Halakhah for Menachot 112:2
א"ר חייא בר אבא אמר רבי יוחנן הכל מודים במחמץ אחר מחמץ שהוא חייב דכתיב (ויקרא ב, יא) לא תעשה חמץ (ויקרא ו, י) ולא תאפה חמץ
even though it would otherwise die.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Bek. 33b.');"><sup>3</sup></span> R'Hiyya B'Abba said in the name of R'Johanan, All agree<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., R. Meir and the above Rabbis who differ concerning the propriety of blemishing a beast which is already blemished, for here the firstling is indeed blemished by reason of its congestion which would prove fatal if it were not bled.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
That we not place a blemish upon consecrated animals: - That we not place a blemish upon consecrated animals; meaning to say that we not make any wound or any fracture upon a beast that is consecrated for the altar that disqualifies it as an offering - as it is stated (Leviticus 22:21), "and no blemish shall be upon it." And they, may their memory be blessed, said (Menachot 56b), "Read it as 'shall not be made in it.'" And the language of Sifra, Emor, Section 7:9 is, "'No blemish shall be upon it' - do not place a blemish upon it."
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