Quoting%20commentary for Bekhorot 14:39
מאי לאו בין הוא חי ואמו חיה בין הוא מת ואמו מתה
It means, whether the offspring is alive and its mother is dead, or whether the offspring is dead and its mother is alive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the skin comes from both the mother and its offspring and therefore it is clean until both are dead. This is one explanation. Rashi's explanation, however, is that the Baraitha in both cases supposes the mother to be alive, only In one instance the offspring is also alive, therefore the skin is clean. But where both are dead, R. Hisda cannot find support for R. Huna's ruling.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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