Does cutting the umbilical cord involve a Torah-level or rabbinic Shabbat prohibition?
Synopsis
Dispute whether cutting the umbilical cord is a rabbinic prohibition (shevut) or a Torah-level violation (chovel/cutting living tissue).
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