Where is the Dam – Blood – stored?



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The blood is contained in a separate pouch - מיפקד פקיד

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Tosafos comments that the blood of the חלזון used for dye is מיפקד פקיד – contained in a separate area that does not mix with the life blood of the creature126. The dye sac (hypobronchial gland) extracted from the murex fits this description precisely:127

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126 תוספות )שבת עה א( “והשיב לו ר”ת דדם חלזון הראוי לצביעה מיפקד פקיד ולא מיחייב על אותו הדם משום נטילת נשמה”.

127 Crossley, Headrick, Hirsch, Johnson, 2010. Photo Credit: R’ Y. Toporovitz. The dye-sac removed from the murex.

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