Commentary for Chullin 143:8
דאמר רב יוסף אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל
Why? - R'Hoshaia said: As a precaution lest the foetus protrude its head beyond the ante-chamber.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In which case, according to all views, the midwife would become unclean by Biblical law, for the foetus is by the protrusion of its head regarded as born.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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