Talmud for Moed Katan 51:21

אמר השתא איחייבין לי שתי קריעות א"ל מנא לך הא והא בדידי הוה עובדא ואתאי לקמיה דרב מתנה ולא הוה בידיה אתאי לקמיה דרב יהודה ואמר לי הכי אמר שמואל לא אמרו אלא בזרוע וכמעשה שהיה

He took off his head phylactery and put it down on a pillow, when a young ostrich came and wanted to swallow it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'R. Huna seized the bird and held it by the throat'. J.M.K. III, 7.');">²⁷</span> Said he [R'Abba]: [If that had been swallowed] I should now have had to make two rents.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the ostrich had swallowed or destroyed it. for the parchment and also for the text.');">²⁸</span> Said the other:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Huna b. Hiyya. In J.M.K. the names are reversed.');">²⁹</span>

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