Commentary for Chullin 242:39
הכי א"ר יוחנן צריכה הכשר שחיטה כבהמה טהורה
why then should it not afford protection? - Abaye said: It does not protect the articles that are within it from becoming unclean since it already conveys food uncleanness, and he who commits an unnatural crime upon it is culpable<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He suffers the death penalty if he committed the crime deliberately, or if inadvertently, is obliged to bring a sin-offering. According to Rashi, hhct Abaye always considers the animal in that status which produces the more stringent result; but v. Tosaf., s.v. .');"><sup>21</sup></span>
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