Commentary for Chullin 136:44

(דברים יב, יז) לא תוכל לאכול בשעריך מעשר דגנך וגו' בשעריך הוא דלא תיכול אבל יצאו חוץ למחיצתן וחזרו מותרין

The question was raised: According to him who says that the emergence of a limb is not regarded as the birth of that limb, what would be the law if the foetus first put forth one fore-limb and withdrew it within, and then the other fore-limb and withdrew it within, [and then other parts of its body and withdrew them within,] and so on until, all in all, the greater portion of the foetus had emerged?

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