Commentary for Keritot 7:19

ש"מ לחלק

The Rabbis thus argue well, do they not? - Rather, this is the reason of R'Ishmael: He holds that if it were [as the Rabbis say] Scripture should have written: 'Ye shall eat no heleb of an ox', why have 'sheep' and 'goat' been mentioned, if not for the purpose of establishing a separate prohibition [for each of them]?

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