Commentary for Menachot 202:13

וליפרקינהו הניחא להך לישנא דאמר רבי אושעיא טמאין נפדין טהורין אין נפדין שפיר

is a food which you may give others to eat,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And for that reason alone it conveys food-uncleanness.');">²⁰</span> and besides even for [the Israelite] himself there was a time when it was permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 621, n. 10. On the other hand, the other forbidden things enumerated were at no time permitted to be eaten, since a living animal is deemed to be forbidden until it has been ritually slaughtered.');">²¹</span>

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