Commentary for Pesachim 169:6
ואי אמרת אבר שאין עליו כזית בשר במקום זה ויש במקום אחר אין בו משום שבירת העצם למה לי דקולף עד שמגיע לפרק וחותך נקלוף ביה פורתא ונתבריה
he cuts [the flesh] as far as th bone, and pares it until he reaches the joint and then cuts it off.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While the flesh which he cut on (i.e., which had not gone outside) is eaten.');"><sup>7</sup></span> Now if you say [that] a limb upon which there is not as much as an olive at this point but there is as much as an olive on it elsewhere is not subject t the [prohibition of] breaking a bone, why does he pare it until he reaches the joint and [then] cut it off?
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