Commentary for Zevachim 66:3
דאיתמר טמא שנגע בקודש ריש לקיש אמר לוקה רבי יוחנן אמר אינו לוקה ריש לקיש אמר לוקה (ויקרא יב, ד) בכל קודש לא תגע ורבי יוחנן אמר אינו לוקה ההוא בתרומה כתיב
Resh Lakish maintained [that] he is flagellated, [because it is written] She shall touch no hallowed thing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XII, 4. 'She' is a woman in childbirth, who is unclean, and she is forbidden to touch it by a negative command, which is punishable by flagellation.');"><sup>4</sup></span> But R'Johanan maintains that he is not flagellated, [for] that [text] is written in reference terumah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not to sacrifices. And although sacrifices are more sacred than terumah, for contact with which flagellation is incurred, we do not deduce a fortiori that the same punishment is incurred for touching sacred flesh, as flagellation is not imposed as a result of an a fortiori deduction.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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