Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 34:4

אמר ליה רבי זירא לרב אסי ואי טעמא דר"א משום הכי הוא כרת נמי ליחייב וכי תימא ה"נ והא את הוא דאמרת משמיה דרבי יוחנן מודה ר"א שאין ענוש כרת

R'Zera said to R'Assi, If this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As given above, derived from the verse in Lev. VII, 18.');">⁸</span> is the reason for R'Eliezer's view, then one should also incur the penalty of kareth? And should you say that this is indeed so, but you yourself have reported in the name of R'Johanan that R'Eliezer admits that one is not thereby liable to kareth! - He replied, Tannaim differ as to the real view of R'Eliezer; some say that it is invalid by Biblical law,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case the penalty of kareth would be incurred.');">⁹</span>

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