Commentary for Zevachim 65:9
מיתיבי וסמך ושחט מה סמיכה בטהורין אף שחיטה בטהורין ואי אמרת לאו דאורייתא בטמאין נמי משכחת לה
As 'laying' must be [done] by clean [persons only], so must shechitah be [done] by clean [persons only]. If, however, you say that it is not Scriptural, then it can be [done] by unclean persons too?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., by laying hands outside the Temple court, and then the sacrifice is led in and slaughtered.');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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