Responsa for Chullin 107:19
א"ל ריש לקיש
Immediately Resh Lakish exclaimed: Verily that man is to be remembered for good! For in his name has the following dictum been reported, viz. , If, after slaughtering, [the windpipe] was found to be torn loose,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is doubtful whether it was torn loose before or after the slaughtering.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: There is a great principle in the kashrut of animals: "One who adds, will have added life, and one who does not add, let him be gathered away." (Taanit 31a.4) It seems from this that one who is stringent is blessed.2The opposite principle is mentioned in Chullin 54a.10, see Mishneh Torah, Shechitah 10.12
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