Commentary for Pesachim 43:5

מאן שמעת ליה דאמר אין בגידין בנותן טעם רבי שמעון דתניא האוכל מגיד הנשה של בהמה טמאה רבי יהודה מחייב שתים ורבי שמעון פוטר

But on the view that the sinews possess no power of imparting a taste,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they are not flesh, being merely like wood, and nevertheless they are prohibited: hence they cannot be included in the permission granted for nebelah.');">¹¹</span> what can be said? - Whom do you know to maintain [that] the sinews have no power to communicate taste? R'Simeon, For it was taught: He who eats of the thigh sinew of an unclean animal, - R'Judah declares him liable on two [accounts],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (i) Because it is of an unclean (i.e., forbidden) animal; (ii) because the thigh sinew itself is forbidden.');">¹²</span>

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