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  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Why does Rabbi Yehuda require cutting the veins?Is cutting the veins part of shechita?Must the veins be cut during shechita or can it be done afterward?Is cutting half a siman enough for shechita?If something is split …

  • Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Is the requirement to slaughter from the neck learned by tradition rather than from a verse?What does “And you shall slaughter” teach if the neck requirement is already traditional?How does Rabbi Yishmael derive that slaughter must …

  • Chapter 1, Mishna 15-18, Chapter 2, Mishna 1 What can and can’t you spend second tithe money on?What is temed?When does temed have legal status of wine?Can it be purchased with second tithe produce?Why can’t second tithe be used for …

  • Chapter 1, Mishna 11-14 What is element with which priests are unfit and levites fit? Vice versa?What disqualification pertains to Levites?What disqualification pertains to priests?Who is disqualified due to blemish, and who to passage of years?What service did Levites perform …

  • What happens during in-between stage of bird development, between young and mature?If one brings offering that’s not a lamb or a fully grown sheep (palges), has he fulfilled his obligation to bring ram or lamb?Is a palges considered an entity …

  • What are requirements for bird burnt offering?From whose cattle must offering come?What is relevance of mentioning finger?Where is pinching of bird offering performed on the bird?What is difference in age requirements for pigeons and doves?Why does Torah insist on older …

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