Commentary for Chullin 57:20

(במדבר ט, י) איש איש כי יהיה טמא לנפש איש נדחה ואין ציבור נדחין:

I should have said that the greater portion of the organ was not sufficient but that the whole organ must be cut? - [Hence the rule had to be stated in connection with consecrated animals.] And if he taught the rule only in connection with consecrated animals I should have said that only there [is the greater portion of the organ necessary], since the blood is required for a special purpose, but in the case of unconsecrated animals, since the blood is not required for any purpose.

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