Commentary for Bekhorot 89:86

לא באיש ולא באשה:

- Here again the verse refers to 'hinges' of flesh. It also stands to reason. For if you will not say so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That zirim written in connection with a man is not an additional limb and thus there would be another limb in the case of a man.');">⁵⁴</span> to whom then will you apply the accepted statement that there exist two hundred and forty-eight limbs [in the human body], for it can apply neither to a man nor to a woman.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the number of human limbs given here v. Mak., Sonc. ed., p. 169 n. 5.');">⁵⁵</span>

Explore commentary for Bekhorot 89:86. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.