Commentary for Kiddushin 113:15
ואיפוך אנא אמר רבי יוחנן משום ר"ש בן יוחי לא מצינו בעלי חיים שאסורים מתקיף לה רב שמואל בר רב יצחק ולא הרי
The text [above stated]: 'Of all clean birds ye may eat: this includes the bird that is set free. But these they which ye shall not eat: that includes the slaughtered bird.' But may I not reverse it? - Said R'Johanan on the authority of R'Simeon B'Yohai: We do not find live creatures [permanently] forbidden.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence 'they which ye shall not eat' cannot include the bird that is freed.');"><sup>35</sup></span> R'Samuel son of R'Isaac demurred: Do we not? But
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