"Do not eat any of the hard fat (cheilev) in an ox, sheep, or goat." (Lev. 7:23)
Some commentaries (Maimonides, Guide, III:48; Sefer HaChinuch, mitzvah 147) explain that the Torah prohibits eating these fats for health reasons. Yet, if this were true, why is only the cheilev of these three animals forbidden?
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