Daf 86 — Chullin 86 Summary

Chullin 86 – Good Morning Raboisai Making a Bird Treifa Gemara: Case: • Told to slaughter a bird to remove pests Problem Covering the blood is required Solutions Either: • Make it a treifa first Or: • Kill it in a way that is NOT shechita Why Not Just Make it Treifa? Question: • Break a limb → then do shechita Answer Machlokes: • Rav Meir: invalid shechita still counts • Rav Shimon: only edible shechita counts If like Rav Meir: • Still requires covering blood Rebbe’s Opinion Rebbe holds: • Like Rav Shimon for covering blood Therefore: • If not edible → no obligation Story of Reb Chiya He: • Planted flax • Made nets • Trapped animals • Fed orphans • Wrote Torah scrolls • Taught Torah יסוד Build Torah from the ground up Power of Tzadikim In his generation: • No pests • No spoilage • No disasters But: • Not always for themselves Shechita by Cheresh, Shoteh, Katan If supervised: • Valid If not: • Invalid Kisuy HaDam Invalid shechita: • No covering Valid shechita: • Must cover Machlokes – Validity Rav Meir: • Completely invalid Chachamim: • Concern it may be valid By Oso V’es Beno Rav Meir: • No concern → allowed Chachamim: • Concern → do not slaughter Reason for Difference Concern people may: • Think it is valid and eat it Majority Principle Rav Meir: • Most such shechitos are invalid Minority + Chazaka Combine: • Minority concern • Animal originally forbidden Strengthens issur Tumah Comparison Sometimes: • Minority + chazaka overrides majority But not always for issur Final Psak of Rebbe Two rulings: • Like Rav Meir • Like Chachamim Conclusion Final halacha: • Like Rav Meir (invalid = neveila) Multiple Shechitos If slaughter many animals: • One covering is enough Includes: • Many animals or birds • Even chaya + bird together Machlokes One view: • One covering for all Other view: • Separate coverings Bracha & Hefsek Only one bracha needed Reason: • No interruption between acts Unlike benching: • Which creates a break → new bracha Here: • Shechita and covering can be continuous Final יסוד • Invalid shechita may remove obligation • Major machlokes: Rav Meir vs Chachamim / Rav Shimon • Majority and chazaka shape halacha • Supervision determines validity • One covering can apply to many animals • No new bracha without a break • Continuity of action is key • Final psak follows Rav Meir Catch up, review, download previous Dafim & more: https://www.dafchazarah.co.uk Now available as an app (Apple, Google & Amazon): https://dafchazarah.co.uk/download Sponsor a day: https://dafchazarah.co.uk/sponsor לעילוי נשמת אמי מורתי רות בת הרב מנחם מנדל