Commentary for Bava Batra 239:11

אמר ליה רבה זוטי לרב אשי אלא מעתה (ויקרא יז, ב) זה הדבר דשחוטי חוץ הכי נמי דלא יהא נוהג אלא בדור זה שאני התם דכתיב (ויקרא יז, ז) לדורותם

[etc.]' What evidence is there that this applied 'to the fathers and not to the sons'? — Raba said: Scripture states: <i>This is the thing</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 6. ');">³⁹</span> [which implies], '<i>this</i> thing shall he applicable only to <i>this</i> generation'. Rabbah Zuti said to R. Ashi: If this is the case,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'but from now'. ');">⁴⁰</span> does <i>This is the thing</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVII, 2. ');">⁴¹</span> [said in connection] with [animals] slaughtered outside [the Temple], also [imply] that [that Jaw] was to apply to that generation only?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely this is impossible; for it is known that the law of prohibition of the slaughtering of consecrated animals outside the temple was in force so long as the Temple was in existence. ');">⁴²</span> — There, [the case is] different, for it is written, <i>throughout their generations</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVII, 7: This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. This text, consequently, modifies the implication of This, in v. 2 earlier; and this is the reason why the law remained in force for later generations. ');">⁴³</span>

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