Commentary for Chullin 171:11
אין שחיטה לעוף מן התורה ונחירתו זו היא שחיטתו וליבעי כסוי קמ"ל
But against [the advice] 'Go and stab it' one might argue and say that by Biblical law a bird does not require to be slaughtered, and stabbing is all the slaughtering that is required, consequently the blood must be covered up; he therefore teaches us [that this cannot be so because of the verse] 'As I have commanded thee'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which Rabbi derived the rule that birds require to be slaughtered; hence he holds that the obligation is Biblical.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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