Commentary for Shabbat 49:7

אדרבה תרומה לא ממעיטנא שכן מחפ"ז סימן מיתה חומש

— It is logical that I do not exclude <i>kodesh</i>, since it is [stringent] in respect of (Mnemonic: <i>Pa NaK'aKaS</i>):<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A mnemonic is a word or phrase made up of the initial letters of a number of other words or phrases, as an aid to the memory. ');">¹³</span> [i] <i>Piggul</i>, [ii] <i>Nothar</i>, [iii] sacrifice [<i>Korban</i>], [iv] <i>Me'ilah</i>, [v] <i>Kareth</i>, and [vi] 'it is forbidden [<i>asur</i>] to an <i>onen</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. for these words. (i) Piggul, lit., 'abomination', is a sacrifice killed with the intention of eating it without the boundaries appointed for same; (ii) nothar, with the intention of eating it after its appointed time. These are the connotations of the words here, though elsewhere piggul has the meaning given here to nothar (Tosaf.). These unlawful intentions render the sacrifice an 'abomination', and it may then not be eaten even within its lawful boundaries and time on pain of kareth. (iii) It is designated a sacrifice (Korban). (iv) If one puts it to secular use he is liable to a trespass-offering (Me'ilah). (v) Kareth is incurred for eating it in an unclean bodily state. Kareth (lit., 'cutting off') is the Divine penalty of premature death and childlessness, which is severer than 'Death at the hand of Heaven', which does not include childlessness.-Since Kodesh is so strict in all these matters, it is logical that the limitation does not apply to it. ');">¹⁴</span> On the contrary, <i>terumah</i> is not to be excluded, since [it is stringent] in respect of its (mnemonic <i>Ma HPaZ</i>): [i] Death [<i>Mithah</i>], [ii] a fifth [<i>Homesh</i>],

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