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 be from the neck?
Why isn’t slaughter performed through the tongue instead of the neck?
What verse does Rabbi Hiyya use to show that slaughter is performed from the neck?
Why is the head mentioned separately in the verse if it is already included among the cut pieces?
Why does the head get placed on the altar before the other parts?
Why is the fat mentioned separately in the verse about the sacrifice?
How are animals and birds equated in the laws of impurity?
Does a bird require cutting both simanim like an animal to avoid impurity?
What do animals and birds share in how they are made fit for sacrifice and eating?
Is animal slaughter done at the nape of the neck like bird pinching?
How is a bird made fit for eating?
How do we know fish do not require slaughter?
Why don’t quail prove that birds don’t need slaughter like fish do?
Why do animals need two simanim cut, birds one, and fish none?
Were birds created from water or from land?
Why don’t birds require slaughter if they are compared to animals?
Why is the “spill its blood” verse applied to only birds?
Is covering the blood required for both animals and birds?
Does cutting a bird offering with a knife (not pinching) count as valid slaughter?
What does the comparison to gazelle and deer teach?
Is bird slaughter valid by cutting either the gullet or windpipe?
Is bird slaughter valid by cutting only the windpipe?
How is pinching different?
What happens if the gullet or windpipe is damaged prior to slaughter?
Is it possible to check?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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