Chapter 1, Mishna 6, 7

Can a serrated sickle be used for valid slaughter?
Does Beit Hillel permit eating an animal slaughtered with a serrated sickle?
Is slaughter valid only in the large upper ring and not the other rings of the windpipe?
How much of the upper ring must remain intact for slaughter to be valid?
Does Rabbi Yosei’s leniency apply only to the upper ring?
Does Rabbi Yosei allow slaughter within the other rings too?
What is the halakha?
Must Rabbi Zeira follow Babylonian rulings while in Israel?
Is a court of three enough to permit a blemished firstborn animal?
Do Babylonian sages follow Eretz Yisrael rulings when they move there?
Do different places follow different slaughtering rulings?
In a slaughter, does “encountered” mean actual contact or just meeting the target location?
Is slaughter valid if part of the arytenoid cartilage is left intact?
Is slaughter valid if the cut begins below the thyroid cartilage?
Is slaughter valid if the knife veers above the ring?
Is slaughter valid if most of the windpipe is cut within the ring?
Is slaughter valid once a majority of the windpipe is cut properly?

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