1)

TOSFOS DH HA'SHOCHET

úåñ' ã"ä äùåçè

(SUMMARY: Tosfos discusses various aspects of Rebbi Yehudah's ruling, and Paskens like him.)

ø' éäåãä àåîø òã ùéùçåè àú äååøéãéï. ãå÷à áòåó, äåàéì åöåìäå ëåìå ëàçã, îå÷é ìä áâîøà.

(a)

Clarification (Part 1): Rebbi Yehudah says until he Shechts the large blood vessels (the jugular vein): This is confined specifically to a bird, seeing as one tends to roast it whole, as the Gemara will explain.

åëøáé éäåãä ÷ééîà ìï, ëãàîø áô"÷ ãáøëåú (ãó ç:) 'äæäøå áååøéãéï ëø' éäåãä'.

(b)

Halachah: We rule like Rebbi Yehudah, as the Gemara says in the first Perek of B'rachos (8:) 'Be careful with the 'Varidin' (to Shecht them) like Rebbi Yehudah.

åðøàä, ããå÷à ìëúçìä ÷à"ø éäåãä; àáì àí öìàå ãéòáã åìà ðçúëå äååøéãéï ùøé ...

(c)

Clarification (Part 2): And it seems that Rebbi Yehudah's ruling is Lechatchilah only; but if one went ahead and roasted it Bedi'eved without cutting the Varidin, it is nevertheless permitted ...

ëãîåëç áâîøà - ã÷àîø øá ôôà 'øéùà áçåìéï îäëà, ã÷àîø ø' éäåãä "òã ùéùçåè àú äååøéãéï", åôìéâé øáðï òìéä' ...

(d)

Source (Part 1): As is evident in the Gemara, from the fact that Rav Papa establishes the Reisha by Chulin from here, since Rebbi Yehudah says 'until one Shechts the Varidin and the Rabbanan disagree ...

åàé àîøú á÷ãùéí, àîàé ôìéâé òìéä, äåà òöîå ìãí äåà öøéê?'

(e)

Source (Part 2): And if it is talking about Kodshim, why do the Rabbanan argue with Rebbi Yehudah, seeing as he needs the blood (of the Varidin) ...

åàé ø' éäåãä áãéòáã ðîé àñø, ãìîà ìëúçìä îåãå øáðï, àáì áãéòáã ôìéâé òìéä?

(f)

Proof: Now if Rebbi Yehudah forbids even Bedi'eved, perhaps the Rabbanan agree with him Lechatchilah, but argue with him Bedi'eved.

ìëê ðøàä, ãôùéèà ìéä, ãøáé éäåãä ìà ÷àîø àìà ìëúçìä.

(g)

Conclusion: We must therefore say that it is obvious to him (Rav Papa) that Rebbi Yehudah is only speaking Lechatchilah.

åäà ã÷àîø áúåñôúà ã'øáé éäåãä ôåñì áòåó òã ùéùçåè àú äååùè åàú äååøéãéï'?

1.

Question: And when the Tosefta says that 'Rebbi Yehudah renders Pasul by a bird until one Shechts the Varidin'?

ìàå ãå÷à ôåñì áãéòáã, àìà ëìåîø 'àåñø'.

2.

Answer: La'av Davka Pasul Bedi'eved, but forbidden (Lechatchilah).

2)

TOSFOS DH CHATZI ECHAD B'OF

úåñ' ã"ä çöé àçã áòåó

(SUMMARY: Tosfos 'Chatzi Echad be'Of' in relation to the rest of the Mishnah.)

ä"ä çöé ëì àçã.

(a)

Clarification (Part 1): The same will apply if he Shechts a half of each Si'man ...

åàâá 'øåá àçã' ð÷è 'çöé àçã'.

(b)

Clarification (Part 2): It only mentions 'Chatzi Echad', to balance with Rov Echad' (which is not Kasher).

åîøéùà ðîé ùîéò ìéä ããå÷à øåá áòéðï ...

(c)

Implied Question: We can learn already from the Reisha that we need the majority of the Si'man ...

åìà ð÷èéä àìà àâá ãáòé ìîúðé 'àçã åçöé' ááäîä, àò"â ãäåé èôé îøåá äùðéí áéï äëì, ùçéèä ôñåìä.

(d)

Answer: And it only mentions it (in the Seifa) because it wants to state that 'One and a half' by an animal is Pasul, even though it is more than half of two Simanim in total.

3)

TOSFOS DH SHENAYIM B'BEHEIMAH LECHATCHILAH LO AD KAMAH LISH'CHOT V'LEIZIL

úåñ' ã"ä ùðéí ááäîä ìëúçìä ìà òã ëîä ìùçåè åìéæéì

(SUMMARY: Tosfos explains why we cannot answer that it is because of the Varidin.)

åàé îùåí ååøéãéï?

(a)

Implied Question: We cannot answer 'because of the Varidin' ...

àôéìå ø' éäåãä îåãä ááäîä, äåàéì åîðúçä àáø àáø, ëãì÷îï (ãó ëç:).

(b)

Answer: Because even Rebbi Yehudah concedes that by an animal, it is not necessary (to Shecht the Varidin), seeing as one tends to cut it into pieces, as the Gemara will explain later (Daf 28:).

4)

TOSFOS DH V'SU SHEHIYAH DRASAH V'CHALADAH ETC.

úåñ' ã"ä åúå ùäééä ãøñä åçìãä ëå'

(SUMMARY: Tosfos proves why the correct text is 've'li'Ta'mech' and not 've'Su' [like Rashi].)

áëì äñôøéí âøñéðï 'åìéèòîéê'.

(a)

Text #1: All the texts read 've'li'Ta'mech' ('And according to you ... ') ...

åá÷åðèøñ äâéä 'åúå'.

(b)

Text #2: Rashi however, changes it to 've'Su' ('And furthermore').

å÷ùä ìôéøåùå, ãàé äù"ñ ÷àîø ìä, åîñé÷ ã÷øà àúà ãìà ìùåééä âéñèøà.

(c)

Question #1 (Part 1): The problem with this explanation is that, if the Gemara is saying it, and the Gemara concludes that we need the Pasuk o teach us that one should not make it a 'Gist'ra' ...

åëï áñîåê, âáé ÷øà ã"åæáçú", îå÷é ì÷øà ãìà ìùåééä âéñèøà ...

(d)

Question #1 (Part 2): And then again a little later, it explains that the Pasuk "Vezavachta" comes to teach us that one may not make the animal a Gist'ra ...

ìîä ìé úøé ÷øàé ìäëé?

(e)

Question #1 (Part 3): Why do we need two Pesukim to teach us the same thing?

åòåã, ãîôøù 'ãìà ìùåééä âéñèøà' - ùìà éçúåê äöåàø òí äñéîðéï ... äéëé îùîò æä î"åùçè"?

(f)

Question #2: Moreover, Rashi explains 'not to make it a Gist'ra' to mean that one may not cut the neck together with the Simanim` How does the Gemara learn this from "ve'Shachat"?

åòåã, àîàé ñ"ã ùéçúåê äîôø÷ú àçø ùçéèú äñéîðéï?

(g)

Question #3: Furthermore, why should one think that one ought to cut the neck-bone after Shechting the Simanim?

åðøàä ëâéøñú äñôøéí ãâøñé 'åìéèòîéê', åøá ëäðà ÷àîø ìä.

(h)

Conclusion: That is why the text 've'li'Ta'mech' is the correct one, and it is Rav Kahana who says it.

5)

TOSFOS DH SHECHITAH MIN HA'TZAVAR NAMI GEMARA

úåñ' ã"ä ùçéèä îï äöåàø ðîé âîøà

(SUMMARY: Tosfos clarifies the Limud and its ramifications.)

åìà îàæðå åìà îçåèîå.

(a)

Clarification (Part 1): And not from its ear or from its nostrils.

àáì àëúé ìà éãòéðï îäéëï îúçéì, àé îï äòåøó ëîìé÷ä àå îöã äâøåï áñéîðéí.

(b)

Clarification (Part 2): Though we still don't know from where to start, whether from the nape of the neck (like by Melikah) or from the side of the throat (with the Simanim).

åìäëé àúà "åùçè" - ìåîø 'îî÷åí ùùç'.

(c)

Clarification (Part 3): That is why the Torah adds "ve'Shachat", to teach us 'from the place where it bends (when it feeds).

å÷ééîà äùúà îéìúà ãøá ëäðà, ã÷àîø 'îðéï ìùçéèä îï äöåàø?' - ãäééðå âøåï, ëãúðï ìòéì (ãó éè:) 'ùëì äöåàø ëùø ìùçéèä, åëì äòåøó ëùø ìîìé÷ä'.

(d)

Conclusion: And the words of Rav Kahana, who said 'From where do we know that Shechitah is performed on the neck' have now been proved to be - from the throat, like the Mishnah above (on Daf 19:) which states that the entire neck is eligible for Shechitah, and the entire nape is eligible for Melikah'.

6)

TOSFOS DH MINAYIN LERABOS ES HA'ROSH SHE'KVAR HUTAZ ETC.

úåñ' ã"ä îðéï ìøáåú àú äøàù ùëáø äåúæ ëå'

(SUMMARY: Tosfos as to whether the head is included in the Din of "ve'Nitach Osah li'Nesachehah".)

îùîò ãìà äåé áëìì "åðúç àåúä ìðúçéä".

(a)

Implication: This implies the it (the head) is not included in the Din of "ve'Nitach Osah li'Nesachehah" (cutting it up into pieces).

åúéîä, ãáô"÷ (ìòéì ãó éà.) àîø 'àúéà îøàùä ùì òåìä', ãøçîðà àîø "àåúä" ìðúçéä, åìà ðúçéä ìðúçéí?

(b)

Question: But did we not learn in the first Perek (on Daf 11.) from the head of the Olah, since the Torah writes "Osah" - "Osah" 'li'Nesachehah. ve'Lo Nesachehah li'Nesachehah' (It into pieces, and not its pieces into pieces')?

åéù ìåîø, ãäãø òøáéä "åòøëå áðé àäøï äëäðéí àú äðúçéí åàú äøàù".

(c)

Answer: This is because the Torah re-unites the head with the body, when it writes "And the sons of Aharon shall arrange the pieces and the head".

7)

TOSFOS DH MI'DEKA'AMAR ES HA'ROSH SHE'KVAR HUTAZ MI'CHLAL D'SHECHITAH MIN HA'TZAVAR

úåñ' ã"ä îã÷àîø àú äøàù ùëáø äåúæ îëìì ãùçéèä îï äöåàø

(SUMMARY: Tosfos qualifies this Tana's statement.)

ìà àúà äàé úðà àìà ìîòåèé æðáå, àáì àëúé ìà éãòéðï àé îï äöåàø àé îï äòåøó.

(a)

Observation: This Tana only comes to preclude the tail, but we still don't know whether it is from the front of the neck or from the nape.

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8)

TOSFOS DH U'PEDER KAMA LE'MAI ASA

úåñ' ã"ä åôãø ÷îà ìîàé àúà

(SUMMARY: Tosfos explains why it would not suffice to write one "Rosh" and one "Pader".)

îä ùî÷ùéí ìëúåá çã "øàù" åúøé "ôãø", ãîçã "øàù" éãòéðï ùäåà áëìì òøéëä ...

(a)

Question (Part 1): They ask why the Torah cannot write once "Rosh" and twice "Pader"; from the former we will learn that the head is included in the Arichah (arranging it on the Mizbe'ach) ...

å"ôãø" ÷îà ããøùéðï îéðéä ù'çåôäå òì áéú äùçéèä', éãòéðï ãøàù ÷åãí ìëì àáøéí?

(b)

Question (Part 2): And from the first "Pader", from which we learn that one covers the location of the Shechitah with it; we automatically know the head (together with the Pader) precedes the other limbs?

ðøàä ãàé ìà ëúéá àìà çã "øàù", ìà äåä ãøùéðï îéðéä ùëáø äåúæ, àìà äåä ãøùéðï [îéðéä ùçåôäå òì áéú äùçéèä, åäåä ùîòéðï îéðéä] ðîé ù÷åãí ìëì äàáøéí.

(c)

Answer (Part 1): It would seem that if the Torah had written only one "Rosh", we would not have Darshened that it has already been severed; only that one covers the location of the Shechitah, from which we would have from there that it precedes all the other limbs.

àáì äùúà îéúåøà ãëúéá "øàù" ùðé, àùîåòéðï ãùçéèä îï äöåàø.

(d)

Answer (Part 2): But now the second (superfluous) "Rosh", teaches us that Shechitah must be performed from the neck.

9)

TOSFOS DH B'EIZO TORAH SHAVSAH BEHEIMAH L'OF

úåñ' ã"ä áàéæå úåøä ùååúä áäîä ìòåó

(SUMMARY: Tosfos, citing a Gemara in Zevachim, learns a different D'rashah from this Hekesh.)

áôø÷ çèàú äòåó áæáçéí (ãó ñè:) ãøùéðï îéðä 'îä áäîä ãáø ùîëùéøä ìàëéìä îèäø èøôúä îèåîàúä, àó òåó ... '?

(a)

Observation: In Perek Chatas ha'Of (Zevachim 69:) we learn from here that 'Just as by an animal, the thing that renders it fit to eat removes the Tum'ah from a T'reifah, so too by a bird ... '.

10)

TOSFOS DH MAH OF B'SIMAN ECHAD

úåñ' ã"ä îä òåó áñéîï àçã

(SUMMARY: Tosfos cites the source of this Halachah.)

ãëúéá "åîì÷" "åìà éáãéì".

(a)

Clarification: As it is written "u'Malak" - 've'Lo Yavdil' (He performs Melikah, but does not sever the head).

11)

TOSFOS DH DARASH BAR KAPARA

úåñ' ã"ä ãøù áø ÷ôøà

(SUMMARY: Tosfos is concerned that the word "Zos" is superfluous, according to Bar Kapara.)

ìãéãéä, àéöèøéê "æàú" ìùåí ãøùà.

(a)

Observation: According to him, the Torah needs to write "Zos" for some D'rashah (of which we are unaware).

12)

TOSFOS DH TEIDA SHE'HAREI YESH LAHEM KASKESES

úåñ' ã"ä úãò ùäøé éù ìäí ÷ù÷ùú

(SUMMARY: Tosfos explains the Gemara's comparison.)

úéîä, îä öøéê øàéä òì æä, ã÷øà ëúéá áäãéà "éùøöå äîéí ùøõ ðôù çéä åòåó"?

(a)

Question: Why do we need a Pasuk to teach us this, seeing as we have a Pasuk which specifically writes "Let the water swarm with living creatures and birds ... ".

åé"ì, ãîééúé øàéä ãëéåï ãáøéàú äîéí ðéëøú áäí, øàåé ìãîåúí ìãâéí ìòðéï ùçéèä.

(b)

Answer: The Gemara's proof lies in the fact that the signs of water creatures are visible on them, it is therefore befitting to compare them to fish as regards Shechitah.

13)

TOSFOS DH V'OD SHA'ALU

úåñ' ã"ä åòåã ùàìå

(SUMMARY: Tosfos disagrees with Rashi's interpretation of 'Oso'.)

ôéøåù - ÷åðèøé÷åï ääâîåï àú øáï éåçðï áï æëàé ...

(a)

Explanation #1: This means that Kuntrikon the general asked Raban Yochanan ben Zakai ...

åìà ëîå ùôéøù á÷åðèøñ àú øáï âîìéàì.

(b)

Refutation of Explanation #2: And not like Rashi, who explains that he asked Raban Gamliel.

åáëì ãåëúé ãàéëà 'åòåã ùàìå', òìéä ÷àé.

1.

Clarification (Part 1): In fact, wherever one finds ths Lashon 'And furthermore he asked him', it always refers to Raban Yochanan ben Zakai.

åàò"â ãìà îééúé äúí ...

2.

Clarification (Part 2): Even where his (Raban Yochanan ben Zakai) name is not mentioned ...

ëîå 'áå áéåí ùáëì äù"ñ - ãäåé áéåí ùîéðå áå àú øáé àìòæø áï òæøéä ðùéà, ëãàîøéðï áôø÷ úôìú äùçø (áøëåú ãó ëç.).

3.

Precedent: Much like "On that day" throughout Shas - which refers to the day on which they appointed Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah prince, as we learned in Perek Tefilas ha'Shachar (B'rachos 28.)

14)

TOSFOS DH B'SHEFICHAH B'ALMA

úåñ' ã"ä áùôéëä áòìîà

(SUMMARY: Tosfos reconciles this with Rebbi Meir in 'Kisuy ha'Dam', who seems to hold that a bird requires Shechitah min ha'Torah.)

åàôéìå ìø' îàéø, ãéìéó ì÷îï áôø÷ ëñåé äãí (ãó ôä.) ã'ùçéèä ùàéðä øàåéä ùîä ùçéèä' ...

(a)

Implied Question (Part 1): Even according to Rebbi Meir, who learns later in Perek Kisuy ha'Dam (Da 85.) that a Shechitah that is not fit (to eat from it) is nevertheless considered a Shechitah ...

ãâîø "ùôéëä" "ùôéëä" îùçåèé çåõ ...

(b)

Implied Question (Part 2): Which he learns from the Gezeirah-Shavah "Shefichah" "Shefichah" (implying that a bird requires Shechitah min ha'Torah)?

îëì î÷åí àéï î÷øà éåöà îéãé ôùåèå.

(c)

Answer: Nevertheless, we apply the principle that 'A Pasuk always retains its simple explanation'.

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