Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

SECTION 31 The Laws Governing the Perforation of the Brain and Its [Surrounding] Membranes (1-4) 1 The brain has two membranes, one above the other. (1) If the lower [membrane] was perforated from side to side, [the animal] is tereifah. However, if only t...

SECTION 30 The Laws Applying to a Wound in the Bone of [an Animal’s] Skull (1-2) 1 When the greater portion of the bone of the skull – whether the greater portion of its height or the greater portion of its circumference – of a domesticated or undomestica...

SECTION 26 The Law [Regarding] a Perforation in the Gullet or the Intestines Before Ritual Slaughter (1-2) 1 If the gullet became perforated at the time of ritual slaughter opposite the place where [the shochet] had already (1) slit, [the animal] is terei...

SECTION 25 The Requirement to Examine [the Simanim] after Ritual Slaughter (1-3) 1 The shochet must examine the simanim after the slaughter [to ensure] that their greater portion was slit. Alternatively, during the act of slaughter, he may visually ascert...

SECTION 24 The Laws Governing Derasah, Chaladah, Hagramah, and Ikur (1-20) 1 What is meant by derasah (“pressing [the knife against the animal’s neck]”)? For example, [if the shochet] placed the knife [on the animal’s neck and] applied pressure, cutting i...

SECTION 23 The Laws Governing Shehiyah, the Interruption of Ritual Slaughter (1-6) 1 It is forbidden to partake of [the animals or fowl] slaughtered by any shochet who does not know the laws of ritual slaughter. (1) Theseare [the fundamental activities th...

SECTION 18 The Laws Applying to a [Slaughtering] Knife and Its Inspection (1-20) 1 [When a person] slaughters with a [slaughtering] knife that was examined and [later] it was discovered [that the knife] was blemished – even if [the blemish] is only on the...

Rav Chisda said,Chulin 17b. “Where is there an allusion in the Torah to the examination of a [slaughtering] knife? [When Shaul commanded the people regarding ritual slaughter, he told them,I Shmuel 14:34. See also the Alter Rebbe's note 12. ‘You shall sla...

SECTION 2 Whether Ritual Slaughter Performed by a Non-Jew or an Apostate is Kosher (1-11) 1 [An animal] slaughtered by a non-Jew is considered a neveilah (1) (i.e., an animal that died without being ritually slaughtered). [This applies] even if [the non-J...

[Our Sages]Chulin 28a, as interpreted by Rashi. taught: Rabbi [Yehudah HaNasi] said, “{It is written,Devarim 12:21.} ‘You shall slaughter from your cattle and your herds as I commanded you.’ This teaches that Moshe was commanded regarding the laws of ritu...