Commentary for Chullin 73:34

יבא איסור נבלה ויחול על איסור חלב יבא איסור טרפה ויחול על איסור חלב

If so, wherefore does the Divine law expressly prohibit nebelah? For if while the animal is yet alive one [who partakes of it] transgresses a positive law as well as a prohibition, is there any doubt after death? But perhaps the term nebelah includes a trefah and also a dying animal, and the law now provides that one [who partakes of a dying trefah animal after its death] transgresses two prohibitions and one positive law!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The positive law (i.e., the implied prohibition) with regard to a dying animal derived from Lev. XI, 2, and the prohibition of trefah from Ex. XXII, 30, and of nebelah from Deut. XIV, 21.');">¹⁹</span> - Rather derive it from here. It is written: And the fat of that which dieth of itself [nebelah], and the fat of that which is torn of beasts [trefah], may be used for any other service, but you shall in no wise eat of it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VII, 24.');">²⁰</span> And a Master said: For what purpose is this stated?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the latter part of the verse: But you shall in no wise eat of it. There is a general prohibition of all fat in Lev. III, 17.');">²¹</span> The Torah says: Let the prohibition of nebelah come and be superimposed upon the prohibition of fat, and likewise let the prohibition of trefah come and be superimposed upon the prohibition of fat.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that one who eats the fat of a trefah transgresses two prohibitions (sc. the prohibition of fat and the prohibition of trefah) , and likewise one who eats the fat of a nebelah.');">²²</span>

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