Commentary for Zevachim 86:6

רבינא אמר וטומאתו עליו מי שטומאה פורחת ממנו כשהוא שלם יצא בשר דבר שאין טומאה פורחת כשהוא שלם אלא כשהוא חסר:

'A Mathnitha'? - For it was taught: If the lighter ones were stated, why were the more stringent ones stated; and if the more stringent ones were stated, why were the lighter ones stated? If the lighter ones were stated and not the more stringent ones, I would say: The lighter ones involve a negative injunction, and the more stringent ones involve death; therefore the more stringent ones are stated. While if the more stringent were stated and not the lighter, I would say: The stringent ones involve culpability, but the lighter ones do not involve culpability at all; therefore the lighter ones are stated.

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