Halakhah for Makkot 28:15

תניא כוותיה דריש לקיש בכל קדש לא תגע אזהרה לאוכל אתה אומר אזהרה לאוכל או אינו אלא אזהרה לנוגע ת"ל בכל קדש לא תגע ואל המקדש וגו' מקיש קדש למקדש מה מקדש דבר שיש בו נטילת נשמה אף כל דבר שיש בו נטילת נשמה ואי בנגיעה מי איכא נטילת נשמה אלא באכילה

A baraisa was taught in accordance with [the view of] Reish Lakash, "B'chol kodesh lo sigah" is a scriptural warning for eating [sacrificial foods while one is impure]. You say that it is a warning for eating? Or maybe it's only a warning for touching? The Torah therefore says, "In all sanctity he shall not touch and into the Temple etc." The Torah juxtaposes sacrificial foods with the Temple. Just as the Temple is a thing that involve the loss of life [one who enters while impure is subject to kares], so too the whole [verse] most involve the loss of life. And does touching [sacrificial foods, which is punishable with malkus] involve any loss of life? Rather you must say that the "b'chol kodesh lo sigah" refers to eating [sacrificial foods].

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