Commentary for Zevachim 139:8

אלא אמר רבא התורה אמרה יבא איסור נבילה ויחול על איסור חלב יבא איסור טריפה ויחול על איסור חלב

lest you argue: Since an unclean [animal] is forbidden whilst yet alive, and a terefah is forbidden whilst yet alive:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the sense that shechitah cannot permit it.');">¹⁴</span> as the heleb of an unclean [animal] is unclean [defiles], so is the heleb of a terefah unclean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the text teaches otherwise.');">¹⁵</span>

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