Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Chullin 98:6

מה חלב המכסה את הקרב תותב קרום ונקלף אף כל תותב קרום ונקלף

R'Akiba says: It teaches: as the fat upon the inwards [is characteristic in that it] an even layer, and is covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off, so all fat [which is to be forbidden] must be an even layer, and covered with a membrane which can be easily peeled off!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fat which is upon the abomasum is not spread evenly over it but is attached to it in lumps; so, too, the fat upon the intestines. The prohibition therefore does not include these.');"><sup>4</sup></span>

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