Tosefta for Chullin 127:11
והא תניא
- Rather, said R'Zera: The distinguishing characteristics [of the eggs of clean birds] do not rest on Biblical authority.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And we may not rely upon them.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Tosefta Chullin
And as to eggs, any [egg] that narrows [at the top] and is rounded, if it is known to be from an impure bird, and any [egg] that does not narrow [at the top] or is not rounded, if it is known to be from a clean bird, is clean (see Hul. 64a:2). They may take eggs from either of them and they need not be concerned lest [the eggs] are from carrion or from tereifot. They may not sell eggs from carrion or from teriefot to idolaters unless they are cracked open into a dish, and moreover, [the Sages] said, they may not buy from idolaters eggs cracked open into a dish.
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