Commentary for Chullin 41:3

וכן הוא עושה חותך שדרה ומפרקת בלא רוב בשר

This is what he does: He [the priest] cuts [with his finger-nail] the spinal cord and the neckbone without cutting through the major portion of the surrounding flesh'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And as long as the major Portion of the surrounding flesh has not been cut the bird is not regarded as dead.');">²</span>

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