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Hullin 38: When an Animal Wiggles Its Ears
Season 31 Episode 38
An animal that is close to death demonstrates its vitality by some form of movement. Of course, the degree and nature of movement is subject to dispu…
1 month, 1 week ago
Hullin 37: At Death's Door (before Shechitah)
Season 31 Episode 37
A new mishnah! Establishing the category of an animal that is close to death (misukenet) -- in contrast to a treyfa, where it becomes clear that the …
1 month, 1 week ago
Hullin 36: What Resh Lakish Knew
Season 31 Episode 36
Another baraita on the impact of blood on - in this case, a gourd of terumah - in terms of making it susceptible to impurity. Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi an…
1 month, 1 week ago
Hullin 35: Susceptibility to Impurity
Season 31 Episode 35
A case of a person who is eating non-sacred food at the level of purity of sacrificial food - which doesn't really give off that impurity to the next…
1 month, 1 week ago
Hullin 34: How Impure Is Your Meat?
Season 31 Episode 34
More on how to understand the mishnah -- and whether the level of sanctity raised there is potentially really that of terumah, or perhaps that of sac…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 33: Impure Hands, More and Less
Season 31 Episode 33
A new mishnah! What happens if the animal doesn't bleed at the time of shechitah? Apparently, that's a kosher shechitah. And one's impure hands won't…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 32: Invalid Shechitah
Season 31 Episode 32
2 mishnayot! 1 - A person is slaughtering an animal and the knife falls and he picks it up to complete the slaughtering... as long as the shechitah i…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 31: The Question of Intent - Again
Season 31 Episode 31
A new mishnah! In the case of a knife fell and slaughtered the animal officially correctly, the shechitah is not actually kosher because a person mus…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 30: The Many Paths to Shechitah
Season 31 Episode 30
If there's more than one incision in the pipe, can that be kosher shechitah? It's a machloket. What about 2 people holding the knife for one animal's…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hullin 29: The Impact of the Collective on 50/50
Season 31 Episode 29
More on the question of when a siman is cut precisely halfway across - is that 50/50 considered the majority or not? (it's still a machloket). With t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago