Commentary for Chullin 134:25

קוקיאני שרו מאי טעמא מיניה גבלי אמר רב אשי

R'Ashi said: Of course this is so, for if they come from the outside they should surely be found in the excretory passages! The law is: Parasites are forbidden because they might enter through the nostril whilst the animal is asleep.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And thus found their way through the respiratory passages into the lungs.');">¹⁵</span>

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