Commentary for Zevachim 213:17

ורבי עקיבא אמר לך ההוא מיבעי ליה לגזירה שוה

And R'Ishmael? - He deduces it from, or that killeth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid., 3.');">²⁵</span> And R'Akiba? - He can answer you: He requires that [to teach]: One is culpable for slaughtering [shechitah], but not for nipping [melikah].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus both are necessary. For from the first I would conclude that even shechitah of a bird involves liability, and all the more melikah, since that is the correct way of sacrificing a bird. Hence the second teaches that only shechitah involves liability.');">²⁶</span>

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