Mesorat%20hashas for Bekhorot 89:60

מעשה בתלמידיו של ר' ישמעאל ששלקו זונה אחת שנתחייבה שריפה למלך בדקו ומצאו בה מאתים וחמשים ושנים

has additional limbs, having two hundred and eighty-one, all these joints are counted in the number of one hundred and twenty-five.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Tanna therefore informs us that although one hundred and twenty-five is not the actual majority of limbs in the case of a woman who has additional fingers or the bare majority in the case of one who has less than the usual number of limbs, we accept the number in all cases as the greater number of limbs causes tent uncleanness.');">³⁶</span>

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