Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 240:12

והחיה אוכלת וכו': אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל לא שנו אלא ממקום שאין נפשו יוצאה אבל ממקום שנפשו יוצאה מעידין

Raba replied: [The operation was performed] with a glowing hot knife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which cauterized the wound. ');">³¹</span> and this is in agreement with the opinion of all.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since all agree that a cauterized wound is not fatal. ');">³²</span> OR BEING DEVOURED BY A WILD BEAST etc. Rab Judah stated In the name of Samuel: This has been taught only in the case [where the attack was] not on a vital organ,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from a place from which his soul does not depart'. ');">³³</span>

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