Responsa for Chullin 107:35
לאתויי שב שמעתתא
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>AND THE FOLLOWING [DEFECTS] DO NOT RENDER CATTLE TREFAH: IF THE WINDPIPE WAS PIERCED, OR SLIT LENGTHWISE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But none of 'its substance was missing; V. supra 45a');"><sup>12</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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