בהמה דקה שפשטה ידה ולא החזירה פסולה
And Samuel explained that the Mishnah referred to the sides of the throat.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Mishnah 'THE SIDES' might also mean 'the walls of the slaughter-house', and if this were the meaning, then it would not be difficult to ascertain on the following morning at what stage of the slaughtering the spurting of blood occurred; for if it happened at the beginning of the slaughtering when the animal had more vitality the blood would be found higher up on the wall or further away from the animal than if it occurred in the middle of the slaughtering. On the other hand, according to Samuel's interpretation of the Mishnah there are obviously no means of ascertaining at what stage in the slaughtering the animal spurted blood.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Tosefta Chullin
Rabbi Shimon says in the name of Rabbi Eliezer, one who slaughters at night, and at daybreak he came and found walls full of blood, [the slaughter is] valid (Hul. 2:6) since he knows that [the blood] spurted. Rabbi Yosei says, Rabbi Meir would say, if it lowed at the time of slaughter, it is valid (Hul. 38a:5). Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yosei says in his name, [if he slaughters an animal whose] eyes are trembling, or if he finds excrement at the time of slaughter, [the slaughter is] valid. If it straightened its foreleg and did not bring it back, it is invalid, as there is nothing but [evidence of] the expiring of a life. And [as to] the hindleg, [if the animal] straightens the leg and does not bring it back, or brings the leg back but does not straighten it, the slaughter is valid (see Hul. 2:6, Hul. 38a:3). To what case does this rule apply? To a small animal, but as to a large animal, whether the foreleg or the hindleg, [whether] it straightens but does not bring it back or brings it back but does not straighten, [the slaughter] is valid. To what case does this rule apply? To livestock but as to fowl, even if it only twitched the top of its wing or the top of its tail, [the slaughter is] valid.
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