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On today’s pages, Chullin 31 and 32, the rabbis examine what happens when ritual slaughter is interrupted midway through the act. The Mishna says that a pause is only disqualifying if it lasts as long as another act of slaughter, but the Gemara immediately asks what that measurement actually means. The daf becomes a display of rabbinic reasoning at its finest, testing every possible definition until the law can be stated with care and precision. How exact must our thinking be when even a pause can change everything? Listen and find out.
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On today’s pages, Chullin 31 and 32, the rabbis examine what happens when ritual slaughter is interrupted midway through the act. The Mishna says that a pause is only disqualifying if it lasts as long as another act of slaughter, but the Gemara immediately asks what that measurement actually means. The daf becomes a display of rabbinic reasoning at its finest, testing every possible definition until the law can be stated with care and precision. How exact must our thinking be when even a pause can change everything? Listen and find out.

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