Tosefta for Chullin 110:19
(ניטל לחי התחתון:
R'Zera said: The Mishnah teaches [that it is permitted] only where the animal can continue to live by the stuffing and the pushing of food [into its gullet], but if it canno continue to live by the stuffing and the pushing of food [into its gullet] it is trefah).<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The whole of this paragraph is omitted in most MSS. Asheri remarks that the law stated in this passage is based on the authority of the Geonim, so that it is clear that it did not form part of the text of the GEMARA: Rashal deletes it from current ed. otw ,ujpryw ,hjupka');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Tosefta Chullin
A charuta by the hand of Heaven (i.e., without human agency) is valid. What does "charuta" mean? Any [animal whose] lung is shriveled. There are among the [potentially disqualifying defects in] limbs those that are valid: An animal with a dangling limb where there remains a sufficient quantity of [attached matter] to permit healing; an animal with dangling flesh where there remains a sufficient quantity of [attached matter] to permit healing; a broken bone that juts out and the hide and flesh [around it] are sufficient to encircle it is valid. There are among the fetuses that are valid, a five-month fetus in small animals, and a nine-month fetus in large animals. [If a fetus] had five eyes or three legs, since it is [nonetheless] similar to one that is qualified [for slaughter], it remains valid.
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