Mesorat%20hashas for Eruvin 13:5

ולרב אדא בר אהבה אמר רב דאמר הלכה ומורין כן מאי איכא למימר

'If the backbone or skull [of a corpse] were defective [it does not impart levitic uncleanliness by overshadowing];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ohel (v. Glos.) . Only a complete backbone or skull impart uncleanness in this manner.');">¹²</span> and how much [is deemed to be] a defect in a backbone? Beth Shammai ruled: Two vertebrae, and Beth Hillel ruled: One vertebra; and in the case of a skull, Beth Shammai ruled: [A hole] as large as that made by a drill,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like the fullness of a drill'.');">¹³</span>

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