Commentary for Chullin 106:33

דרוסה שאמרו צריכה בדיקה כנגד בני מעיים

R'Ashi said: When we were at the school of R'Kahana there was brought before us a lung which when laid down lay firm, but when lifted up decomposed and fell to pieces, and we declared it to be trefah, in accordance with the view of R'Huna the son of R'Joshua.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who laid down the principle that any organ which has decayed or decomposed must be regarded as missing. Here, therefore, it is regarded as though the lung was missing and the animal is trefah.');">¹⁰</span>

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