Commentary for Zevachim 63:12

רב חסדא מתני איפכא וסמך ושחט מה שחיטה בטהורין אף סמיכה בטהורין מאי שנא שחיטה דכתיב לפני ה'

Why does 'laying' differ? because it is written, before the Lord?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the text just quoted. Since shechitah must be 'before the Lord' i.e., in the Temple court, 'laying' too must be done there, as shechitah immediately follows it. Hence unclean are excluded, since they may not enter the Temple court.');">¹¹</span> Yet surely 'before the Lord' is written of shechitah too? - It is possible to make a long knife and slaughter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sacrifice, which is within, while he stands without.');">¹²</span> But in the case of 'laying' too, he can project his hands [into the Temple court] and lay?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While his body is without.');">¹³</span> - He holds that partial entry is designated entry.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if his hands only enter the Temple court, it is as though he entered it entirely.');">¹⁴</span> R'Hisda recited it reversely: And he shall lay. and he shall kill: as shechitah requires clean persons 'laying' requires clean persons. Why does shechitah differ? because it is written, 'before the Lord'?

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