Commentary for Temurah 47:33

בית שמאי היא דאמר בכור בקדושתיה קאי

R'ELEAZAR SON OF R'SIMEON SAID etc. Our Rabbis have taught: We must not flay an animal from the feet on holy days;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to keep the skin intact in order to make a pair of bellows therewith. When the skin was flayed with a knife, the process was from the throat to the tail.');">²¹</span>

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