Commentary for Bekhorot 74:43

{דברים טו } מרצע אין לי אלא מרצע מנין לרבות הסול והסירה והמחט והמקדח והמכתב

Now if you maintain that the boring was done through the ear-lap, then the Hebrew slave who is a priest cannot become blemished, hence we only bore through the top part of the ear!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., from the cartilage inward. Nevertheless we see that the boring causes a blemish. R. Jose holding that even a needle's point which makes a hole much smaller than a lentil, is capable of maiming.');">¹⁶</span>

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