Commentary for Chullin 133:36

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R'Huna said: A man should not pour beer [into a vessel] at night, and strain it through twigs, for fear tha a worm [from the beer] might drop on to the twigs and thence fall into the vessel, and he would [if he swallowed the worm with the beer] infringe the law of Every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 41. If the worm had crawled upon the twigs it would be regarded as having crawled upon the earth, and consequently included in the prohibition of this verse. On the other hand the law is clearly established, supra, that worms found in any liquid in any vessel are permitted.');">¹⁰</span>

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