Chullin 81A

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transmuted it from the standard prohibition of: It shall not be accepted, which is violated in the case of the other disqualifications, into a prohibition that stems from a positive mitzva. What is the reasoning by which this is derived? It is derived from that which the verse states: “From the 8th

The Talmud asks: But this verse is required for the statement of R' Aptoriki, as R' Aptoriki raises a contradiction: It is written: “Then it shall be 7 days with its mother” (Leviticus 22:27), indicating that on the night after the 7th day it is already fit to be sacrificed. But it is also written i

How can these texts be reconciled? The night after the 7th day is fit for consecration, which is permitted at that time, while the 8th day is fit for effecting acceptance, and only then may it be sacrificed on the altar. The Talmud answers that another verse is also written that specifies this pos

§ The Talmud returns to discussing R' Shimon’s opinion with regard to slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day. Rav Hamnuna says that R' Shimon would say: The prohibition against slaughtering an animal itself and its offspring does not apply to sacrificial animals. What is the reaso

Rava raises an objection from a baraita: If one slaughtered an animal itself and its offspring and both animals were sacrificial animals slaughtered outside the Temple courtyard, R' Shimon says: For slaughtering the second animal he transgresses a prohibition in slaughtering it outside the Temple,