Midrash for Chullin 229:5
השתא ומה שבת דחמירא מעשיה מותרים הני לא כל שכן
Furthermore if a man ploughed with an ox and an ass together, or if he muzzled a cow when it was treading out [the corn], should it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the produce of the field which had been so ploughed and the corn which had been so trodden (Rashi) ; or, the ox or ass which had vrnt tk committed the trespass (Tosaf.) . V. however, Rashi infra s.v. .');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 14:6) "And every beast that has split hooves": Because we find that Scripture construed "treifah" ("torn" [in Shemoth 22:30 "and flesh in the field treifah you shall not eat"]) as "treifoth" (i.e., varieties of treifah that are forbidden to all [even non-priests]), I will also construe "pasul" (unfit) as "p'sulim" (i.e., unfit for eating for all), e.g., one's plowing with an ox and an ass (together), or with (animals dedicated as) offerings. It is, therefore, written (to include these as permitted to be eaten) "the ox, the lamb of sheep, and the kid of goats shall you eat."
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