Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 214:2
ואכתי לענין שבת לא פליגי והתניא הצד אחד מח' שרצים האמורים בתורה החובל בהן חייב בשרצים שיש להן עורות ואיזו היא חבורה שאינה חוזרת נצרר הדם אע"פ שלא יצא רבי יוחנן בן נורי אומר ח' שרצים יש להן עורות
Said Raba to him: But he states, which the Sages enumerated? Rather said Raba, This is the meaning: the skin of those [reptiles] only which the Sages enumerated defiles like the flesh.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 518, n. 5. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> Hence it follows that R. Johanan b. Nuri holds that even those which the Sages did not enumerate defile [in this way]? But it is stated, R. Johanan b. Nuri said: The eight reptiles have skins and do not defile? — Rather Said R. Adda b. Mattenah, Reconcile it thus: But the Sages maintain: In respect of defilement those which the Sages enumerated have skin.
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