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גמ׳ נימא אית ליה לרבי מאיר איסור חל על איסור? נהי דאיסור חל על איסור לית ליה, איסור כולל ואיסור מוסיף אית ליה.
Talmud: The Talmud suggests: Let us say that it is evident from the Mishnah that R' Meir holds that a prohibition takes effect where another prohibition already exists. The Talmud counters: Although he does not generally hold that a prohibition takes effect where another prohibition already exists, with regard to a more inclusive prohibition and an expanded prohibition, he holds that the second prohibition does take effect where a prohibition already exists. Under certain circumstances a second prohibition takes effect, and under other circumstances it does not. When the second prohibition is an expanded or inclusive prohibition, it takes effect.
טהור, מעיקרא לא אסיר אלא בחלב, הוה ליה טמא, מיגו דאסיר בחתיכות טהורות – איתוסף ביה נמי איסורא עילוי חלב.
Therefore, in the case in the Mishnah of a ritually impure person who ate leftover forbidden fat from an offering, one who was initially pure was prohibited from eating the food only due to the prohibition of forbidden fat. Once the person became impure, since he became prohibited from eating even pure pieces of sacrificial meat, an additional prohibition is also added to the forbidden fat. The prohibition against an impure person eating sacrificial meat is considered an inclusive prohibition, and therefore it takes effect even though the prohibition against eating forbidden fat already applied.
וחלב מעיקרא לא אסיר אלא באכילה, אקדשיה, מיגו דאיתוסף ביה איסורא דהנאה – איתוסף ביה לגבי חלב.
And likewise, the forbidden fat was initially forbidden only in consumption. When he consecrated the animal, it became prohibited to derive benefit from it in any manner. Therefore, since the prohibition against deriving any form of benefit was added to it, it was also added with regard to eating the forbidden fat. Consequently, the prohibition against misusing consecrated property, which is an expanded prohibition, applies even to one who eats the forbidden fat.