[Avodah] How many bones in the human body?

[Abraham J. Friedman]

I would imagine that just like by a strawberry whereby it is classified as
a fruit scientifically but nevertheless halacha requires us to make a
hadaamah on it, similarly with the skeletal structural composition of a
human. There must be a difference for the basis of classification as to
what makes something count as a bone. Did they actually count it out or
simply come to the conclusion based on a drasha?






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On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 9:22 PM Marty Bluke via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> The Gemara in  bechoros 45 says that the human body has 248 bones and that
> women have 4 additional bones, 252 in total. The modern consensus is that
> an adult has 206 bones the same number for men and women.
>
> What explanations are given to resolve these discrepancies besides
> nishtane hateva?
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