Mishnah 1
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1)

(a)The first two of the eighteen T'reifos (See Tosfos Yom Tov) listed by the Mishnah is a hole in the Veshet (the esophagus) and a fractured Gargeres (trachea). What is the minimum size of a hole that renders an animal a T'reifah?

(b)The Veshet actually has two skins; the outer one is red. What color is the inner one?

(c)In that case, what constitutes a hole in the Veshet?

(d)What if the two holes are located in different areas?

2)

(a)The fracture in the Gargeres must include the majority of its width. Does this incorporate the T'nuch (the thickness of its lobe [See Tosfos Yom Tov]) ?

(b)Why does it remain Kasher if the fracture runs along the length of the Gargeres?

(c)How much of the length must remain intact for the animal to be Kasher?

3)

(a)The third T'reifus is a hole in the membrane that covers the brain. How many skins does it comprise?

(b)One of them covers the brain directly. Where/How is the other one placed?

(c)Which skin needs to be punctured for the animal to be T'reifah?

(d)What if the bone is still intact?

4)

(a)Next on the list is a hole in the heart that goes through to the cavity. The heart actually contains two cavities, a large one on the right, a small one on the left. Which cavity must the hole reach for the animal to be a T'reifah?

(b)What if the K'neh ha'Leiv (the aorta) is punctured?

(c)On what condition does a broken spine (the Chulyos [cartilages]) render the animal T'reifah?

(d)Bearing in mind that the spinal cord is covered by a membrane, what exactly needs to break for the animal to be a T'reifah?

(e)Then why does the Tana mention the Shedrah?

5)

(a)On what condition is the animal a T'reifah if the liver has been removed?

(b)How many k'Zeisim must remain intact for the animal to be Kasher (See also Tiferes Yisrael)?

(c)One of them must be in the vicinity of the gall-bladder (See Tiferes Yisrael). Where must the other k'Zayis be?

6)

(a)The next T'reifah discussed by the Mishnah is a punctured lung. How many thin membranes cover the lung?

(b)What if only one of them has a hole?

(c)On what condition is the animal a T'reifah if both the membranes are holed?

(d)According to Rebbi Shimon, a punctured lung renders the animal a T'reifah, if the hole reaches the Beis ha'Simponos. What is the 'Beis ha'Simponos'?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

7)

(a)Which other fault in the lung renders the animal a T'reifah?

(b)The lung has three lobes (Unos) on the right and two on the left, What is the 'Inunisa'?

(c)According to some opinion, which of the lobes, does the Inunisa replace, in the event that one of them is missing?

(d)What if the Inunisa itself is missing?

8)

(a)What is a 'Sircha'?

(b)On what condition does a Sircha on the lung render the animal a T'reifah?

(c)Based on what principle is the animal a T'reifah?

(d)How is the Sircha now formed?

9)

(a)When does an animal with a Sircha on its lung remain Kasher?

(b)Why is that?

(c)What is an example of this?

10)

(a)The Tana now lists a group of three internal organs that are punctured, the Keivah (the stomach), the Marah (the gall-bladder) and the Dakin (the intestines). How far must the hole in the Keivah penetrate?

(b)At which point does a hole in ...

1. ... the Marah render the animal a T'reifah?

2. ... the Dakin render the animal a T'reifah?

(c)On what condition does a hole in the Hadra de'Kanta (the colon) not render the animal a T'reifah?

11)

(a)The Tana rules that a hole in the inner Keres (the rumen) renders the animal a T'reifah. What is meant by the inner Keres?

(b)What does the Tana Kama say about the outer Keres?

(c)What is the outer Keres?

(d)When does a tear there ...

1. ... render the animal a T'reifah?

2. ... not render the animal a T'reifah?

12)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah differentiates between the outer Keres of a 'Gedolah' and that of a 'Ketanah'. What is the definition of ...

1. ... 'Gedolah'?

2. ... 'Ketanah'?

(b)What does Rebbi Yehudah mean when he says 'ha'Gedolah Tefach'?

(c)How much must tear of a Ketanah to render the animal a T'reifah?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

13)

(a)The next two T'reifos on the list are the Hemses (or ha'Meses [See Tosfos Yom Tov]) and the Beis ha'Kosos (two of the animal's four stomachs). Where is the Beis ha'Kosos situated?

(b)How does the food travel from the Beis ha'Kosos to the Hemses (See Tiferes Yisrael)?

(c)From the Hemses, the food travels to the Keivah (the maw [the fourth stomach]). Where does it go from there?

(d)On what condition is an animal which has a hole in the Hemses or the Beis ha'Kosos become a T'reifah?

(e)Why is the animal Kasher if the hole is situated where the two meet?

14)

(a)The next three T'reifos are where the animal falls from the roof, where most of its ribs are fractured and where it is clawed by a wolf (D'rusas ha'Ze'ev). On what condition is an animal that falls from the roof ...

1. ... a Vaday T'reifah and does not even need to be checked?

2. ... Vaday Kasher and does not require examination?

(b)There are two cases where the animal requires checking, one of them is where it stands but is unable to walk. What is the other?

(c)What do they examine? What renders it a T'reifah?

(d)One of the only two limbs that do not require checking is the womb. What is the other?

15)

(a)How many large ribs does an animal have in its rib-cage?

(b)What is the significance of the word 'large'?

(c)For the animal to be T'reifah ...

1. ... what is the minimum number that must fracture on both side?

2. ... whereabouts must they break?

16)

(a)Why is an animal that has been clawed by a wolf a T'reifah?

(b)With which of its legs must it claw the animal for the animal to be a T'reifah?

(c)On what condition is the animal not a T'reifah even if the wolf did so?

17)

(a)If the animal is a Safek D'rusah, it must be checked (after it has been Shechted) before it can be declared a 'D'rusah'. Whereabouts must it be checked?

(b)On what condition must even a Vaday D'rusah require checking after it has been Shechted?

(c)What must one look for when checking, before declaring the animal a T'reifah?

(d)On what condition is even a Vaday D'rusah therefore Kasher, even if the location of the D'risah is known?

18)

(a)Rebbi Yehudah explains that not all animals are subject to D'risas Ze'ev. Which kind of animal is not subject to D'risas ha'Ze'ev?

(b)What does he say about D'risas Ari?

(c)Like whom is the Halachah?

(d)Why is that?

19)

(a)The Mishnah rules that a small bird is rendered a T'reifah through the claws of a Netz (a large one is not [See Tosfos Yom Tov]). What is a 'Netz'?

(b)What is an example of ...

1. ... a small bird?

2. ... a large bird?

(c)What does the Tana say about a Gas? What is a Gas?

20)

(a)Which principle does the Tana finally present to ascertain that an animal is a T'reifah?

(b)Besides an animal whose hind legs have been severed, one with a vertebra missing from its spine, one whose skin has been removed and one whose lung has dried up and is hard like wood due to a man-made fright, how many T'reifos, not mentioned in the Mishnah, does it come to include?

Mishnah 2
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21)

(a)Besides a hole, with which other blemish in the Gargeres does the Mishnah open the list of things that do not render an animal a T'reifah (See Tiferes Yisrael)?

(b)Up to how much does Raban Shimon ben Gamliel allow to be missing for the Gargeres to still be Kasher?

(c)What if the holes denote missing pieces of Gargeres or if there are a number of strips missing from the Gargeres?

(d)On what condition is an animal still Kasher even though it has ...

1. ... a split Gargeres?

2. ... a fractured skull?

3. ... a hole in the heart?

22)

(a)And on what condition is the animal still Kasher even though...

1. ... it has a fractured spine?

2. ... its liver has been removed?

3. ... a punctured Hemses and Beis ha'Kosos?

(b)The next two cases which do not render the animal a T'reifah are an animal whose spleen or kidneys have been removed. What will the Din be if ...

1. ... the thick part of the spleen is punctured to within the thickness of a golden Dinar of the other side?

2. ... both kidneys have been removed?

(c)If the Tana holds that a kidney that has shrunk to the size of a large bean on account of illness renders a small animal a T'reifah, to what size must the kidney of a large animal have shrunk, to render the animal a T'reifah?

(d)And on what condition will he consider it a T'reifah if it is full of water?

23)

(a)The last two (unanimous) cases are where the Eim is missing and a Charusah bi'Yedei Shamayim. What is ...

1. ... the 'Eim'?

2. ... a 'Charusah'? Why is is called by this name?

(b)What is the significance of a 'Charusah bi'Yedei Shamayim'?

(c)A Charusah bi'Yedei Adam (where it was frightened by a person) is T'reifah. What if it is caused by a Chayah (such as the roar of a lion)?

24)

(a)According to Rebbi Meir, a G'ludah too is Kasher. What is a 'G'ludah'?

(b)What do the Chachamim say?

(c)On what condition is a G'ludah Kasher, even according to the Chachamim?

(d)What if all the skin is intact except for the width of a Sela along the entire length of the spine?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

Mishnah 3
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25)

(a)The Mishnah now discusses the T'reifus of a bird. If, like an animal, a hole in the Veshet renders it a T'reifah, what defect in the Gargeres does so?

(b)On what condition is a bird that has been 'struck on the head' by a weasel (See Tosfos Yom Tov) a T'reifah?

(c)Why is that?

(d)How can one determine whether the K'rum shel Mo'ach has been punctured?

26)

(a)In the previous case, what does the Mishnah mean by 'struck on the head'?

(b)Why can it not mean literally 'struck with its foreleg'?

27)

(a)The next two T'reifos are a hole in the Kurk'van or in the intestines. What is a 'Kurk'van'?

(b)On what condition does this render the bird a T'reifah?

(c)And on what condition is a bird a T'reifah if it falls into a fire?

(d)What color does the Tana say they must be for the animal to ...

1. ... be a T'reifah?

2. ... remain Kasher?

28)

(a)Once again, the previous ruling cannot be taken literally and needs to be explained. How does the stated distinction affect ...

1. ... the heart, the liver and the stomach in land birds?

2. ... the intestines?

3. ... birds that live in the water?

(b)What principle governs these Halachos?

(c)How large an area needs to be affected for the bird to be a T'reifah

29)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a bird that a man ...

1. ... treads on?

2. ... bangs against the wall?

(b)On what condition will a bird remain Kasher if an animal crushed it and it is still shuddering?

(c)And on what condition is one then permitted to eat it?

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30)

(a)What does the Mishnah say about a Gargeres of a bird that is punctured or split?

(b)How much must be missing for a hole where part of the Gargeres is missing to render the bird a T'reifah?

(c)On what condition is a bird that has been struck by a weasel on the head still Kasher?

(d)What is the Din if a there is a hole in the Zefek?

(e)To which part of the Zefek does this ruling not apply?

(f)Rebbi is even more lenient. What does he say?

31)

(a)On what condition does a bird whose intestines came out and have been returned remain Kasher?

(b)And on what condition will it nevertheless become a T'reifah?

(c)The bird also remains Kasher if it has a broken wing. What is the bird's status if it has a dislocated wing?

(d)Why is that?

32)

(a)If the bird's leg is broken below the knee, the bird remains Kasher. On what condition will it remain Kasher even it is broken above the knee?

(b)What does Rebbi Yehudah say about a bird whose feathers (that are close to the skin) have been removed?

(c)How much plumage must be removed for the bird to be a T'reifah?

(d)What does the Tana Kama hold?

(e)Like whom is the Halachah?

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33)

(a)What does the Mishnah now say about a bird that ...

1. ... becomes ill due to a sudden influx of blood (Achzah Dam) that inhales smoke (ha'Me'ushenes) or that becomes ill from cold (ha'Metzunenes)?

2. ... ate Hardufni (a plant that is poisonous for animals), chicken's excrement or water that has been left uncovered?

(b)How does the Rambam translate 'Achuzas Dam'?

(c)If he translates 'ha'Me'ushenes' as a bird that is overcome by its own black body liquids, how does he translate 'ha'Metzunenes'?

(d)Why, according to him, does the Mishnah decline to mention the red body liquid?

34)

(a)What does the Tana finally rule in a case where a bird ate poison or was bitten by a snake?

(b)Why does he not issue the same ruling with regard to a bird that ate Hardufni?

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35)

(a)What distinction does the Mishnah draw between the Simanim of an animal and those of a bird?

(b)What Siman does the Tana present that renders a bird a T'reifah?

(c)'Doreis' means that it holds its prey with its claw and picks it up from the ground whilst eating it. How do others explain it?

36)

(a)Of the three Simanim that render a bird Tahor, two of them are an extra claw and a crop. What is the third?

(b)Where is the extra claw?

(c)What exactly does 'Kurkevano Niklaf mean?

37)

(a)On what condition will one of the three above Simanim suffice to render a bird Kasher?

(b)What did the Ga'onim say about this. Which of the three Simanin be must it be for the bird to be declared Kasher?

(c)What does Rebbi Eliezer b'Rebbi Tzadok mean when he says that any bird that divides its legs is Tamei?

(d)Why does he say that?

38)

(a)According to the Tana Kama, three of the four signs of a Kasher locust are that it has four legs and four wings, and that it has Karsulayim. What are 'Karsulayim'?

(b)What is the fourth sign?

(c)What sign does Rebbi Yossi add?

(d)Like whom is the Halachah?

39)

(a)What are the two signs of a Kasher fish?

(b)What does Rebbi Yehudah say about this?

(c)What if ...

1. ... neither of them have yet grown, but are destined to grow later?

2. ... the fish has them, but it is destined to shed them at a later stage?

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