Commentary for Chullin 115:39

בזכר כל שנים עשר חדש בנקבה כל שאינה יולדת

Said R'Papa: We can infer from R Huna's statement, having regard to Samuel's statement, namely, that a cucumber which became wormy in its growth was forbidden,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Lev. XI, 41 is derived the law that only such worms and creeping things as have crawled upon the earth are forbidden to be eaten, but those that generated in fruit and vegetables and had never crawled upon the ground are permitted. In this case of Samuel, since the cucumber is in the course of growth and has not yet been plucked up from the ground, the worms found crawling in it are deemed to be crawling upon the ground and are therefore forbidden.');">¹⁷</span>

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