Commentary for Chullin 56:2

נבדקיה והדר נשחטיה האמר רבה

If we first examine it and then slaughter it [it i also of no avail, for] has not Rabbah taught that the gullet cannot be examined from the outside but only from the inside?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The gullet or oesophagus has two principal coats, the outer or muscular coat being red and the inner or mucous coat pale or whitish. A perforation would not be noticeable in the outer coat but only in the inner coat.');">¹</span>

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