Responsa for Bekhorot 77:73
אלא הכא ביש בריה מעיקרא קמיפלגי מר סבר
One Master holds that a living creature can be created with one kidney only [and therefore an animal with one kidney is permitted for the altar] whereas the other holds that a living creature cannot be created with one kidney only.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore if we find only one kidney, we say that the animal originally possessed two kidneys and has been deprived of one, thereby becoming disqualified from the altar.');"><sup>41</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A cow with one kidney is fit for eating purposes.
SOURCES: P. 292; Am. I, 76.
SOURCES: P. 292; Am. I, 76.
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Teshuvot Maharam
A cow with one kidney is fit for eating purposes.
SOURCES: P. 292; Am. I, 76.
SOURCES: P. 292; Am. I, 76.
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