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Hullin 3: Kosher Slaughter – What’s Ideal? What Works Anyway?

05.03.2026 | ט״ז באייר תשפ״ו

More on the contradiction in the first mishnah of the tractate, with attempts to determine what caveat works for the distinction between the ideal circumstances for kosher slaughtering as compared to after the fact. With a spotlight on the case of the “Kutim” (Samaritans) whose shechitah was accepted if overseen by an observant Jew. [Who’s Who: Kutim/Samaritans] The question is what degree of supervision is required. And the test for kashrut is whether the Samaritan himself would eat his own shechitah. Plus, rounding up all 6 opinions regarding careful reading of the mishnah to draw that ideal/after the fact (lekhathilah/ bedi’avad) distinction.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/talkingtalmud/episodes/Hullin-3-Kosher-Slaughter—Whats-Ideal–What-Works-Anyway-e3iq7a2

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Anne and Yardaena

Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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