Commentary for Zevachim 87:3

ומדקלות על החמורות במיתה חמורות נמי על הקלות במיתה לכך נאמרו חמורות:

The Master said: 'That which is similar to a peace-offering'. What [sacrifice] is it? The firstling, which is eaten two days and one night! But how is this learnt? If by analogy? it can be refuted: as for a peace-offering, [it is subject to the law of piggul] because it requires laying [of hands], [the accompaniment of] drink-offerings [libations], and the waving of the breast and the shoulder? Again if [it is learnt] from [the text], And if there be at all eaten [any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings on the third day ... it shall be an abhorred thing] [piggul], these are two generalisations which immediately follow each other? - Said Raba: It is as they say in the West: Wherever you find two generalisations close to each other, insert the specific proposition between them, and interpret them as a case of a generalisation followed by a specific proposition [and followed again by a generalisation]. <br>

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