Chullin 167
בעינן העמדה והערכה
and then cover up [its blood]? - Because [in order to redeem a consecrated living thing] it must be stood up and appraised [by the priest].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XXVII, 11, 12. The living thing when being redeemed must be able to stand up while it is being valued by the priest, but here the bird is already dead.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
אי כר"מ דאמר
If according to R'Meir, who said that all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., animals that have been consecrated for sacrifice but have become unfit by reason of a physical blemish as well as those consecrated for the Temple treasury.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
הכל היו בכלל העמדה והערכה האמר
[consecrated living things] are subject to the law of standing up whilst being appraised, but he holds, does he not, that a slaughtering which does not render fit [for food] is a proper slaughtering?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Accordingly the blood must be covered up, even though it is not fit for food by virtue of its not having been redeemed.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
שחיטה שאינה ראויה שמה שחיטה
And if according to R'Simeon, who said that a slaughtering which does not render fit for food is no slaughtering, but he holds, does he not, that not all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But only those consecrated for sacrifice.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
אי כר' שמעון דאמר
are subject to the law of standing up whilst being appraised? - R'Joseph answered: The Tanna of our Mishnah is Rabbi who incorporates the views of both these Tannaim: with regard to a slaughtering which does not render fit [for food] he adopts the view of R'Simeon, and with regard to the law of standing up whilst being appraised he adopts the view of R'Meir.
רבי היא ונסיב לה אליבא דתנאי
And now that you have adopted this argument, you might even say that our Mishnah refers also to birds consecrated for sacrifice,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that our Mishnah exempts all consecrated birds from the law of covering up the blood.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
בשחיטה שאינה ראויה סבר לה כר' שמעון בהעמדה והערכה סבר לה כר"מ
for the law [of 'covering up'] applies only to those that require pouring out and covering up, but not to those that require pouring out, scraping away [from off the altar] and covering up.
(ויקרא יז, יג) ושפך וכסה מי שאינו מחוסר אלא שפיכה וכסוי יצא זה שמחוסר שפיכה פדייה וכסוי
and just as it cannot refer to a consecrated wild animal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For no wild animal of whatever kind or species is fit for sacrifice.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
(ויקרא יז, יג) חיה או עוף מה חיה אינה קדש אף עוף אינו קדש
so it only refers to those birds which cannot be consecrated, hence I would exclude turtle doves and young pigeons since they can be consecrated!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the law of covering up the blood should not apply to turtle doves and young pigeons even though they are unconsecrated.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
אי מה חיה שאין במינו קדש אף עוף שאין במינו קדש
- This cannot be, for it is likened to the wild animal, and just as in the case of wild animals you make no distinctions, so in the case of birds you ought not to make any distinctions.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All kinds must be alike; nevertheless it is established that the law refers only to those that are unconsecrated.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
לא כחיה
said to Raba: It is established that the term 'cattle' includes wild animals with regard to the characteristics [of cleanness];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By which we distinguish the cattle and the wild animals that are permitted to be eaten; v. supra 71a.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
אמר קרא
Perhaps this [verse] only excludes other liquids which are not described as water, but blood, since it is described as water, should be allowed [for purposes of immersion]! - There are two limiting qualifications, viz. , 'a fountain' of water and 'a cistern' of water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word 'water' is to be taken with each of the preceding nouns, and it is to be regarded as if it were expressly stated after each, thus serving to exclude all liquids, even blood.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
(ויקרא יא, לו) אך מעין ובור מקוה מים יהיה טהור הני אין מידי אחרינא לא
Perhaps both [these limitations] serve to exclude other liquids, one excluding liquids in a running state and the other liquids when collected! - There are three limiting qualifications, viz. , 'a fountain' of water, 'a cistern' of water, and 'any gathering of water'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two limitations serve to exclude all liquids whether in a running state or collected in a vessel; the third limitation excludes blood.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
ה"מ למעוטי שאר משקין דלא איקרו מים אבל דם דאיקרי מים ה"נ
I only know from this [that the law applies to] that which is taken in hunting, whence would I know that it also applies to such as are always taken hunting,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., which are domesticated and within one's house.');"><sup>22</sup></span>
תלתא מיעוטי כתיבי
The Torah teaches a rule of conduct, that a person should not eat meat except after such preparation as this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after toilsome preparation, and only as a rare luxury, for otherwise one would soon be reduced to poverty.');"><sup>23</sup></span>
(ויקרא יז, יג) אשר יצוד אין לי אלא אשר יצוד נצודין ועומדין מאליהן מנין כגון אווזין ותרנגולים
I might think that this means that a person should buy [meat] in the market and eat it, the text therefore states: Then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 21.');"><sup>25</sup></span>
(דברים יב, כ) כי ירחיב ה' אלהיך את גבולך למדה תורה דרך ארץ שלא יאכל אדם בשר אלא לתאבון
Said Rab: We must defer to the opinion of the Elder.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. R. Eleazar b. 'Azariah. He is termed 'the Elder' because on his appointment as head of the Academy he suddenly turned grey-haired, cf. Ber. 282.');"><sup>29</sup></span>