Commentary for Chullin 254:39

אין בהמה נעשית יד לאבר

is of the opinion that where by taking hold of the smaller part of a thing the greater part does not come away with it it is regarded like it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the smaller part is still considered as part of the whole. It is agreed to by all that the animal cannot serve as a handle to the limb, but R. Meir and R. Simeon differ in this: R. Meir maintains that whatever still hangs on to the whole is regarded as part of the whole; for, granted that the hanging limb cannot pull with it the rest of the animal, the animal when taken up would certainly take with it this hanging limb. R. Simeon, however, does not accept this argument. hcr');">²¹</span>

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