Commentary for Zevachim 64:3
אמר עולא אמר ריש לקיש טמא שהכניס ידו לפנים לוקה שנאמר (ויקרא יב, ד) בכל קדש לא תגע וגו' מקיש ביאה לנגיעה מה נגיעה במקצת שמה נגיעה אף ביאה במקצת שמה ביאה
From the text, And he shall slaughter the bullock before the Lord: he that slaughters the bullock [must be] before the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reading we-shohet, and the slaughterer, for we-shahat, and he shall slaughter. Thus he holds that the slaughterer must be inside too.');"><sup>1</sup></span> 'Ulla said in the name of Resh Lakish: If an unclean person projects his hands within, he is flagellated, because it says, She shall touch no hallowed things, nor come into the sanctuary:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XII, 4.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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