Quoting%20commentary for Bekhorot 80:11
רבי חנניא בן גמליאל אומר
IT IS A BLEMISH, BUT IF IT IS NOT ALL ONE BONE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Rashi. I.e., if the tips of the outside ear and the inside one are not connected. According to this interpretation, the word refers to the lub, 'tip of the ear', and the reason why it is called 'a bone' is because it is a hard physical substance, like that of a bone. Maimonides, however, apparently reads: 'If it is another' and explains it as follows: If the external ear appears like a separate and distinct member, then it is a blemish, but if it does not seem like an extra member, then it is not a blemish. This interpretation would remove the difficulty why according to Rashi's version it is not regarded as an additional limb where it is 'one bone'. Cur. edd.: If it has no bone.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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