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An animal that has a perforated gullet, where the perforation goes through the wall of the gullet, or one with a severed windpipe. According to this Mishnah, the severed windpipe renders the animal a tereifa and not an unslaughtered carcass. If R' Akiva reconsidered his opinion and conceded to R'
Rava said: This is not difficult. Here, the Mishnah is referring to a case where one cut the gullet and ultimately severed the windpipe not in the standard manner. There, the Mishnah in the next chapter is referring to a case where he severed the windpipe not in the standard manner, and ultimatel
Rav Aḥa bar Huna raised an objection to Rava from a baraita: If one cut the gullet and then severed the windpipe, or if one severed the windpipe and cut the gullet thereafter, the animal is an unslaughtered carcass. Apparently, contrary to Rava’s statement, the order is irrelevant, and even if th
Rava said: Say that the latter case in the baraita means not that he cut the gullet thereafter; rather, it is a case where one severed the windpipe and had already cut the gullet at the outset.
Rav Aḥa bar Huna said to him: There are two refutations of the statement, i.e., of your attempt to answer the difficulty from the baraita: One is that if the second case in the baraita is one where he initially cut the gullet, then that is identical to the first case in the baraita. And furthermor