Commentary for Pesachim 49:7

וליפרוך מה לכלאי הכרם שכן לא היתה לו שעת הכושר א"ר אדא בר אהבה זאת אומרת כלאי הכרם עיקרן נאסרין הואיל והיתה להן שעת הכושר קודם השרשה

And Abaye? - [He argues]: for that reason 'eating' is not written in its own case,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., in connection with milk seethed with meat.');">¹⁰</span> to teach that we flagellate on its account even [when one does] not [enjoy it] in the normal manner of its usage. But let us refute it [thus]: as for kil'ayim, [that may be] because it had no period of fitness?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is now assumed that when two diverse species are planted together, the interdict of kil'ayim applies only to what grows after they are planted or sown, but not to the stock itself. Thus this added growth was never at any time fit for eating.');">¹¹</span>

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