Commentary for Pesachim 168:12

רב אשי אמר כל כי האי גוונא ודאי אין בו משום שבירת העצם דהא ודאי אינו ראוי לאכילה כלל אלא אבר שאין עליו כזית בשר איכא בינייהו למ"ד כשר הא כשר הוא למ"ד ראוי לאכילה בעינן שיעור אכילה וליכא

[Hence] during the daytime too [it may not be broken] as a preventive measure on account of after nightfall.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The point of the 'too' ('during the daytime too') is this: just as it must not be burnt at night by Rabbinical law only, lest something else happen, so he must not break it during the day by Rabbinical law only', also because he may do something else instead, viz., break it at night.');">¹¹</span> R'Papa said: In such a case all hold that it is subject to the [prohibition of] breaking a bone.

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