Commentary for Zevachim 62:14

מתני׳ <big><strong>כל</strong></big> הפסולין ששחטו שחיטתן כשרה שהשחיטה כשרה בזרים ובנשים ובעבדים ובטמאים ואפילו בקדשי קדשים ובלבד שלא יהיו טמאים נוגעין בבשר לפיכך הן פוסלין במחשבה

[do they not combine], because his intention is not normal; but here, where [his intentions in respect of] each are normal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He intends to eat what is eaten, and to burn what is burnt, though not in the right time or place.');">¹³</span> I would say that they combine. Hence he informs us [otherwise]. <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>ALL UNFIT PERSONS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As enumerated in the Mishnah supra 15b.');">¹⁴</span> WHO SLAUGHTERED, THEIR SLAUGHTERING IS VALID, FOR SLAUGHTERING IS VALID [EVEN WHEN PERFORMED] BY LAY-ISRAELITES [ZARIM], AND BY WOMEN, AND BY SLAVES, AND BY UNCLEAN, EVEN IN THE CASE OF SACRIFICES OF HIGHER SANCTITY, PROVIDED THAT UNCLEAN [PERSONS] DO NOT TOUCH THE FLESH; THEREFORE THEY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These unfit persons.');">¹⁵</span> INVALIDATE [THE SACRIFICE] BY AN [ILLEGITIMATE] INTENTION.

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