Related%20passage for Eruvin 35:27

לכדר' שמעון בן מנסיא דדריש ר"ש בן מנסיא ויבן ה' אלהים את הצלע מלמד שקילעה הקב"ה לחוה והביאה לאדם הראשון שכן בכרכי הים קורין לקלעיתא בנייתא

is quite intelligible; but according to him who explained: 'A tail', what [could be the meaning of] 'And closed up the place with flesh instead thereof'? - R'Zebid (or as some say: R'Nahman B'Isaac) replied: The text refers only<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it was only required'.');">⁶⁷</span> to the place of the cut. According to him who explained: 'A tail' it was quite proper for Scripture to write: And He builded,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. II, 22. A tail well requires 'building' before it is converted into the shape of a woman.');">⁶⁸</span>

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