Commentary for Temurah 51:11

וחכ"א

This is the teaching of R'Meir.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For we hold to the first statement, and since a half is holy, the whole animal becomes holy. And although R. Meir holds (supra 18a) that if one dedicated a foot of an animal the whole animal does not receive holiness, the case here is different where a half of the animal is dedicated, since it is a section of the animal without which it cannot live.');">⁸</span>

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