לשמו ושלא לשמו א"א לברר איסורו לאוכליו ושלא לאוכליו אפשר לברר איסורו
[When it is killed] for its own purpose and for another purpose, its disqualification is in [respect of] itself;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The illegitimate intention is in respect of the sacrifice itself.');"><sup>22</sup></span> [when he kills it] for those who can eat it and for those who cannot eat it, its disqualification is no [respect of] itself; [when it is] for its own purpose and for another purpose, it is impossible to distinguish i prohibition;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., you cannot say this portion of the animal was sacrificed for its own purpose, and that portion for another purpose.');"><sup>23</sup></span> [when it is] for those who can eat it and for those who cannot eat it, it is possible to distinguish its interdict.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is possible to allocate separately the share for those who cannot eat it.');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Pesachim
Rebbi Simlai came to Rebbi Jonathan. He said to him, teach me homiletics. He answered him, I have a tradition from my forefathers not to teach homiletics either to a Babylonian or to a Southerner, since they are gross in spirit and have little learning. And you are from Nahardea and live in the South. He said to him, tell me this one thing, what is the difference between “for its purpose and not for its purpose” and “for those who eat it and those who cannot eat it”? He answered him, “for its purpose and not for its purpose”, the disqualification is intrinsic. “For those who eat it and those who cannot eat it”, the disqualification is of others. “For its purpose and not for its purpose”, you cannot pick out the disqualified from the qualified. [“For those who eat it and those who cannot eat it”, you can pick out the disqualified from the qualified.] “For its purpose and not for its purpose”, applies to all sacrifices; “for those who eat it and those who cannot eat it” applies only to the Pesaḥ.
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