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השוחט את הבהמה על מנת לזרוק דמה לעבודה זרה, ולהקטיר חלבה לעבודה זרה – רבי יוחנן אמר: אסורה; מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה, וילפינן חוץ מבפנים.
With regard to one who slaughters an animal in order to sprinkle its blood for idol worship, or in order to burn its forbidden fat for idol worship, R' Yoḥanan says: Deriving benefit from the animal is prohibited, as it is considered an offering to idol worship, even if ultimately its blood was not sprinkled or its fat burned to that effect. This is because one can have intention from one rite to affect another rite; idolatrous intent while slaughtering the animal renders it forbidden, even if the intention pertains not to the slaughter itself but to the sprinkling of the blood or the burning of the forbidden fat. And this halakha is derived from the halakhot of piggul, as we derive halakhot of idol worship, which are applicable even outside the Temple, from halakhot concerning intent that apply inside the Temple.
ריש לקיש אמר: מותרת; אין מחשבין מעבודה לעבודה, ולא ילפינן חוץ מפנים.
Reish Lakish says: Deriving benefit from the animal is permitted. One cannot have intention from one rite to affect another rite, and we do not derive halakhot applicable outside the Temple from halakhot that apply inside the Temple.
ואי אשמעינן בהא – בהא אמר ריש לקיש, אבל פנים מפנים אימא מודי ליה לרבי יוחנן;
Although both disputes are essentially the same, each is necessary. And if the rabbis had taught us the dispute only with regard to that issue, namely, an animal slaughtered with idolatrous intent, one would have reasoned that Reish Lakish says his opinion only with regard to that issue, as he maintains that halakhot applicable outside the Temple are not derived from halakhot applicable only inside the Temple. But with regard to an offering that was slaughtered with the intention of sprinkling its blood not for its sake, one might say that he concedes to R' Yoḥanan that it is disqualified, as halakhot applicable inside the Temple can be derived from other halakhot applicable inside the Temple.