From what part [of the body] do they measure? R. Eliezer says: from the navel; R. Akiba says: from the nose; R. Eliezer b. Jacob says: from the place where he was made a slain person, from the neck. |
סוטה 9.4 |
When the elders of Jerusalem had departed and gone away, the elders of that city take a Heifer of the herd which has not drawn in the Yoke, and a blemish does not disqualify it. They bring it down to a ravine which is stony `Ethan` is to be understood in its literal sense of `hard` but even if it be not stony, it is fit [for the ceremony]. They then break its neck with a hatchet from behind. The site may never be sown or tilled, but it is permitted to card flax and chisel stones there. |
סוטה 9.5 |
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