Related%20passage for Shabbat 215:3

מיתיבי רבי זירא (ויקרא א, יז) בכנפיו להכשיר את העור ואי ס"ד עור הוא היכי מרבי ליה קרא א"ל אביי עור הוא ורחמנא רבייה

this is to teach that the skin is fit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To be burnt on the altar, it being unnecessary to skin the bird first. ');">⁶</span> Now if you think that it is [a separate] skin, how can Scripture include it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It should be the same as the skin of all animal, which must be first removed, v. 6. ');">⁷</span> — Said Abaye to him, it is [indeed a separate] skin, but the Divine Law includes it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This verse shows that the skin of a bird is not the same as that of an animal. ');">⁸</span>

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