Commentary for Chullin 145:26

אמרו לו

They replied: It is often the case that an act has a greater effe upon that which is not part of itself than upon that which is part of itself; for we have learnt: Whatsoever is cut off from the foetus within the womb [and left inside] may be eaten, but whatsoever is cut off from the spleen or the kidneys [of the animal and left inside] may not be eaten.

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