Commentary for Chullin 127:23

של עוף פלוני וטהור הוא סמוך עליהם

- Rather, said Raba, It is to teach that if [the embryo within was] developed, whosoever eats it would incur stripes for [eating] creeping things that crawl upon the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. XI, 41. The Baraitha therefore stated 'it is a reptile's egg' to inform us of the appropriate prohibition that must be declared to the transgressor as a warning before he commits the offence, in order to render him liable to stripes.');">¹¹</span>

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