Commentary for Avodah Zarah 54:10

ומאי ה"ל למימר (ויקרא יח, ה) וחי בהם ולא שימות בהם

Now, what is it that he might have said? “He shall live by them,” (Leviticus 18:5) but not die by them.

Ben Dama could have responded to R. Ishmael that the Torah demands that one live through observance of the mitzvoth, not die by them.

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