Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 231:1
זכרים ונקבות תמימין ובעלי מומין (דאמר מר תמות וזכרות בבהמה ואין תמות וזכרות בעופות
Males and females, unblemished and blemished animals': this excludes an animal lacking a limb, which might not [be sacrificed]. For R'Eleazar said: How do we know that [an animal or bird] lacking a limb was forbidden to the children of Noah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As sacrifices. 'Children of Noah' is a technical term denoting all people before the Revelation at Sinai, and all non-Israelites who did not accept the Torah after Revelation. In the present discussion even Israelites technically ranked as Children of Noah, until the laws of sacrifices as stated in Leviticus became operative.');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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