Commentary for Yevamot 147:3

מעשר בהמה היינו קדשים וליטעמיך מי לא תנן פסח וקתני קדשים

But is not the tithe of cattle the same as holy food?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is already mentioned. ');">⁶</span> — Even on your view are we not told here of the paschal lamb and yet 'holy food' also is mentioned! — One can well understand why it was necessary to mention both the paschal lamb and holy food; for if the paschal lamb only had been stated it might have been assumed that it only is forbidden, because uncircumcision was written in Scripture in connection with the paschal lamb, but not holy food. And if holy food only had been stated it might have been assumed that what was meant by holy food was the paschal lamb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both were therefore necessary. ');">⁷</span> What need, however, was there for the mention here of the tithe of cattle!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is included in 'holy food'. V. supra n. 2. Hence 'tithe' must mean second tithe, which solves the question put to R. Shesheth. ');">⁸</span>

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