Commentary for Chullin 140:3
בטמאה טמא ובטהורה טהור:
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>What is the reason of the first Tanna's view? - R'Hisda said: It is an a fortiori argument; for if the dam [when slaughtered] has the effect of rendering [the foetus] permitted to be eaten then surely [whilst alive] it will at least have the effect of rendering it clean so that it be not nebelah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the basis of this a fortiori argument v. supra p. 374, end of n. 1.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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