Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Ezekiel 44:21

Certain brainless people have misinterpreted the verse in Ezekiel that reads “The kohanim shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast” [Ezekiel 44:31]. They claim that the prohibition applies only to food killed by birds or by beasts. This is nonsense. The Torah explicitly says, he must not eat an animal that died by itself, or an animal that was torn — i.e., any such animal. This verse teaches us that if he does eat such food, he may not officiate.