Commentary for Chullin 257:27

כששימש מעשה עץ שימש

needs the intention [to be used as food] and also needs to be made susceptible to uncleanness, [I say] the uncleanness that [the fat] conveys by reason of the kidney within it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fat of a carcass cannot convey uncleanness as nebelah save that which encloses the kidney, and that is because of the kidney that is inside it; v. supra 126b.');">¹⁶</span>

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