1)

What are the connotations of "Ki Yirchak mimcha ha'Makom"? What is the Torah coming to teach us?

1.

Rashi: It means that it is not possible to come every day to the Beis-Hamikdash to bring Shelamim. 1

2.

Ramban (in Pasuk 20): It is not just a concession for those who live far away from Yerushalayim to eat Chulin, but a general one, permitting everyone to do so, due to the situation that they would no longer all be close to the Mishkan and to the Beis-Hamikdash. 2

3.

Kidushin, 57b: It implies that Chulin may only be Shechted at a distance (from the Mishkan) - and that if they are Shechted in the Azarah, they may not be eaten. 3

4.

Chulin, 17a: The Torah is teaching us that, although, up to now, Basar Nechirah (of Chulin - where the animal is cur open), was permitted, from now on it is forbidden, and one may only eat from an animal that has been Shechted.

1

Rashi: Like it was in the desert, when the Mishkan traveled with them.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 78.

3

See Torah Temimah, note 74.

2)

Whereabouts on the animal does one Shecht it?

1.

Chulin, 27a: On the neck - by cutting the wind-pipe and the esophagus - as implied by the word "Vezavachta" - which is the acronym of 'be'Makom she'Zav, Chateihu' - 'Cut it in a location where the blood flows'.

3)

What are the implications of "Vezavachta Ve'achalta"?

1.

Chulin, 31a: It implies that one is only permitted to eat from an animal that one actually Shechted (Ko'ach Gavra) 1 but not if the knife fell on the animal and Shechted it - even if it fulfilled all the requirements of Shechitah.

2.

Chulin, 27a: Refer to 12:21:2.*

1

Even though Chulin do not require Kavanah to Shecht or even to cut. See Torah Temimah, citing Chulin, 31b and note 79 & 80.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 78.

4)

What if one throws the knife at a target and it Shechts an animal in flight?

1.

Chulin, 31b: We extrapolate from the Pasuk in Kedoshim Vayikra, 19:5 - in connection with Kodshim "li'Retzonchem Tizbachuhu" - that Chulin do not require Kavanah to Shecht, and R. Nasan adds that, from the fact that the Torah writes "Vezavachta" and not 'Vechatachta', that it does not even require Kavanah to cut. 1

1

As long as the person performed an act. Refer to 12:21:2.1:1.

5)

How can a person eat from his own Shechitah without witnesses to testify that the animal is not a T'reifah?

1.

Rashi (in Chulin, 10b): We learn from here that one witness is believed 1 in the realm of Isurim. 2

1

In spite of the Chezkas Isur that every animal has until we know that it has been Shechted. See Torah Temimah, note 77.

2

But not in the realm of money or Arayos. See Torah Temimah, note 77.

6)

Why does the Torah write "Vezavachta mi'Bekorcha u'mi'Tzoncha" and not simply 'Bakar va'Tzon?

1.

Chulin, 84a: To teach us a. that one should only eat meat if one owns sheep and cattle, but not if one has to buy it in the market; 1 b. that one should not Shecht all one's animals. 2

1

Refer also to 12:20:1:1. See Oznayim la'Torah DH 've'Zavachta mi'Bekarcha' #1 who explains why this is no longer applicable.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 83.

7)

What is "Ka'asher Tzivisicha" referring to?

1.

Chulin, 28a: It is referring to Halachah le'Moshe mi'Sinai, 1 and we learn from here that Moshe was commanded on Har Sinai the Din of Shechting the esophagus and the wind-pipe, and the obligation to Shecht the majority of one Si'man of a bird and of two Simanim of an animal. 2

1

Since there is no specific command in the Torah about how to Shecht. See Torah Temimah, note 84.

2

See Ba'al ha'Turim DH 'Ka'asher Tzivisicha' and DH 'Ka'asher'.

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