meat of that animal during the meal. That is the meaning of “share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are.” This might produce some situations in which a rather large number of people, consuming a goat kid or lamb, might each get only a relatively small portion of meat to eat. But the alternative—meat left over, or someone being forced to gorge himself in order to finish off all the meat in one sitting—was strictly to be avoided. Thus the statement