Commentary for Chullin 253:10
אימא בשרץ לאתויי עכבר שחציו בשר וחציו אדמה השורץ כל שהוא שורץ ואפילו עכבר שבים
can render unclean, but if it went down into the sea it cannot render anything unclean? - He replied: Since you regard the sea as a place of uncleanness, then it is all one, whether here or there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a breeding place for species that can render unclean. Since it has been established that the sea-mouse can render unclean, there is no sufficient reason, indeed it is illogical to limit such uncleanness to the time when it creeps upon the land.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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