Today's Mishnah Yomi
Chullin 2:3 - 2:4
The Mishnah Yomi for Sunday, October 26, 2025 is Chullin 2:3 - 2:4
Mishnah 1
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חולין פרק ב׳ משנה ג׳
Bartenura
התיז את הראש. כאדם המתיז קנה או דלעת, שדוחק הסכין בכח ופוסק. וזו היא דרסה:
היה שוחט. במשיכה, והתיז הראש בהבאה בלבד או בהולכה בלבד. ולשחיטת הסימנים שיעור הכשר, קרי התיז את הראש:
אם יש בסכין מלא צואר. חוץ לצואר הבהמה והעוף ששוחט:
כשרה. שיש בסכין כדי לשחוט במשיכה בלא דרסה. אבל אם אין אורך הסכין אלא כעובי הצואר או חוץ לצואר משהו, דרסה היא, שאין הסימנים נחתכין במשיכה זו לבדה בלא דרסה:
אם יש בסכין מלוא צואר אחד. חוץ לשני הצוארים, דהיינו שיעור שלשה צוארים:
איזמל. תער דק קטן מאד. ולא גזרינן איזמל שאין לו קרנים אטו איזמל שיש לו קרנים. ואיזמל שיש לו קרנים הוא שרגילים לעשות כמין קרנים לאיזמל לנוי על גביו ונוטים לצד ראשו. ומתוך שהוא קטן מאד הוא נשמט מן הצואר, וכשהוא מוליך ומביא יש לחוש שמא יחלידו הסימנים אותן הקרנים:
נפלה סכין ושחטה. טעמא דנפלה, הא הפילה הוא, כשרה. ואע״ג דלא איכוין לשחוט, דלא בעינן כוונה בשחיטה, מדאיצטריך קרא למימר גבי קדשים לרצונכם תזבחו, לדעתכם זבוחו כלומר מדעת וכוונה, שמע מינה דבחולין לא בעינן כוונה:
נפלה סכין והגביהה. ושהה בהגבהה זו:
כליו. בגדיו:
או שהשחיז את הסכין. קודם שחיטה:
ועף. נעשה עיף ויגע מחמת השחזה, וכשהתחיל לשחוט לא היה בו כח ופסק שחיטתו, ובא חבירו ושחט:
כדי שחיטה אחרת. כדי שישחוט רוב שנים בבהמה אחרת כמותה כשהיא רבוצה גסה לגסה, ודקה לדקה, ועוף לעוף. והרמב״ם פסק כדברי האומר כדי שחיטת בהמה דקה לעוף, ובעי נמי כדי שיגביהנה וירביצנה. ולא נהגו כן:
כדי בקור. כשיעור שהטבח בודק ומבקר את סכינו. ואין הלכה כר״ש:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Chullin Perek 2 Mishnah 4
חולין פרק ב׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
ופסק את הגרגרת – that is עיקור–tearing loose the windpipe before cutting; and we are referring to cattle.
תחת השני – under the second organ. When he inserted the knife between the organ and the neck.
החליד – he covered, which is the language of חלדה– passing the knife under cover (Hullin 27a); like a weasel–mole who lives in the foundations of the house in a concealed location].
ופסקו – from below to above
נבלה – and which defiles through carrying it.
טריפה – which does not defile
ודבר אחר גרם לה להפסל – such as one of the animals torn by a beast of prey (or an animal afflicted with a fatal organic disease) which is taught in the [Mishnah of chapter 3} “Which are those who are considered torn?”
ופסק את הגרגרת. היינו עיקור. ובבהמה קאי:
תחת השני. תחת הסימן השני. שהיה תוחב הסכין בין הסימן לצואר:
החליד. כסה. ולשון חלדה, כחולדה הדרה בעקרי הבתים דמכסיא:
ופסקו. מלמטה למעלה:
נבלה. ומטמאה במשא:
טריפה. ואינה מטמאה:
ודבר אחר גרם לה להפסל. כגון אחד מן הטריפות השנויות בפרק ואלו טריפות:
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התיז את הראש – like a person who decapitates a reed or a gourd, when he pushes the [slaughtering] knife with force and divides it. And this is דרסה–cutting the throat of an animal by pressing (adding muscular force to the cutting capacity of the knife, instead of passing the latter to and back).
היה שוחט – through pulling [the slaughtering knife] and he decapitated the head with [either] the drawing home [of the slaughtering knife] or the drawing of the slaughterer’s knife in a forward direction alone. But for the slaughter of the [two] organs in the appropriate measure, it is called severing the head.
אם יש בסכין מלא צואר – other than neck of the animal or fowl that he is ritually slaughtering.
כשרה – if there is on the knife [the ability to slaughter] through pulling and not through cutting the throat through the use of muscular force, . But if the length of the knife is only as long as thickness of the neck, or just beyond the neck a bit, it is considered [as if] one had used muscular force, for the organs (i.e., the windpipe and esophagus) are not just through just this pulling, if not for the use of muscular force.
אם יש בסכין מלוא צואר אחד – outside of these two necks, that is the measurement of three necks.
איזמל – a very small, thin razor. And we don’t enact a prohibition regarding one that lacks hornlike projections as an ornament for the sake of a knife which does have hornlike projections as an ornament. For an איזמל–knife which has hornlike projections, for it normally [customary] to make hornlike projections as an ornaments on its back bending towards its head, and since it [the knife] is very small, it was detached from the neck, and when [the knife is] passed towards and back, there is a fear lest the hornlike projections will pass the slaughtering knife under cover (i.e. חלדה ) [which is forbidden].
נפלה סכין ושחטה – The reason that it [i.e., the knife] fell (then, the slaughtering is invalid); but if he threw it down [and it slaughtered the animal in an appropriate manner], it is valid, even though he did not intend to perform the act of ritual slaughtering, for we don’t require spiritual intention in the act of ritual slaughtering. And since it is necessary for the mentioning of the Biblical verse, regarding the ritual slaughtering of animals for the sacrificial purposes [of the Temple] (Leviticus 22:29): “[When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, sacrifice it so that] it may be acceptable in your favor,” with your knowledge you shall sacrifice it, that is to say, with knowledge and spiritual intention (for purposes of the ritual sacrifices in the Temple). We learn from this that for חולין–non-consecrated animals (profane things), we do not require spiritual intentionality.
נפלה סכין והגביהה – and he paused during the act of slaughtering [which makes the animal so cut unfit to eat) while it was lifted up.
כליו – his clothing
או שהשחיז את הסכין – prior to [engaging in] the act of slaughtering.
ועף – he became tired and weary as a result of the sharpening–whetting of the knife, and when he began to ritually slaughter [the animal], he did not have the strength and stopped his slaughter, and his fellow came and slaughtered.
כדי שחיטה אחרת – in order that he would slaughter most of the two [organs] in another animal like it, while it is lying down, a large animal next to a large animal and a small animal next to a small animal. and it is also necessary that he lift it up and lie it down, and they did not practice in such a manner.
כדי בקור – For the interval that the ritual slaughterer checks and examines his knife (to determine its fitness). But the Halakha does not follow [the opinion] of Rabbi Shimon.