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What, is it not referring to a bird, as he requires its blood to remove a moth from his garments? If so, apparently birds require slaughter by Torah law, as, if that were not the case, then even if a bird were stabbed, covering of the blood would be required. The Talmud rejects that proof: No, the
The Talmud cites proof from a Mishnah (Zevaḥim 68a): Come and hear: If one cut the nape of the neck of a sacrificial bird with a knife instead of pinching it with his fingernail, this bird carcass renders the garments of one who eats the bird ritually impure when the meat is in his throat. The Tal
The Talmud rejects that proof: Although it is clear from that Mishnah that slaughter of birds is obligatory by Torah law, R' Yitzḥak ben Pineḥas states his opinion in accordance with the opinion of that tanna who holds that it is not obligatory by Torah law, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Elaz
These two undomesticated animals come in the verse to teach a halakha with regard to disqualified consecrated animals, and it is found that a halakha is derived from the case of disqualified consecrated animals in their regard. The Torah juxtaposes a gazelle and a deer to disqualified consecrated an
The Talmud asks: Who is the tanna who disagrees with R' Elazar HaKappar and holds that the slaughter of a bird is obligatory by Torah law? It is R' Yehuda HaNasi, as it is taught in a baraita: R' Yehuda HaNasi says: The Torah states: “And you shall slaughter of your herd and of your flock, which YH