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The Talmud explains: This is what R' Yehuda HaNasi is saying: The statement of R' Yehuda appears correct to R' Ḥanina, son of R' Yosei HaGelili, in a case where one found them in a scrap heap that is in a marketplace, as R' Ḥanina, son of R' Yosei HaGelili, disagrees with R' Yehuda only in a case wh
§ The Mishnah stated: Everyone slaughters an animal, i.e., can perform halakhically valid slaughter, and their slaughter is valid, except for a deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor, lest they ruin their slaughter. The Talmud infers: The tanna does not teach: Due to the concern that they ruined thei
The Mishnah continues: And for all of them, when they slaughtered an animal and others see and supervise them, their slaughter is valid, including even a deaf-mute, an imbecile, and a minor, who lack competence and whose intent is not halakhically effective. The Talmud asks: Who is the tanna who ta
Rava said: It is R' Natan, as Oshaya, the youngest of the company of rabbis, taught a baraita, stating: If one threw a knife to embed it in the wall, and in the course of its flight the knife went and slaughtered an animal in its proper manner, R' Natan deems the slaughter valid, and the Rabbis dee
The Talmud asks: How could the slaughter in the baraita be valid? But don’t we require that the slaughterer move the knife back and forth on the throat of the animal? When one throws a knife, it goes in one direction and does not return. The Talmud answers: The case in the baraita is one where the k