Commentary for Niddah 84:40
בלוע הוי ורבא אמר
— Abaye replied: It is an absorbed place, but Raba replied: It is a concealed one. Whence, said Abaye, do I derive this? From what was taught: As it might have been presumed that the <i>nebelah</i> of a beast conveys uncleanness to a person's garments by way of his oesophagus,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. by swallowing it. ');"><sup>39</sup></span>
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