Commentary for Chullin 253:9
אמר ליה ההוא מדרבנן לרבא
A certain Rabbi said to Raba: Perhaps the expression 'among the creeping things' includes the mouse which is half flesh and half earth, and the expression 'that creep' signifies all that creep, thus including the sea-mouse, and as for the expression 'upon the earth', it would be interpreted as follows: While upon earth it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc., any mouse, whether land-mouse or sea-mouse, or the mouse generated from the earth.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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