Commentary for Chullin 59:25

בעינן שחיטה מפורעת וליכא

[consequently, he should incur guilt!] Thereupon Abaye answered him, Granted that this lamb can no longer serve as a paschal lamb, but its price can serve this purpose!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the animal can be sold even now before the slaughtering has been completed, and the money it fetched could be used for purchasing the paschal lamb for the Second Passover, so that the first lamb at no time ceases to serve as a paschal lamb.');">¹⁸</span>

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