Commentary for Chullin 64:33

מתקיף לה רבי זירא

Raba said: This decision of Resh Lakish applies only to the lung because the vitality of the lung is entirely dependent upon the windpipe, but it does not apply to the intestines.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the intestines had been pierced after the windpipe, but before the gullet had been cut, the animal would be forbidden to be eaten, for the intestines are dependent upon and connected with the gullet and this has not yet been cut.');">¹⁴</span>

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