Commentary for Chullin 247:42
כי ממעט מיהא טהור אמאי
Surely we should say [what is left] is of value! - We must suppose here that he intended [the hide] to serve as a seat for one suffering with an issue.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reading . According to MS.M. and 'Aruch the reading is , a peculiar word, whose etymology as well as meaning is extremely doubtful. 'A leather seat of a folding chair' (Jast) . The argument is, since the hide was intended to be used for a particular purpose so soon as it is diminished and so rendered unfit for that purpose it is deemed to be of no value.');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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