Halakhah for Keritot 40:24
(ויקרא ז, כו) לעוף ולבהמה מה עוף ובהמה מיוחדין שיש בהן טומאה קלה וטומאה חמורה ויש בהן איסור והיתר והן מין בשר אף כל שיש בהן טומאה קלה
and are of the category of flesh, so all are included that are subject to light and weighty uncleanness; I must therefore exclude the blood of those that walk on two legs, for they are subject to weighty uncleanness and not to light uncleanness;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For an unclean person transmits his uncleanness always through contact.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
That we not eat the blood of a [domesticated] beast, a [wild] animal or a bird: That we not eat the blood of a [domesticated] beast, a [wild] animal or a bird (Keritot 20b), as it is stated (Leviticus 3:17), "And any blood you shall not eat.' And it is stated in another place (Leviticus 7:26) - "from a bird or a beast" - and a [wild] animal is included in "beast" (Chullin 71a). And the prevention of blood is repeated in many places in the Torah.
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