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מאי לאו בהא קמיפלגי, דרבי יוסי הגלילי סבר: ״לא תאכלו״ משמע בין איסור אכילה בין איסור הנאה, וכי אתא קרא למישרייה לנבילה — בהנאה הוא דאתא. ורבי עקיבא סבר: איסור אכילה — משמע, איסור הנאה לא משמע. וכי אתא קרא — לטומאה וטהרה.
The Talmud asks: What, is it not that they disagree about this, the following issue? R' Yosei HaGelili holds: “You should 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 and said: “For any other service,” it came to permit one to derive benefit from an animal carcass. And R' Akiva holds: “You should not eat” indicates that there is only a prohibition of eating; it does not indicate a prohibition of deriving benefit. Therefore, no verse is necessary to learn that it is permitted to derive benefit from an animal carcass. When the verse came and said: “For any other service,” it came to teach about the halakhot of ritual purity and impurity. Apparently, there is a tannaitic dispute about the meaning of the words: “You should not eat.”
לא, דכולי עלמא ״לא תאכלו״ משמע בין איסור אכילה בין איסור הנאה. והכא בהא קמיפלגי, רבי יוסי הגלילי סבר: כשהותרה נבילה — היא הותרה, חלבה וגידה — לא הותרו. וכי איצטריך קרא — להיתר הנאה הוא דאתא. ורבי עקיבא סבר: כשהותרה נבילה — חלבה וגידה נמי הותרו. וכי איצטריך קרא — לטומאה וטהרה.
The Talmud rejects this assumption. No, it is possible to say that everyone holds that “You should 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 animal carcass, the carcass itself was permitted; however, its fat and its sinews were not permitted. And the phrase “for any other service” in the verse is necessary to permit one to derive benefit from this fat. However, R' Akiva holds: When it was permitted to derive benefit from an animal carcass, it was also permitted to derive benefit from its fat and sinews. Therefore, the phrase “for any other service” in the verse is necessary for the issue of purity and impurity.