Commentary for Sanhedrin 223:17

אלא אמר רבא בפיאה נכרית היכי דמי אי דמחובר בגופה כגופה דמיא לא צריכא דתלי בסיבטא כנכסי צדיקים שבתוכה דמי ואבד או דלמא כיון דעיילא ונפקא כלבושה דמי תיקו:

avail to purify it from [the uncleanliness of] <i>nebelah</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos: the problem is, if slaughtered ritually, is it 'purified.' i.e., permitted? ');">²⁷</span> the Divine Law said, [Thou shalt surely smite&nbsp;… the cattle thereof] with the edge of the sword: hence it is all alike, whether slaughtered [ritually] or killed;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' l.e., however it comes to its death the animal is forbidden, being regarded as though slain by the edge of the sword! ');">²⁸</span>

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