Commentary for Chullin 40:26

מפני שהוא מחליד רבא אמר

Raba said: If there is any difficulty [in connection with Ze'iri's statement] it is this: Why proceed with the nipping if it is already dead?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For in nipping one must sever the neckbone and also the organs, but if in the first stage of the nipping the bird is already dead then why continue with it?');">¹⁸</span>

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