Commentary for Pesachim 192:19

איתיביה אביי אם כשב מה תלמוד לומר לרבות תמורת הפסח אחר הפסח שקריבה שלמים

Again, when it states, and if [his offering be] a goat,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 12.');">²⁵</span> it breaks across the subject [and] teaches of a goat that it does not require [the burning of the] fat tail [on the altar].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'And if' is regarded as a disjunctive, teaching that the provisions that apply to a lamb do not apply to a goat, unless expressly stated. The fat tail is mentioned in connection with the former (v. 9) but not the latter.');">²⁶</span> Others recite it [Raba's dictum] in reference to the first clause: THE PASSOVER-OFFERING WHICH WAS FOUND BEFORE THE SLAUGHTERING OF THE PASSOVER-OFFERING MUST GRAZE UNTIL IT BECOMES UNFIT, BE SOLD, AND ONE BRINGS A PEACE-OFFERING FOR ITS MONEY, AND THE SAME APPLIES TO ITS SUBSTITUTE. Said Raba, They learned [this] only where It was found before the slaughtering and he substituted [another] for it before the slaughtering. But if it was found before the slaughtering and he substituted [another] for it after the slaughtering, it is offered as a peace-offering. What is the reason? The slaughtering [of the Passover-offering] stamps [with its sanctity] only something that is eligible therefor, [but] it does not stamp [with its sanctity] that which is not eligible therefor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the animal is dedicated for a Passover-offering, the act or time of slaughtering the second animal stamps it with that sanctity, and since it was not offered then, it was rejected and must graze. But the act of slaughtering cannot stamp an animal with that sanctity, that it should be regarded as rejected if it was not fit for a Passover-offering at the time, and in the latter case this substitute was indeed unfit, since at that time it was as yet unconsecrated. Consequently now that it is consecrated, it is offered itself as a peace-offering.');">²⁷</span> Abaye raised an objection against him: 'If [he bring] a lamb [etc.]': what is its purpose? To include the substitute of a Passover-offering after Passover, [teaching] that it is offered as a peace-offering.

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