Commentary for Yevamot 205:12

שאני הכא דכתיב (דברים כה, ט) מעל רגלו אי הכי למעלה מן הארכובה נמי מעל ולא מעל דמעל

If so, [<i>halizah</i> should be permissible] above the knee also! — From off but not 'from off the from off'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 5. The part of the leg between the knee and the foot is 'above the foot'; and the part above the knee is 'above the above'. ');">²⁹</span> Said R. Papa: From this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Our Mishnah which permits halizah on any part of the leg below the knee. ');">³⁰</span> it may be inferred that the istewira<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The ankle-bone (talus) v. Katzenelsohn, Talmud und Medizin, p. 384.] ');">³¹</span>

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