Commentary for Keritot 29:59

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> ועוד שאל רבי עקיבא

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>R'AKIBA FURTHER ASKED: IF A LIMB HANGS LOOSE FROM THE BODY OF A LIVING BEAST, WHAT IS THE LAW?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The question is whether it is unclean. The limb of a living animal completely detached from the body has the status of nebelah (see Glos.) and is unclean. In our instance it was not wholly detached from the body, but its connections were mainly severed.');">³⁶</span>

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