Musar for Yevamot 149:2
ותלתא קראי בתרומה למה לי צריכי דאי מעד אשר יטהר לא הוה ידענא במאי כתב רחמנא ובא השמש וטהר
The fact, however, is that Scripture enumerated a number of distinct subjects.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One may be applicable to one class of persons. and another to others. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> Now what need was there for three distinct texts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 4. ibid. 7, and ibid. XII, 4, which, as explained supra. refer to terumah. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> in respect of <i>terumah</i>! — They are all required. For were <i>terumah</i> to be deduced from Until he be clean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 4. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Commandment 168 forbids a ritually unclean person to eat any part of the sacrifices or other hallowed matter that may otherwise be eaten by someone who is ritually clean. The operative verse is "she must not touch anything that is holy" (12,4). Our sages in Makkot 14 view this as a prohibition directed at the person eating such "holy" things.
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