Commentary for Pesachim 169:19

ומוציא בשר פסח

Come and hear: If a man carries out flesh of a Passover-offering from one company to another,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Mishnah infra 86a.');">²³</span> though he [has violated] a negative injunction, it [the flesh] is clean. Now does that not mean that it is clean yet forbidden, because that which goes out from one company to another company is like that which goes outside its boundary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Within which it much be eaten. Viz., the walls of Jerusalem.');">²⁴</span> and is disqualified [for eating], yet even so it teaches [that] it is clean, which prov that the Rabbis did not decree uncleanness! - No: it is clean and permitted, because that which goes out from company to company is not like that which goes outside its boundary, and it is not disqualified. But surely the second clause teaches: He who eats it is subject to a negative injunction? As for him who says, as much as an egg, it is well: [this may refer to] where it contains as much as an olive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which involves punishment.');">²⁵</span> but not as much as an egg. But according to him who says as much as an olive, what can be said? - Rather [say thus]: We do not ask in respect of what goes out in the case of a Passover-offering, for the Rabbis [certainly] did not decree uncleanness [there]. What is the reason? The members of a company<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who have registered for one paschal sacrifice.');">²⁶</span> are most scrupulous, and so are very careful with it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence there is no need for a preventive measure.');">²⁷</span> But we do ask in respect of what goes out in the case of sacrifices [in general]: what [is the law]? The question stands over. Now he who carries out flesh of the Passover-offering

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