Chullin 83A

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The verse comes to provide a positive mitzva to burn the leftovers, in the second part of the verse that states: “But that which remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.” This positive mitzva is stated after the prohibition against leaving it over was stated in the first part of the ver

R' Ya’akov says: This is not for that reason [hashem]. Rather, it is because it is a prohibition that does not involve an action. The transgression is simply the failure to consume all the meat during the allotted time rather than the performance of an action. And one is not flogged for the violat

The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a resolution with regard to the opinion of Sumakhos from a baraita discussing the sciatic nerve: If one ate two sciatic nerves from two thighs of two different animals, he incurs the penalty of 80 lashes; R' Yehuda says: He incurs only 40 lashes. The Talmud asks:

Who is the first tanna, who holds that in such a case one receives 80 lashes? If we say that it is the Rabbis who disagree with Sumakhos in the Mishnah about: Itself and its offspring, that would contradict their opinion: Now, if there, in that Mishnah in a case where there are various animals tha

The Talmud responds: Actually, he ate the two sciatic nerves one after the other with separate forewarnings, incurring two sets of lashes even according to the Rabbis who disagree with Sumakhos in the Mishnah about: Itself and its offspring. And as for that which you say: What is the reason of R' Y