Commentary for Zevachim 120:12

דם ובשר חדא מילתא היא

That is well on the view that the taught is the determining factor; but on the view that the teacher is the determining factor, what can be said?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For notes v. supra 45a.');">¹⁸</span> - Blood and flesh are the same thing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They are both parts of the same offering . Hence, when we say that the flesh requires the altar, just as the blood, this is not regarded as the result of a hekkesh, but as though the Biblical teaching concerning the blood naturally refers to the flesh too.');">¹⁹</span>

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