## Meilah Daf 16a

###### Meilah 16a:1
[Meilah 16a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:1)

לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא לְעִנְיַן טוּמְאָה, אֲבָל לְעִנְיַן אֲכִילָה – טְהוֹרִין בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן, וּטְמֵאִים בִּפְנֵי עַצְמָן. וְלֵוִי אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ לַאֲכִילָה נָמֵי מִצְטָרְפִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna **taught** that all carcasses join together, which indicates that carcasses of non-kosher animals join together with carcasses of kosher animals, **only with regard to ritual impurity. But with regard to** the prohibition of **eating** animal carcasses, **kosher** animal carcasses are **distinct,** i.e., they join together only with other kosher animals, **and non-kosher** animal carcasses are likewise **distinct. And Levi says: Even with regard to** the prohibition of **eating** animal carcasses, kosher and non-kosher carcasses **join together.**


###### Meilah 16a:2
[Meilah 16a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:2)

וְרַב אַסִּי אָמַר: טְהוֹרִים לְעַצְמָן וּטְמֵאִין לְעַצְמָן. אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: פְּלִיגָא אַדְּרַב, וְאִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: לָא פְּלִיגָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Asi says: Kosher** animal carcasses are **distinct, and non-kosher** animal carcasses are **distinct.** Since Rav Asi did not specify whether he is referring only to eating or also to ritual impurity, **there are** those **who say** that Rav Asi **disagrees with** the opinion **of Rav,** i.e., he interprets the mishna as referring to all carcasses of a similar kind, that is, from kosher animals on the one hand, and from non-kosher animals on the other hand. **And there are** those **who say** that Rav Asi **does not disagree** with the opinion of Rav, and concedes that kosher and non-kosher animal carcasses join together with regard to ritual impurity.


###### Meilah 16a:3
[Meilah 16a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:3)

מֵיתִיבִי: מִיתַת פָּרָה, וְחַיֵּי גָמָל – אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה. הָא מִיתַת שְׁנֵיהֶם – מִצְטָרְפִין, וְקַשְׁיָא לְרַב אַסִּי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** against the first explanation of the opinion of Rav Asi from a *baraita*: With regard to half an olive-bulk from the carcass of **a dead cow and** half an olive-bulk from the flesh of **a live camel,** they **do not join together with one another.** It can be inferred from here that if **both of them** are **dead, they** do **join together.** Rav can explain this *baraita* as referring to ritual impurity, **but** this poses **a difficulty to Rav Asi.**


###### Meilah 16a:4
[Meilah 16a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:4)

אֵימָא: הָא חַיֵּי שְׁנֵיהֶם – מִצְטָרְפִין, וּמַנִּי – רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הִיא, דְּאָמַר: אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי נוֹהֵג בַּטְּמֵאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: One should **say** that the correct inference from the *baraita* is not that if both of them, the cow and the camel, are dead, then they join together. Rather, one should infer that if **both of them** are **alive, they join together. And who is** the *tanna* of the *baraita*? It **is Rabbi Yehuda, who said:** The prohibition of eating **a limb from a living** animal **applies** even **to** the limb of **a non-kosher** animal.


###### Meilah 16a:5
[Meilah 16a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:5)

אֲבָל מִיתַת שְׁנֵיהֶם, מַאי? לָא מִצְטָרְפִי? אִם כֵּן, מַאי אִירְיָא דְּרָהֵיט וְתָנֵי ״מִיתַת פָּרָה וְחַיֵּי גָמָל״, הָא אֲפִילּוּ מִיתַת שְׁנֵיהֶם לָא מִצְטָרְפִי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty with this answer. **But** in that case, **what** is the *halakha* if **both of them,** the cow and the camel, **are dead?** Do they **not join together? If so, why** does the *tanna* **run specifically** to an extreme case **and teach:** Half an olive-bulk from the carcass of **a dead cow and** half an olive-bulk from the flesh of **a live camel?** After all, **even** if **both of them** are **dead, they** do **not join together.**


###### Meilah 16a:6
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וְעוֹד, תַּנְיָא: חֲצִי זַיִת פָּרָה בְּחַיֶּיהָ וַחֲצִי זַיִת גָּמָל בְּמִיתָתָהּ – אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין. אֲבָל חֲצִי זַיִת מִפָּרָה וַחֲצִי זַיִת מִגָּמָל, בֵּין בְּחַיֶּיהָ בֵּין בְּמִיתָתָהּ – מִצְטָרְפִין. קַשְׁיָא רֵישָׁא אַסֵּיפָא! אֶלָּא לָאו שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ: מִיתַת שְׁנֵיהֶם – מִצְטָרְפִין!?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And furthermore, it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Half an olive-bulk** from the flesh of **a cow when it is alive and half an olive-bulk** from the carcass of **a camel when it is dead do not join together; but half an olive-bulk from a cow and half an olive-bulk from a camel, whether alive or dead, do join together. The first clause** in the *baraita* is **difficult** as it is apparently contradicted **by the latter clause. Rather, isn’t it** correct to **conclude from** the *baraita* that if there is half an olive-bulk from each of **the two of them** when they are **dead,** they **join together?**


###### Meilah 16a:7
[Meilah 16a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Meilah/r/16a:7)

אָמַר לְךָ רַב אַסִּי: הַאי תַּנָּא סָבַר אִיסּוּר חָל עַל אִיסּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Rav Asi** could have **said to you** that **this *tanna* holds** that **a prohibition takes effect** even where another **prohibition** already exists. He maintains that the prohibition of eating an animal carcass takes effect even with regard to the flesh of a non-kosher animal, which is already prohibited, and for this reason the two half olive-bulks join together, as the same prohibition against eating an animal carcass applies to both. By contrast, Rav Asi himself maintains that a prohibition does not take effect where another prohibition already exists, and therefore this *baraita* does not pose a difficulty to his opinion that the two do not combine.