Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 231:3
תמימין ובעלי מומין) לאפוקי מחוסר אבר דלא א"ר אלעזר מנין למחוסר אבר שנאסר לבני נח ת"ל (בראשית ו, יט) ומכל החי מכל בשר אמרה תורה הבא בהמה שחיין ראשי איברין שלה
But perhaps that was to exclude a terefah? - That is inferred from to keep seed alive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VII, 3. A terefah, however, cannot give birth, and so cannot keep seed alive.');"><sup>4</sup></span> That is correct on the view that a trefa cannot give birth; but on the view that a trefah can give birth, what can be said? - Surely Scripture said, '[to keep them alive] with thee': [this means] those that are like thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not trefah.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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