Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 11:13

אלא מליקה דחטאת העוף לכהנים כהנים משולחן גבוה קא זכו

- Indeed the argument could be refuted thus, The others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the animal that is blemished and that which has been extracted from the womb.');">¹⁴</span> have this further in common, for in each case the defect thereof is perceptible;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For only an animal with a blemish exposed to the full view is declared to be unfit for sacrifice. Likewise an animal extracted from the side of its dam would be regarded as an object of curiosity, and so its peculiarity would soon be known to all. Trefah, on the other hand, is not always a perceptible taint, for it may be that only an internal organ has become affected.');">¹⁵</span>

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