Chullin 103A

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With regard to one who ate a limb from a living animal that is a tereifa, R' Yoḥanan says: He is liable to receive two sets of lashes, and R' Shimon ben Lakish says: He is liable to receive only one set of lashes.

The Talmud comments: Granted, according to the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, this works out well because the prohibitions of eating a limb from a living animal and of eating flesh severed from a tereifa are derived from two different verses. But according to the opinion of R' Shimon ben Lakish, it is dif

Rav Yosef said: This is not difficult. Here it is referring to one animal, but there it is referring to two animals. Rav Yosef clarifies: In a case of two animals, e.g., where one ate a limb from a living animal and flesh severed from a different animal that was a tereifa, everyone agrees that h

The Talmud asks: With regard to the case of one animal, in what case do they disagree? Abaye said: They disagree, For example: in a case where the animal became a tereifa as the majority of it emerged from its mother’s womb. One Sage, R' Yoḥanan, holds that an animal, even during its life, stand

And one Sage, R' Shimon ben Lakish, holds that during its life an animal does not stand to be divided into limbs. Consequently, although the prohibition of eating a tereifa comes into effect when it is born, the prohibition of eating a limb from a living animal does not take effect until the limb