Commentary for Bava Kamma 107:4

אי מה הפרט מפורש דבר שנבלתה מטמאה במגע ובמשא אף כל דבר שנבלתה מטמאה במגע ובמשא אבל עופות לא

generalises again. Now where there is a generalisation preceding a specification which is in its turn followed by another generalisation, you include only such cases as are similar to the specification.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This is one of the principles of hermeneutics (Kelal u-ferat) according to R. Ishmael, v. Sanh. (Sonc. ed.) p. 12, n. 9.] ');">⁵</span> [Thus here] as the specification refers to objects possessing life, so too all objects to be included [must be such] as possess life.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus excluding inanimate objects. ');">⁷</span>

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