וריש לקיש האי בכל קדש לא תגע להכי הוא דאתא ההוא מיבעי ליה לטמא שנגע בקדש דאיתמר טמא שנגע בקדש ריש לקיש אומר לוקה רבי יוחנן אומר אינו לוקה ריש לקיש אומר לוקה בכל קדש לא תגע רבי יוחנן אומר אין לוקה ההוא אזהרה לתרומה הוא דאתא
And does Reish Lakash indeed use b'chol kodesh lo sigah to teach this [eating sacrificial meats while one is impure]? But he needs it to teach about an impure person who touched sacrificial meats. That it was said about an impure person who touched sacrificial meats. Reish Lakash says he is liable to malkus, and Rebbi Yochanon says that he is not liable to malkus. Reish Lakash says that he is liable to malkus because of b'chol kodesh lo sigah, and Rebbi Yochanon says that he is not liable to malkus because [b'chol kodesh lo sigah] is just a scriptural warning for Terumah [not for touching sacrificial meats].
Sefer HaChinukh
From the laws of the commandment is, for example, that which they, may their memory be blessed, said (Makkot 14b) that it is forbidden to render [sacrifices] impure or to bring about their impurity. But one who makes them impure is not lashed. Rather it is the pure one who eats them that are impure that is lashed – from that which is written (Leviticus 7:19), "it shall not be eaten." And even though this verse was about the inauguration, the law is the same for all of the other sacrifices. And even one who eats a kazayit of frankincense from the meal-offering which became impure after it was sanctified in a vessel is lashed; as it too is a part of the sacrifice. And the liability only comes with becoming impure [from] a primary source of impurity or its derivative by Torah writ. But on account of rabbinic impurity, he is not lashed [by Torah writ], but we do administer rabbinic lashes of rebellion upon him. And the rest of its details are in the thirteenth chapter of Zevachim.
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