Mesorat%20hashas for Chullin 201:23

בנטמא הגוף ואח"כ נטמא בשר כולי עלמא לא פליגי דחייב דאיסור כרת קדים

It is in respect of the uncleanness of the person, since it involves the penalty of kareth! - R'Ashi replied: But who shall say that it is in respect of the uncleanness of the person that the gravity lies, perhaps the gravity is in respect the uncleanness of the meat, since it can never be rendered clean by [immersion in] a mikweh?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas the unclean person would become clean after immersion in a ritual bath () . The position therefore is that although R. Jose maintains generally that a comprehensive prohibition cannot be superimposed upon an existing prohibition there is no reason to suppose that he would hold this view in respect of a comprehensive prohibition involving a graver restriction. Thus he is in agreement with the view of 'the Sages' supra.');">¹⁶</span>

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