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The Talmud asks: What, is it not that they disagree about this, the following issue? R' Yosei HaGelili holds: “You shall not eat” indicates both the prohibition of eating and the prohibition of deriving benefit; therefore, one may not derive benefit from an animal carcass. And when the verse came
The Talmud rejects this assumption. No, it is possible to say that everyone holds that “You shall not eat” indicates both a prohibition of eating and a prohibition of deriving benefit. And here, they disagree about this: R' Yosei HaGelili holds that when it was permitted to derive benefit from an a
The Talmud asks: And according to the opinion of R' Yosei HaGelili, we find that God explicitly permits one to derive benefit from fat; however, let us say that the sinew of the sciatic nerve is prohibited. The Talmud answers: If you wish, say that it is indeed so that it is prohibited to derive be
The Talmud asks: And why does R' Shimon, who prohibits deriving benefit from the sciatic nerve, not accept this a fortiori inference? The Talmud answers: This inference can be refuted, as it is possible to say: What is unique to fat? It is that it is released from its general prohibition with rega
The Talmud asks: And how does the other Sage, R' Yosei, who permits one to derive benefit from the sciatic nerve based on this a fortiori inference, respond? The Talmud says: When we state this a fortiori inference, it is with regard to a domesticated animal; in any case, with regard to a domesticat