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And, if so, all the more so now, in exile, when they are even more distant from the Temple, the meat of desire should be permitted. Consequently, it is unnecessary for the Mishnah to teach this halakha.
Rather, Rav Yosef said: The tanna who teaches this halakha is R' Akiva, as it is taught in a baraita with regard to the verse: “If the place that YHWH your God shall choose to put His name there be too far from you, then you shall slaughter of your herd and of your flock” (Deuteronomy 12:21), R' Ak
Rav Yosef added: And now that the Jewish people were exiled, might one have thought that stabbed animals are restored to their initial permitted state? Therefore, we learned in the Mishnah: One must always slaughter the animal to eat its meat.
The Talmud asks: With regard to what principle do they disagree? The Talmud answers that R' Akiva holds: The meat of desire was not forbidden at all, and R' Yishmael holds: The meat of stabbing was not permitted at all.
The Talmud asks a series of questions: Granted, according to R' Yishmael, who holds that the meat of stabbing was forbidden in the wilderness, that is the meaning of that which is written with regard to the burnt offerings sacrificed in the Tabernacle: “And he shall slaughter the young bull” (Levit