Biblical Source for Disqualifying Treifah Animals from the Altar

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yisrael

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The Chasam Sofer corrects his student on the prohibition against offering a kosher animal that nursed from a treifah, establishing that the prohibition stems from sevara (disgrace) rather than a biblical verse. He further resolves the Shaar HaMelech's difficulty with the Rambam by proposing that 'min habakar' is a genuine biblical derivation only for derusah — the one treifah explicitly stated in the Torah — while all other treifos known through halacha leMoshe miSinai are excluded via 'hakriveihu na lefachasecha'.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer YD §72

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