Commentary for Chullin 157:9
אין חוששין לזרע האב אבל חכמים אומרים
who maintained that we do not take into consideration the seed of the male parent,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is the female parent only which determines the species of the offspring, irrespective of the species of the sire; therefore, the offspring of a mare may not interbreed with the offspring of a she-ass. For the prohibition, cf. Lev. XIX. 19.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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