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רבינא אמר: לענין מלקות איתמר.
The Talmud returns to Ulla’s statement in the name of Reish Lakish (32b) that an impure individual who inserted his hand into the Temple courtyard is flogged, as partial entry is considered entry. An objection was then raised from the case of the metzora, where he is not liable to be punished with karet for partial entry, and Ulla offered one answer. Ravina says that there is another answer: It was stated only with regard to lashes, teaching that one is flogged for partially entering the courtyard while ritually impure. Reish Lakish agrees that there is no punishment of karet for partial entry as there is for a full entry.
כי אתא רבין, אמר רבי אבהו: לענין טמא שנגע בקודש איתמר.
When Ravin came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that R' Abbahu says that the statement of Reish Lakish with regard to this verse was stated with regard to a ritually impure individual who touched sacrificial food, and not with regard to partial entry into the courtyard, as Ulla had said.
דאיתמר: טמא שנגע בקודש – ריש לקיש אמר: לוקה, רבי יוחנן אמר: אינו לוקה. ריש לקיש אמר לוקה – ״בכל קדש לא תגע״. ורבי יוחנן אמר אינו לוקה – ההוא בתרומה כתיב.
This is as it was stated: There is an amoraic dispute with regard to an impure person who touched sacrificial food. Reish Lakish says: He is flogged. R' Yoḥanan says: He is not flogged. The Talmud elaborates. Reish Lakish says: He is flogged, as it is written: “Every consecrated item she should not touch” (Leviticus 12:4). And R' Yoḥanan says: He is not flogged, as that verse is written with regard to touching the portion of the produce designated for the priest [teruma].
וריש לקיש – האי קרא להכי הוא דאתא?! האי מיבעי ליה: אזהרה לאוכל בשר קודש! דאיתמר: אזהרה לאוכל בשר קודש מנין? ריש לקיש אמר: ״בכל קדש לא תגע״.
The Talmud asks: But does Reish Lakish actually hold that this verse comes to teach this halakha? He requires this verse to teach a prohibition for a ritually impure person who eats sacrificial meat. As it was stated: From where is the prohibition for a ritually impure person who eats sacrificial meat derived? Reish Lakish says it is derived from the verse: “Every consecrated item she should not touch,” which the Talmud will explain is referring to eating.