Eliyahu Touger

Kuntreis Acharon 32:5 (1) Pri Chadash notes that Rashba’s stringent ruling is surprising, and questions why Rashba rules in accordance with Reish Lakish rather than in accordance with Rabbi Yannai who was the teacher of Reish Lakish’s teacher, Rabbi Yocha...

Kuntreis Acharon 18:1 (1) In his Kuntreis Acharon (note 1), the Alter Rebbe discusses how this ruling applies to the distinction made at the end of the introduction to this section between a white-hot knife and a blemish that projects from the knife. The ...

Kuntreis Acharon 2:1 (1) In his Kuntreis Acharon (note 1), the Alter Rebbe explains why, in note 3 to the main text, he stated that an animal slaughtered by a minor is acceptable, without mentioning the age of the minor involved. This ruling raises a ques...

Kuntreis Acharon 1:1 (1) In his Kuntreis Acharon (note 1), the Alter Rebbe focuses on the ruling of Rav Yosef Caro, that women are permitted to perform ritual slaughter. This ruling invites a question, since slaughtering an animal correctly effaces the Sc...

SECTION 33 The Laws that Apply when [an Animal’s] Jawbone was Removed and when [its] Gullet was Injured (1-11) 1 If [an animal’s] lower jawbone was removed, it is kosher, (1) provided that it could survive by having [food] stuffed [down its throat] or pla...

SECTION 32 The Laws Governing a Wound to the Spinal Cord (1-7) 1 If the greater portion of the membrane surrounding the nerve matter of the spinal cord was severed, [the animal] is tereifah (1) even if all the nerve matter is intact. If the greater portio...

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...