Quoting%20commentary for Sukkah 71:6

קתני מיהת תפוח סרוח מאי לאו תפוח מבחוץ וסרוח מבפנים לא אידי ואידי מבחוץ ולא קשיא הא דתפח אע"ג דלא סרח הא דסרח אע"ג דלא תפח

At any rate it teaches "swollen or decayed." Is it not, swollen from without and decayed from within? No! Both refer to the outside, and yet there is no difficulty. One refers to a case where the etrog is swollen even although it is not decayed; the other to a case where it was decayed without being swollen.

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