Commentary for Chullin 146:13

במאי עסקינן

but the limb [that was hanging loose] conveys uncleanness as the limb of a living animal and not as the limb of a dead animal [nebelah]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus proving that at death the limb is accounted as detached since it is regarded as the limb of a living animal. It will, accordingly, only convey uncleanness when complete; v. supra n 2.');">⁸</span>

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