Commentary for Bava Kamma 143:8

איכא דמתני לה אהא א"ר שמעון משום דרבי לוי סבא אינה לשחיטה אלא לבסוף ור' יוחנן אמר ישנה לשחיטה מתחילה ועד סוף א"ל רב חביבי מחוזנאה לרב אשי לימא קסבר רבי יוחנן חולין שנשחטו בעזרה לאו דאורייתא

<i><i> Some attach this argument to the following statement: R. Simeon<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Read 'Simeon b. Lakish', v. D.S. a.l.] ');">¹³</span></i></i> said in the name of R. Levi the Elder: The term 'slaughter' applies to the act only at its very completion. R. Johanan, however, said it applies to the whole process from the beginning to the end. R. Habibi of Huzna'ah thereupon said to R. Ashi: Are we to say that R. Johanan held that [the prohibition of slaughtering] unconsecrated animals in the 'Azarah is not based on Scripture?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 413, n. 4. ');">¹⁴</span> </i></i>

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