וְאִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצ֜וּד צֵ֥יד חַיָּ֛ה אוֹ־ע֖וֹף אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵאָכֵ֑ל וְשָׁפַךְ֙ אֶת־דָּמ֔וֹ וְכִסָּ֖הוּ בֶּעָפָֽר׃
Y cualquier varón de los hijos de Israel, ó de los extranjeros que peregrinan entre ellos, que cogiere caza de animal ó de ave que sea de comer, <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Este es el <b>147mo Precepto Positivo</b> enumerado por el Rambam en el Prefacio a Mishné Torá, su “Compendio de la Ley Hebrea” para todo el Pueblo de Israel.',event);" onmouseout="Close();">derramará su sangre y cubrirála con tierra</span>:
Tosefta Chullin
[The requirement to] cover the blood [of a wild animal or fowl] (Lev. 17:13) applies to mixed-breeds and to the k'vi. Rabbi Eliezer says, this applies to mixed-breeds from a goat and from a ewe. It does not apply [to mixed-breeds] from a k'vi. Rabbi Yosei says, we may not slaughter it (i.e., a mixed-breed from a k'vi) on a Festival because of the doubt [as to whether or not it is a wild animal], but if it was slaughtered, we do not cover the blood. Said Rabbi Yosei, and what about circumcision, which is a definite obligation that overrides the Sabbath, but when it is a doubtful obligation it does not override a Festival, [thus] covering the blood [of a mixed-breed from a k'vi], that even when it is a definite obligation it does not override the Sabbath, is it not logical that where it is a doubtful obligation it would not override a Festival? They said to him, [the blowing of] trumpets [on Rosh Hashanah] in the outlying areas will prove it. That they are*שכן ודאה not שאין ודאן ("That they are not") definite obligations and they do override the Sabbath, and [even] when they are doubtful obligations*i.e., if it is unknown whether today or tomorrow is Rosh Hashanah, they [nonetheless] override a Festival, they prove that as to covering the blood, that even though it is not a definite obligation*i.e., one is only required to cover the blood in the event that one happens to slaughter, it overrides the Sabbath, would it not follow that when it is only a doubtful [obligation] (i.e., involving a k'vi), it [would nonetheless] override a Festival? Rabbi Elazar (=Bar Kappara) the son of Rabbi Elazar HaKappar responded, "And what [is noteworthy] about circumcision is that when it is an uncertain [obligation] it does not override a Festival, and when it is a certain obligation it does not override Festival nights (i.e., it cannot be performed at night). You must [therefore] say that with respect to covering the blood, that when it is a certain [obligation] it overrides Festival nights, since [all] certain [obligations] override Festival nights, it is logical that [even] if there is a doubt, it would override a Festival." Said Rabbi Abba, this is one of the things that Rabbi Achiyya*alt., "Rabbi Chiyya" (see Hul. 84b:9) would say, "There is no refutation to this," and Rabbi Chiyya*alt., "Rabbi Elazar HaKappar" (ibid.) refuted it.