Chasidut for Zevachim 231:8
ומאחר דנפקא לן מאתך לחיות זרע למה לי מהו דתימא אתך לצותא בעלמא אפי' זקן אפילו סריס קמשמע לן:
Were there then clean and unclean [animals] at that time?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before the Torah was given.');"><sup>11</sup></span> - Said R'Samuel B'Nahmani in R'Jonathan's name: [It means] of those with which no sin had been committed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those which had mated only with their kind.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Pri Tzadik
וישמע יתרו: the portion dealing with יתרו comes before the giving of the Torah. There is a discussion whether יתרו's portion came before or after the giving of the Torah. If the portion of יתרו came before, we need to understand why the whole giving of the Torah was prefaced with the story of יתרו.
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