1According to the Oral Tradition, we learnt1 that the intent of the Torah’s statement “Do not partake of the soul together with the meat” is to forbid a limb cut off from a living animal.2 With regard to a limb cut off from a living animal, it was said to Noah Genesis 9:4: “But flesh, together with its soul, its blood, you may not eat.”3 The prohibition against partaking of a limb from a living animal applies to kosher domesticated animals, wild beasts, and fowl, but not to non-kosher species.4אמִפִּי הַשְּׁמוּעָה לָמְדוּ שֶׁזֶּה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בַּתּוֹרָה "לֹא תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם הַבָּשָׂר" (דברים יב, כג) - לֶאֱסֹר אֵבֶר שֶׁנֶּחְתַּךְ מִן הַחַי. וְעַל אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי נֶאֱמַר לְנוֹחַ "אַךְ בָּשָׂר בְּנַפְשׁוֹ דָמוֹ לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ" (בראשית ט, ד). וְאִסּוּר אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי נוֹהֵג בִּבְהֵמָה חַיָּה וָעוֹף - בַּטְּהוֹרִים, אֲבָל לֹא בַּטְּמֵאִים.
2The term ever translated as “limb” applies both to a limb that has flesh, sinews, and bones, e.g., a hand or a foot, and to an organ that does not have a bone, e.g., the tongue, the testicles, the spleen, the kidneys, the heart, and the like.5באֶחָד אֵבֶר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ בָּשָׂר וְגִידִים וַעֲצָמוֹת, כְּגוֹן הַיָּד וְהָרֶגֶל, וְאֶחָד אֵבֶר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ עֶצֶם, כְּגוֹן הַלָּשׁוֹן וְהַבֵּיצִים וְהַטְּחוֹל וְהַכְּלָיוֹת וְהַחֵלֶב וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן.
There is, however, one difference. When an organ does not possess a bone, the prohibition against partaking of a limb from a living animal applies whether one cut off the entire organ or only part of it.6 When, by contrast, a limb possesses a bone, a person is not liable for violating the prohibition against a limb from a living animal unless he separates it in its complete state, with its flesh, sinews, and bones. If, however, he only removes flesh from the living animal, he is liable for the prohibition against partaking of a treifah animal as explained,7 and not because of a limb from a living animal.אֶלָא שֶׁהָאֵבֶר שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ עֶצֶם - בֵּין שֶׁחָתַךְ כֻּלּוֹ בֵּין שֶׁחָתַךְ מִקְצָתוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה אָסוּר מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי; וְהָאֵבֶר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ עֶצֶם - אֵינוֹ חַיָּב עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי, עַד שֶׁיִּפְרֹשׁ כִּבְרִיָּתוֹ בָּשָׂר וְגִידִים וַעֲצָמוֹת. אֲבָל אִם פֵּרֵשׁ מִן הַחַי הַבָּשָׂר בִּלְבָד - חַיָּב עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם טְרֵפָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ, לֹא מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי.
3One is liable for lashes only for partaking of an olive-sized portion of a limb from a living animal. Even if one eats an entire limb or organ, if it is the size of an olive, one is liable;8 if not he is exempt. If one cut off a olive-sized portion of flesh, sinews, and bones from the limb according to its natural form and ate it, one is liable, even if it possessed only the smallest amount of meat.9גהָאוֹכֵל מֵאֵבֶר מִן הַחַי כַּזַּיִת, לוֹקֶה. וְאַפִלּוּ אָכַל אֵבֶר שָׁלֵם: אִם יֵשׁ בּוֹ כַּזַּיִת, חַיָּב; פָּחוֹת מִכַּזַּיִת, פָּטוּר. חָתַךְ מִן הָאֵבֶר כִּבְרִיָּתוֹ בָּשָׂר וְגִידִים וַעֲצָמוֹת כַּזַּיִת, וַאֲכָלוֹ - לוֹקֶה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ בָּשָׂר אֶלָא כָּל שֶׁהוּא.
If, however, one separated a limb which he tore off from a living animal and detached the flesh from the sinews and the meat, he is not liable for lashes unless he eats an olive-sized portion of the meat alone. The bones and the sinews are not included in the olive-sized portion since he changed the limb’s natural form.אֲבָל אִם הִפְרִיד הָאֵבֶר אַחַר שֶׁתְּלָשׁוֹ מִן הַחַי, וְהִפְרִישׁ הַבָּשָׂר מִן הַגִּידִים וּמִן הָעֲצָמוֹת - אֵינוֹ לוֹקֶה עַד שֶׁיֹּאכַל כַּזַּיִת מִן הַבָּשָׂר לְבַדּוֹ, וְאֵין הָעֲצָמוֹת וְהַגִּידִים מִצְטָרְפִין בּוֹ לְכַזַּיִת מֵאַחַר שֶׁשִּׁנָּה בְּרִיָּתוֹ.
4When one divides this organ and eats it bit by bit, he is liable if there is an olive-sized portion of meat in what he ate.10 If not, he is exempt.דחִלְקוֹ לְאֵבֶר זֶה, וַאֲכָלוֹ מְעַט מְעַט: אִם יֵשׁ בְּמַה שֶׁאָכַל כַּזַּיִת בָּשָׂר, חַיָּב; וְאִם לָאו, פָּטוּר.
If he took an olive-sized portion of a limb with flesh, sinews, and bones according to its natural form and ate it, he is liable, even though it became divided inside his mouth before he swallows it.לָקַח כַּזַּיִת מִן הָאֵבֶר כִּבְרִיָּתוֹ, בָּשָׂר וְגִידִים וַעֲצָמוֹת, וַאֲכָלוֹ - אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנֶּחְלַק בְּפִיו בִּפְנִים קֹדֶם שֶׁיִּבְלְעֶנּוּ, חַיָּב.
5When a person rips a limb from a living animal and causes it to become treifah when doing so, he is doubly liable for partaking of it: once for partaking of a limb from a living animal and once for partaking of a treifah. Both of these prohibitions take effect at the same time.11התָּלַשׁ אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי, וְנִטְרְפָה בִּנְטִילָתוֹ, וַאֲכָלוֹ - חַיָּב שְׁתַּיִם, מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי וּמִשּׁוּם טְרֵפָה; שֶׁהֲרֵי שְׁנֵי הָאִסּוּרִין בָּאִין כְּאַחַת.
Similarly, if one rips fat from a living animal and partakes of it, he is doubly liable: for partaking of a limb from a living animal and for partaking of fat.12 If he rips fat from a treifah animal, he is liable for the violation of three negative commandments.13וְכֵן הַתּוֹלֵשׁ חֵלֶב מִן הַחַי, וַאֲכָלוֹ - לוֹקֶה שְׁתַּיִם, מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי וּמִשּׁוּם חֵלֶב. תָּלַשׁ חֵלֶב מִן הַטְּרֵפָה, וַאֲכָלוֹ - לוֹקֶה שָׁלוֹשׁ.
6The following rules apply when meat is disjoined from an animal and an organ is hanging from it. If it is impossible that this meat will again become a living part of the body, it is forbidden,14 but one is not liable for lashes for it. This applies even though it was not separated from the animal until after it was slaughtered. If the animal dies, we consider the limb as if it fell off while the animal was alive.15 Therefore one receives lashes for partaking of it, because of the prohibition against partaking of a limb from a living animal. If, however, the limb could again become a living part of the body and the animal is ritually slaughtered, it is permitted.16ובָּשָׂר הַמְּדֻלְדָּל בַּבְּהֵמָה, וְאֵבֶר הַמְּדֻלְדָּל בָּהּ, אִם אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לַחֲזֹר וְלִחְיוֹת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא פֵרַשׁ אֶלָא אַחַר שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטָה - אָסוּר; וְאֵין לוֹקִין עָלָיו. וְאִם מֵתָה הַבְּהֵמָה, רוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ כְּאִלּוּ נָפַל מֵחַיִּים, לְפִיכָךְ לוֹקִין עָלָיו מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי. אֲבָל הַיָּכוֹל לַחֲזֹר וְלִחְיוֹת - אִם נִשְׁחֲטָה הַבְּהֵמָה, הֲרֵי זֶה מֻתָּר.
7If one pulled an organ from its natural position,17 crushed it, ground it, e.g., one crushed testicles or pulled them from their place and then slaughtered the animal, the organ is not forbidden according to Scriptural Law. The rationale is that it possesses a trace of life - as evidenced by the fact that it does not decay. Nevertheless, it is forbidden to partake of it as a result of a custom followed by the entire Jewish people from previous generations. For it resembles a limb separated from a living animal.זשָׁמַט אֵבֶר אוֹ מִעֲכוֹ אוֹ דָּכוֹ, כְּגוֹן הַבֵּיצִים שֶׁמִּעַךְ אוֹתָן אוֹ נִתְּקָן - הֲרֵי זֶה אֵינוֹ אָסוּר מִן הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁהֲרֵי יֵשׁ בּוֹ מִקְצַת חַיִּים וּלְפִיכָךְ אֵין מַסְרִיחַ. וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן אָסוּר לְאָכְלוֹ מִמִּנְהָג שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִקֹּדֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא דּוֹמֶה לְאֵבֶר מִן הַחַי.
8The following laws apply when an animal’s bone was broken:18 If the flesh or the skin covers the majority of the thickness of the broken bone and the majority of the circumference of the fracture, it is permitted. If the bone emerged outside the skin, the limb is forbidden. When the animal or the fowl is slaughtered, one should cut off the limb at the place where it is broken and discard it. The remainder of the limb is permitted.חעֶצֶם שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּר: אִם הָיָה הַבָּשָׂר אוֹ הָעוֹר חוֹפֶה רֹב עָבְיוֹ שֶׁל עֶצֶם הַנִּשְׁבָּר וְרֹב הֶקֵּף הַשֶּׁבֶר, הֲרֵי זֶה מֻתָּר. וְאִם יָצָא הָעֶצֶם לַחוּץ, הֲרֵי הָאֵבֶר אָסוּר; וּכְשֶׁיִּשְׁחֹט הַבְּהֵמָה אוֹ הָעוֹף, יַחְתֹּךְ מִמְּקוֹם הַשֶּׁבֶר וְיַשְׁלִיכוֹ, וְהַשְּׁאָר מֻתָּר.
We rule that the limb is forbidden until the flesh is healed in all the following situations: the bone broke, the flesh covers the bone, but that flesh was crushed or decayed like flesh which a doctor would remove, it is scattered in many different places,19 there were many perforations within the flesh,20 the flesh was cracked or pierced like a ring, the flesh was rubbed off from above until only a thin peel remained, or the flesh decayed from below around the broken bone to the extent that the flesh surrounding the bone does not touch it.21 If a person partook of the limb in any of these circumstances, he is liable for stripes for rebellious conduct.נִשְׁבַּר הָעֶצֶם וְהָיָה הַבָּשָׂר חוֹפֶה אֶת רֻבּוֹ, אֲבָל הָיָה אוֹתוֹ הַבָּשָׂר מְרֻסָּס אוֹ נִתְאַכֵּל כַּבָּשָׂר שֶׁהָרוֹפֵא גּוֹרְדוֹ מִן הַחַבּוּרָה, אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה מִתְלַקֵּט הָרֹב מִמְּקוֹמוֹת הַרְבֵּה, אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה הַבָּשָׂר שֶׁעָלָיו נְקָבִים נְקָבִים, אוֹ שֶׁנִּסְדַּק הַבָּשָׂר, אוֹ שֶׁנִּקְדַּד כְּמִין טַבַּעַת, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְרַד הַבָּשָׂר מִלְמַעְלָה עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁאָר מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֶלָא כִּקְלִפָּה, אוֹ שֶׁנִתְאַכֵּל הַבָּשָׂר מִלְּמַטָּה מֵעַל הָעֶצֶם שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּר עַד שֶׁנִּמְצָא הַבָּשָׂר הַחוֹפֶה אֵינוֹ נוֹגֵעַ בָּעֶצֶם - בְּכָל אֵלּוּ מוֹרִין לֶאֱסֹר, עַד שֶׁיִּתְרַפָּא הַבָּשָׂר. וְאִם אֲכָל מִכָּל אֵלּוּ, מַכִּין אוֹתוֹ מַכַּת מַרְדּוּת.
9When a person inserts his hand into the inside of an animal, cuts off the spleen, one of the kidneys, or the like,22 but leaves the severed organ inside the animal, and then slaughters it, the pieces cut off are forbidden as organs from a living animal although they remained within the animal’s womb.טהַמּוֹשִׁיט יָדוֹ לִמְעֵי הַבְּהֵמָה, וְחָתַךְ מִן הַטְּחוֹל וּמִן הַכְּלָיוֹת וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּהֶן, וְהִנִּיחַ הַחֲתִכּוֹת בְּתוֹךְ מֵעֶיהָ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שְׁחָטָהּ - הֲרֵי אוֹתָן הַחֲתִכּוֹת אֲסוּרוֹת מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא בְּתוֹךְ מֵעֶיהָ.
If, however, he cut away a portion of a fetus within the womb, but did not remove it, and then slaughtered the mother, the pieces or limbs of the fetus are permitted because they did not emerge outside the mother.23אֲבָל אִם חָתַךְ מִן הָעֻבָּר שֶׁבְּמֵעֶיהָ, וְלֹא הוֹצִיאוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שְׁחָטָהּ - הֲרֵי חֲתִכּוֹת הָעֻבָּר אוֹ אֵבָרוֹ, מֻתָּר הוֹאִיל וְלֹא יָצָא.
When a fetus sticks its foreleg or hind leg out of the womb, that limb is forbidden forever, whether one cuts off the limb before he slaughters the mother or afterwards.24עֻבָּר שֶׁהוֹצִיא יָדוֹ אוֹ רַגְלוֹ, נֶאֱסַר אוֹתוֹ אֵבֶר לְעוֹלָם, בֵּין שֶׁחֲתָכוֹ קֹדֶם שֶׁתִּשָּׁחֵט אִמּוֹ, בֵּין שֶׁחֲתָכוֹ אַחַר שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטָה אִמּוֹ.
Even if it returns the limb to the womb of the mother and afterwards, the mother was slaughtered or the fetus was born and lived for several years,25 that limb is forbidden as a treifah. The rationale is that all meat that emerged from its natural position is forbidden as flesh that was separated from a living animal. This is derived from the phrase (Exodus 22:30): “Meat from an animal that was mortally wounded (treifah) in the field.” Our Rabbis extrapolated: When meat comes out to a place that is like a field for it,26 it becomes treifah, as we explained.27וְאַפִלּוּ הֶחְזִיר אוֹתוֹ אֵבֶר לִמְעֵי אִמּוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִשְׁחֲטָה אוֹ נֹלַּד הַוָּלָד, וְחָיָה כַּמָּה שָׁנִים - הֲרֵי אוֹתוֹ הָאֵבֶר, אָסוּר מִשּׁוּם טְרֵפָה; שֶׁכָּל בָּשָׂר שֶׁיָּצָא חוּץ לִמְחִצָּתוֹ - נֶאֱסַר כְּבָשָׂר שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ מִן הַחַי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וּבָשָׂר בַּשָּׂדֶה טְרֵפָה" (שמות כב, ל) - כֵּיוָן שֶׁיָּצָא לִמְקוֹם שֶׁהוּא לוֹ כְּשָׂדֶה, נַעֲשָׂה טְרֵפָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁבֵּאַרְנוּ.
10When the fetus sticks out a portion of a limb and a portion remains within, even if it is only the minority of it, the portion which emerged is forbidden and that which remained within is permitted. If he cuts off the portion of the limb that emerged after it was returned within the animal and the animal was slaughtered, only that portion is forbidden, the remainder of the limb is permitted.יהוֹצִיא מִקְצַת הָאֵבֶר וְנִשְׁאַר מִקְצָתוֹ בִּפְנִים, אַפִלּוּ לֹא נִשְׁאַר אֶלָא מֵעוּטוֹ - הַיּוֹצֵא אָסוּר, וְשֶׁבִּפְנִים מֻתָּר. וְאִם חָתַךְ הַיּוֹצֵא מִן הָאֵבֶר אַחַר שֶׁהֶחֱזִירוֹ, וְנִשְׁחֲטָה - חוֹתֵךְ אוֹתוֹ שֶׁיָּצָא בִּלְבָד, וּשְׁאָר הָאֵבֶר מֻתָּר.
If he did not return it to the womb and it remained outside and he cut it off there, the place where he cut it off - i.e., the place on the limb open to the air after the limb was cut off - is forbidden. He must afterwards cut off this portion as well. This applies whether he originally cut off the portion of the limb before the mother was slaughtered or afterwards.וְאִם לֹא הֶחֱזִירוֹ, וַחֲתָכוֹ וְהוּא בַּחוּץ, בֵּין שֶׁחֲתָכוֹ קֹדֶם שְׁחִיטָה אוֹ אַחַר שְׁחִיטָה - מְקוֹם הַחֲתָךְ אָסוּר. וְהוּא הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד הָאַוִּיר, אַחַר שֶׁיַּחְתֹּךְ הַיּוֹצֵא, חוֹזֵר וְחוֹתֵךְ מְקוֹם הַחֲתָךְ.
11Whenever a limb emerges and is cut off before the animal is slaughtered while it is outside, it is considered as a limb from a living animal28 and one is worthy of lashes for partaking of it. This applies even if the fetus dies before the mother is slaughtered.29 If it is cut off after ritual slaughter, one who partakes of it is not liable for lashes,30 even if it dies. If the mother dies and then one cuts off this limb, one who partakes of it is liable for lashes for the prohibition against partaking of a limb from a living animal.31יאאֲבָל אֵבֶר עֻבָּר שֶׁיָּצָא וַחֲתָכוֹ קֹדֶם שְׁחִיטָה, וְהוּא בַּחוּץ - הֲרֵי זֶה אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי, וְלוֹקִין עָלָיו. וְאִם נֶחְתַּךְ אַחַר שְׁחִיטָה - הָאוֹכְלוֹ אֵינוֹ לוֹקֶה, וְאַפִלּוּ מֵת הָעֻבָּר קֹדֶם שְׁחִיטָה. וְאִם מֵתָה הַבְּהֵמָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ חֲתָכוֹ - הָאוֹכְלוֹ לוֹקֶה מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶר מִן הַחַי.
12The following rule applies when a fetus sticks out a limb and that limb becomes forbidden and then the fetus is born.32 If it is female, we are forbidden to drink its milk because of an unresolved halachic question.33 For the milk comes from all of the animal’s limbs and it has a limb which is forbidden. Hence, it is comparable to milk from a treifah animal that becomes mixed with milk from a kosher animal.יבעֻבָּר שֶׁהוֹצִיא אֵבֶר וְנֶאֱסַר הָאֵבֶר, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נֹלַּד, וַהֲרֵי הִיא נְקֵבָה - הֶחָלָב שֶׁלָּהּ אָסוּר לִשְׁתּוֹתוֹ מִסָּפֵק, הוֹאִיל וְהוּא בָּא מִכְּלַל הָאֵבָרִים וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ אֵבֶר אֶחָד אָסוּר. וַהֲרֵי זֶה כַּחֲלֵב טְרֵפָה שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב בַּחֲלֵב טְהוֹרָה.
13When a person slaughters a kosher animal that is pregnant and discovers a fetus - whether live or dead - within it, the fetus is permitted to be eaten.34 Even the placenta is permitted to be eaten.35יגהַשּׁוֹחֵט בְּהֵמָה מְעֻבֶּרֶת וּמָצָא בָּהּ שְׁלִיל, בֵּין חַי בֵּין מֵת - הֲרֵי זֶה מֻתָּר בַּאֲכִילָה. וְאַפִלּוּ שִׁלְיָא, מֻתֶּרֶת בַּאֲכִילָה.
The following rules apply if a portion of the placenta emerged and then one slaughtered the mother. If the placenta was attached to the fetus, the portion which emerged is forbidden36 and the remainder is permitted.וְשִׁלְיָא שֶׁיָּצָאת מִקְצָתָהּ, וְשָׁחַט אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה: אִם הָיְתָה שִׁלְיָא זוֹ קְשׁוּרָה בַּוָּלָד, מַה שֶׁיָּצָא מִמֶּנָּה אָסוּר וְהַשְּׁאָר מֻתָּר.
If it is not attached to the fetus, it is forbidden in its entirety, for perhaps the fetus that was in this placenta disappeared37 and maybe the placenta of the fetus that is found in the womb disappeared.וְאִם לֹא הָיְתָה קְשׁוּרָה בּוֹ, כֻּלָּהּ אֲסוּרָה, שֶׁמָּא שִׁלְיָא זוֹ שֶׁיָצָאת מִקְצָתָהּ הָלַךְ וָלָד שֶׁהָיָה בָּהּ, וּוָלָד זֶה שֶׁנִּמְצָא בַּבֶּטֶן הָלְכָה שִׁלְיָא שֶׁלּוֹ.
Needless to say, if a fetus is not found in the womb at all, the placenta is forbidden in its entirety.וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר שֶׁאִם לֹא נִמְצָא בַּבֶּטֶן וָלָד כְּלָל, שֶׁהַשִּׁלְיָא כֻּלָּהּ אֲסוּרָה.
14If one finds a living fetus in the womb of a slaughtered animal - even though it has been carried for nine months,38 and it is possible that it will live, it does not require ritual slaughter.39 Instead, it is acceptable because of the slaughter of its mother.ידמָצָא בָּהּ עֻבָּר חַי, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא בֶּן תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים גְּמוּרִים, וְאֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיִּחְיֶה - אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה, אֶלָא שְׁחִיטַת אִמּוֹ מְטַהֲרַתּוֹ.
If it steps on the ground, it requires ritual slaughter.40וְאִם הִפְרִיס עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע, צָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה.
15If a person ripped open an animal41 or slaughtered an animal that was treifah and found a live fetus that had been carried for nine months, that fetus must be ritually slaughtered to be permitted.42 The slaughter of its mother is not effective.43טוקָרַע אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה, אוֹ שָׁחַט בְּהֵמָה טְרֵפָה, וּמָצָא בָּהּ בֶּן תִּשְׁעָה חַי - צָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה לְהַתִּירוֹ, וְאֵין שְׁחִיטַת אִמּוֹ מוֹעֶלֶת לוֹ.
If the period of gestation was not completed, it is forbidden even though it is alive in the womb of the treifah animal. The rationale is that it is considered as one of the mother’s limbs.44וְאִם לֹא גָמְרוּ לוֹ חֳדָשָׁיו, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהוּא חַי בִּמְעֵי הַטְּרֵפָה - הֲרֵי זֶה אָסוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְּאֵבֶר מֵאִמּוֹ.
Whenever an animal thrust its head out of the womb and then returned it and only afterwards its mother was slaughtered, the slaughter of its mother has no bearing on it, it is considered as if it was born and it must be ritual slaughtered to be permitted.כָּל עֻבָּר שֶׁהוֹצִיא רֹאשׁוֹ וְהֶחֱזִירוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שָׁחַט אֶת אִמּוֹ - אֵין שְׁחִיטַת אִמּוֹ מוֹעֶלֶת לוֹ, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּיָלוּד, וְצָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה.
