Commentary for Yevamot 65:4

אלא קמיפלגי באיסור בבת אחת ואליבא דר' יוסי רבי חייא סבר רבי יוסי באיסור בת אחת מיחייב תרתי ובר קפרא סבר לא מיחייב אלא חדא

permitted to eat [of sacrificial meat] though forbidden to perform the Temple service, now that he became defiled, as he was forbidden to eat of sacrificial meat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Owing to his uncleanness. ');">¹³</span> so he was also forbidden to perform the Temple service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition comprehending the Temple service as well as the consumption of sacrificial meat. Cf. supra. n' 5' ');">¹⁴</span> Mehkah. however, is only an illustration<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it is found'. ');">¹⁵</span> of prohibitions that set in simultaneously<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'at once', 'at the same moment'. Before the head of the fowl was pinched off there was only the prohibition of nebelah (v. Glos.) which included also priests. The two prohibitions of nebelah and melikah as far as common men are concerned had set in simultaneously at the moment of the pinching off of the fowl's head. ');">¹⁶</span>

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