specified,” Yavi, he has to bring all the possibilities, male and female: a bull and a cow, a male calf and a female calf, a ram and a rachel, which is a female ram, a male kid and a female kid, a male goat and a female goat, and a male lamb and a female lamb. All of these would be the 12 possibilities that fit within this type of Korban (offering). So he has to bring every one so that he definitely fulfills his obligation.