Commentary for Yoma 159:3

טומאת אוכלין כביצה מנלן א"ר אבהו א"ר אלעזר דאמר קרא (ויקרא יא, לד) מכל האוכל אשר יאכל אוכל הבא מחמת אוכל ואיזה זה ביצת תרנגולת ואימא גדי מחוסר שחיטה ואימא בן פקועה טעון קריעה

And what constitutes the proof from the Day of Atonement?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There seems to be no difference between the law touching ritual impurity of foods and that covering the prohibition of food on the Day of Atonement. In both cases change in expression is responsible for change in measure. Wherein, then, lies the reason for the Day of Atonement text being chosen as a proof?');">³</span> One could have replied: Here it is the usual Scriptural expression.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the text relating to the uncleanness of foods the expression 'All foods therein which may be eaten' (which is the change in the usual expression alluded to, v. infra) would not appear an unusual expression. But 'that shall not be afflicted' for 'that shall eat' is indeed, unusual and thus accounts best for the change in measure determined by the Rabbis.');">⁴</span>

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