Chullin 60
ההוא תורא דאישחט בשנים ושלשה מקומות על רב יצחק בר שמואל בר מרתא שקל משופרי שופרי א"ל רבי זירא
An ox was once slaughtered, its throat having been cut in several places, and R'Nahman B'Samuel B'Martha came and obtained some of the choicest meat of this animal.
החליד את הסכין בין סימן לסימן ופסקו פסולה תחת העור כשרה
Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: If a man thrust the knife between the two organs and cut them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He first cut the lower organ under cover of the upper one, and then cut the upper one.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
נבלה ר"ע אומר
Have we not learnt this already: 'Or, if he thrust the knife underneath the second organ and cut it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After having cut the first organ in the ordinary way he placed the knife underneath the second organ and cut it from below upwards.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
אי ממתני' ה"א
- From that Mishnah, I might have argued that only there [is the slaughtering invalid] because he cut the organs from below upwards, which is not the usual way of slaughtering, but where he cut the organs from above downwards, which is the usual way of slaughtering.
תחת העור איני יודע
The question was raised: According to the view of the school of Rab that 'underneath the skin' was a doubtful case, what would be the law if a man thrust the knife underneath a rag,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was wrapped round the neck of the animal.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
תחת צמר מסובך מהו
R'Papa put the question: What is the law if he placed the knife under cover [on cutting] the lesser portions of the organs?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he had already cut the greater portion of each organ in the ordinary way, and had he stopped at this, the slaughtering would certainly be shkjv valid; but he now placed the knife under cover on cutting the remaining portion of each organ. So Rashi, but v. Tosaf. s.v. .');"><sup>8</sup></span>
שנים אוחזין בסכין ושוחטים אפילו אחד למעלה ואחד למטה שחיטתו כשרה
THE SLAUGHTERING IS VALID.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It might also mean: One held the top end of the knife and the other the bottom end, v. supra 30a. vxrs');"><sup>10</sup></span>
התיז את הראש בבת אחת פסולה
IF HE CHOPPED OFF THE HEAD WITH ONE STROKE, THE SLAUGHTERING IS INVALID.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the classic example of , 'pressing'. i.e., cutting with a downward thrust of the knife, and not moving it horizontally to and fro.');"><sup>11</sup></span>
תנא דבי רבי ישמעאל
THESE PROVISIONS APPLY ONLY TO THE CASE WHERE THE SLAUGHTERER MOVED THE KNIFE FORWARD AND NOT BACKWARD, OR BACKWARD AND NOT FORWARD; BUT IF HE MOVED THE KNIFE TO AND FRO, HOWEVER SMALL IT WAS, EVEN IF IT WAS A LANCET, THE SLAUGHTERING IS VALID.
זהב שחוט שנטווה כחוט הוא ת"ש
and 'we-shahat' means nothing else than 'And he shall draw', as in the verse: Beaten [shahut] gold,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings X, 16. , lit., 'drawn out', 'thinned out', 'beaten'. yuj');"><sup>17</sup></span>
חזינן
therefore, come and hear: It is written: 'Their tongue is a sharpened [shahut] arrow'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this verse can only be explained in the sense of 'drawn along'. 'moved horizontally'.');"><sup>19</sup></span> Raba examined<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To see that it was absolutely free from notches. vskj');"><sup>20</sup></span> [the head of] an arrow for R'Jonah B'Tahlifa, and the latter slaughtered with it a bird its flight. Perhaps there was a thrust?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ' The arrow might have entered the side of the neck and cut the organs whilst the external skin was intact; this would be a case of ,');"><sup>21</sup></span> - We saw