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The fat that is covered by the flesh is permitted. Apparently, when God states in the Torah that the fat that is upon the loins is prohibited (see Leviticus 3:4), it is referring only to the fat above the loins but not the fat that is inside the loins. Here also, God states in the Torah that the fa
§ The Talmud addresses the matter itself cited in the discussion above: R' Abba said that Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: The fat that is covered by the flesh is permitted. The Talmud asks: Is that so? But didn’t R' Abba say that Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: This fat that is under the loins
The Talmud answers that Abaye said: When an animal is alive its limbs separate at the joints as it walks, so that the fat under the loins is not covered by flesh. Therefore, even after it has been slaughtered this fat is forbidden and does not have the status of fat that is covered by flesh. R' Yoḥa
§ R' Abba said that Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: The fat that is on the omasum and the reticulum is forbidden, and its consumption is punishable by karet. And this is the fat that is referred to in the Torah as being upon the innards (see Leviticus 3:3). R' Abba said that Rav Yehuda said that S
And R' Abba said that Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: The veins that are in the foreleg of an animal are forbidden. Rav Safra said to R' Abba: Moses! Did God say in the Torah: Do not eat meat? The veins of the foreleg are part of the meat and are not forbidden. Rava said: Moses! Did God say in th