Commentary for Chullin 238:32

מאי לאו משום יד

is considered a handle, for as R'Ila'a referred [elsewhere] to a bristle among many bristles, so here too it refers to a hair among many hairs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is conceded by R. Simeon b. Lakish that many hairs taken together can serve as a handle, but a single hair, he maintains, cannot, for it would certainly snap when attempting to lift the bulk by it.');">²¹</span>

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