Commentary for Chullin 136:12
איני
within, you may eat, and if it withdrew two hoofs<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These words are in Deut. XIV, 6: And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two hoofs . . in the beast, ye may eat, from which is derived the general law that the foetus within the dam is rendered permitted by the slaughtering of the dam. The interpretation is: And every beast . . in the beast, ye may eat; the hoof . . in the beast, ye may eat; and two hoofs . . in the beast ye may eat. That is, if the foetus put forth two hoofs (i.e., two legs) and then withdrew one within, the latter would be permitted by the slaughtering of the dam but not the other which remained protruding. If, however, both hoofs were withdrawn within, both would be permitted.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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