Reference for Bava Kamma 143:3

א"ל רישא קרינא ביה וטבחו כולו באיסורא סיפא לא קרינא ביה וטבחו כולו באיסורא:

whereas in the concluding clause we cannot apply to the offence [the words] <i>'and he slaughters it'</i> [in the sense that] the whole act is unlawful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For at the time of the slaughter the thief was already a joint owner of the animal. ');">⁴</span> IF HE SLAUGHTERS AND FINDS THE ANIMAL <i>TREFA</i> [OR WHERE HE SLAUGHTERS IT AS UNCONSECRATED IN THE 'AZARAH HE HAS TO MAKE FOUR-FOLD OR FIVE-FOLD PAYMENT]. R. Habibi of Huzna'ah said to R. Ashi: This shows that [from the legal point of view] the term 'slaughter' applies to the act only at its completion for if it applied to the whole process from the beginning to the end, would he not as soon as he started the act of slaughtering in the slightest degree<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the precincts of the Temple. ');">⁵</span>

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