Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 48:1
צירעה לוקה שש א"ל כל היכא דאיכא למדרש דרשינן ולא מוקמינן בלאוי יתירי
[for] a hornet, he is flagellated six times?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Lev. XI, 43, it is stated: Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them. This is a twofold injunction. and since it does not specify 'that swarmeth upon the earth', it applies to both water reptiles and land reptiles. Further v.II, referring to unclean fish, states: and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh. This is a third injunction against water reptiles. And finally. in Deut. XIV, 10, there is a fourth injunction: and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat. The ant is a land reptile ('swarming thing') ; hence the two injunctions of Lev. XI, 43 apply to it. There are also the following three: (i) Lev. XI, 41: And every swarming thing that swarmeth upon the earth ... shall not be eaten; (ii) ibid. 42: even all swarming things that swarm upon the earth them ye shall not eat, for they are a detestable thing: And (iii) ibid. 44: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming thing that moveth upon the earth. The hornet is a 'winged swarming thing' and also moves upon the earth. Hence it is subject to these five injunctions and also to that of Deut. XIV, 19: And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. Thus eating one forbidden thing can involve more than one penalty. and the same may apply here.');"><sup>1</sup></span> - Said he to him: Wherever we can interpret we do interpret,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As applying to another subject.');"><sup>2</sup></span> and not apply it to additional injunctions. Now what is the purpose of 'and the flesh' [that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VII, 19.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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