Commentary for Chullin 71:17
ישנה לשחיטה מתחלה ועד סוף והאי דם שחיטה הוא
R'Ashi said: The expression, 'It is a matter of doubt', means that it will never be settled; for R'Hiyya w in doubt, in the case where the blood was wiped off during 'the slaughtering, whether the term shechitah applies to the entire process of slaughtering from beginning to end or only to the last act of slaughtering, so that by saying: 'It is a matter of doubt', he meant that it must not be eaten and yet it must not be burnt.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the blood had been wiped away from the terumah foodstuff (v. supra p. 192, n. 4) before the end of the slaughtering and then the foodstuff came into contact with uncleanness, Terumah which has been rendered unclean, may not be eaten, has has to be burnt.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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