Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 43:8

שאני דם דאיתקש למים דכתיב (דברים יב, כד) לא תאכלנו על הארץ תשפכנו כמים מה מים מותרין אף דם מותר

and they were sold to gardeners as fertilizers, and trespass is committed in respect of them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one may not benefit from them without paying. V. Yoma 58b. - Yet we see that benefit may be derived from blood in general.');">¹⁷</span> - Blood is different, because it is likened to water, for it is written, Thou shalt not eat it,' thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XII, 24.');">¹⁸</span> just as water is permitted, so is blood permitted.

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