Commentary for Zevachim 136:16

תא שמע זה הכלל כל שהיה פסולו בקודש אינו מטמא בגדים אבית הבליעה בשלמא לרבי יוחנן כל לאיתויי זר אלא לרב לאיתויי מאי

Can one not? Surely it was taught: How do we know that if [flesh] which went out ascended [the altar], it does not descend? Because [flesh that] goes out is fit at the high places! - The Tanna relies on the text, This is the la of the burnt-offering.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 2. For notes v. supra 51a. He does not really learn it from the high places at all.');">¹⁰</span> But R'Johanan maintained: [If a] zar [performed melikah] it does not defile in the gullet; [if melikah was done with] a knife, it does defile in the gullet. We learnt: [IN REGARD TO] ALL UNFIT PERSONS WHO PERFORMED MELIKAH, THE MELIKAH IS INVALID. As for R'Johanan, it is well: ALL includes a zar;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is a general principle that 'all' is an extension.');">¹¹</span> but according to Rab, what does ALL include? - It is surely to include [melikah with] the left [hand] and [at] night. [But] the left [hand] and night are explicitly taught? - He [the Tanna] teaches and then explains.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' First he states the law in general, and then he explains who are meant in the word ALL.');">¹²</span> Come and hear: THIS IS THE GENERAL RULE: ALL WHOSE UNFITNESS [AROSE] IN THE SANCTUARY DO NOT DEFILE GARMENTS [WHEN THE FLESH OF THE BIRD IS] IN THE GULLET.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Garments' is absent in the MISHNAH:');">¹³</span> As for R'Johanan, it is well: ALL includes a zar. But according to Rab, what does it include?

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