Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 11:17

צריכי דאי ממשקה ישראל ה"א למעוטי היכא דלא היתה לה שעת הכושר דומיא דערלה וכלאי הכרם אבל היתה לה שעת הכושר אימא תתכשר כתב רחמנא כל אשר יעבור

which excludes a trefah animal since it cannot pass under!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A trefah animal, inasmuch as it cannot continue to live for more than twelve months (cf. Hul. 42a) , is not deemed to possess vitality, and therefore cannot be said to pass of its own volition under the rod. Cf. however Rashi on Hul ');">²⁰</span> - All [three verses] are necessary; for from the verse, 'From the liquor of Israel', I should have excluded only those that were at no time fit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., an animal that was born trefah. According to Rabbinic interpretation the verse in Ezek. contains an allusion to 'orlah and to diverse kinds in the vineyard, and these were at no time ever allowed for any purpose.');">²¹</span>

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