Commentary for Chullin 279:14

מאי חיות לאו שחיות בפיך מכלל דאיכא לאו שחיות בפיך

But why not say that it is a trefah bird [that is meant, and it teaches that] on infringes on that account a positive and also a negative precept? - 'The meaning of a verse is to be deduced from its context', and the context deals with those that are slaughtered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the passage begins with the verse: 'Every clean bird ye may eat', which means, of course, only if slaughtered.');">¹¹</span>

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