Pesachim 22A

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The Talmud concludes: It, i.e., a tereifa, you may throw to a dog, but you may not throw all other items prohibited by Torah law to a dog, as both eating and deriving benefit are prohibited. The Talmud asks: And what halakha does R' Meir learn from this verse? The Talmud answers that R' Meir draws

And from where does the other Sage, R' Yehuda, learn this halakha about non-sacrificial meat that was slaughtered in the Temple courtyard? The Talmud answers: He holds that the prohibition of deriving benefit from the meat of a non-sacrificial animal that was slaughtered in the courtyard is not by T

R' Yitzḥak Nappaḥa raised an objection: And yet there is still the prohibition of the sciatic nerve, as God says: “Therefore the children of Israel may not eat the sciatic nerve” (Genesis 32:33), and we learned in a Mishnah: A person may send the thigh of an animal to a non-Jew as a gift with the sc

The Talmud rejects this: R' Abbahu holds that when it was permitted by the Torah to derive benefit from an animal carcass, it, its fats, and its sinews, such as the sciatic nerve, were all permitted. Therefore, the sciatic nerve is included in this exception and one may benefit from it. The Talmud

The Talmud answers: Whom did you hear that said that sinews do not give flavor? It is R' Shimon, as it was taught in a baraita: With regard to one who eats the sciatic nerve from a non-kosher domesticated animal, R' Yehuda deems him liable to receive two sets of lashes: One for eating the sciatic n