Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 118:20

תא שמע (בראשית א, כח) ובכל חיה הרומשת על הארץ ההוא לאתויי נחש הוא דאתא

One might think that this prohibition applies even to reptiles; therefore it is stated — but.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. [H]. It is a principle of Talmudic hermeneutics that the particles akh (but) and rak (save) always indicate a limitation or exclusion. Here akh is interpreted as teaching the exclusion of reptiles from the law under discussion. ');">²²</span>

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