Commentary for Shabbat 71:6

אמר רב אשי אף אנו נאמר בבל בורסיף בורסיף בבל

which if [found] on one side, it [the animal] is fit [for food]; if through both sides,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., penetrating both sides of the wall. ');">¹¹</span> it [the animal] is <i>terefah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Unfit for food. Abaye states that this law applies only to what is now called hoblila. ');">¹²</span> R. Ashi said, We too will state: Babylon [changed to] Borsif and Borsif to Babylon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The town Babylon is on the Euphrates, and Borsipha is on an arm of the Euphrates. V. Obermeyer, P. 314 and map. ');">¹³</span>

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