Is it permissible to substitute the slaughtered votive calf—after the shop is sold—with money given to the poor, and should the annual votive sheep, previously vowed for the shop, continue to be slaughtered after its sale?
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A specific vow must be fulfilled if the one who made the vow is able to fulfill it. It is not permissible to substitute the slaughter of a calf with distributing its price as long as she is capable of fulfilling the original vow. As for the vow to slaughter a sheep, if it was conditional upon a reason and that reason has ceased to exist, then it is not obligatory to continue with it. But if the vow was unconditional, then it is obligatory to slaughter a sheep every year.
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