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Hullin 9: Presumptions, Prohibitions, and Danger

05.10.2026 | כ״ג באייר תשפ״ו

A Torah scholar must learn 3 skills: writing, kosher slaughtering, and circumcision. And 3 additional things are subject to dispute – whether they are skills that are required or commonplace: tying the knot of tefillin, the blessing for the wedding, and tying tzitzit. Also, standards of presumption regarding an animal: while it’s alive, the presumption is that it’s not going to be kosher. Once it’s slaughtered correctly, then the presumption is that the animal IS kosher, unless a blemish is discovered. Also, what if a wolf bite is clear on the innards of an animal – but perhaps it’s a puncture after the shechitah? Or might the bite have obscured a hole that would have made the animal a treyfa? What about a snake’s poison? But the wolf/intestine is a concern of a prohibition! And the snake concern is about danger, which requires greater stringency!

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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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