Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 49:4

אתא לקמיה דרב חסדא א"ל מתניתא בעו מינך דתנן עשרים וארבעה ראשי אברים שבאדם כולם אין מטמאין משום מחיה

You are not Hamnuna, but Karnuna,' jeered they.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi connects Karnuna with karona, the market: 'you have frittered your time away in the market place, gossiping, otherwise you could have answered us.' Tosaf. Ham-nuna = a hot fish; Kar-nuna = a cold fish. 'you are a cold fish, not hot' - your knowledge is lifeless.');"><sup>7</sup></span> When he came before R'Hisda, he said to him: They asked you a<big><b>MISHNAH:</b></big> For we learnt: As to the twenty-four tips of limbs of a man, none of these become unclean on account of raw flesh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XIII, 10: 'and there be quick raw flesh in the rising'.');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

R. Hisda tells R. Hamnuna that he could have answered the question from a mishnah. The mishnah refers to a person who has a skin affliction. If there is a healthy, unaffected spot within the affliction, then he is rendered impure. The mishnah lists parts of the body which if unaffected do not count as a healthy spot and do not render him impure. On this mishnah a baraita is taught according to which a slave goes free if his master cuts off these parts (ouch). Since Rabbi includes castration we have the answer to our question. A slave castrated by his master goes free.
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