Chapter 4, Mishna 6

Does an eight-month fetus require its own shechita?
Why must the fetus’s blood be removed?
What is the status of a fetus found inside a slaughtered animal?
Is a live full-term fetus considered part of its mother?
What is considered a full-term fetus?
Can a ben pekua ever require shechita?
What is Rabbi Shimon Shezuri’s ruling about a ben pekua?
Are the forbidden fats of a ben pekua prohibited?
Does the sciatic nerve prohibition apply to a fetus?
Is a live nine-month fetus considered an independent animal?
Is the blood of a fetus prohibited?
What is blood of exudate?
Is eating a fetus’s blood punishable by karet?
What does “any blood” teach?
Can a ben pekua be used to redeem a firstborn donkey?
What does “you shall redeem” teach?
What is the relevance of a redemption lamb being male or female?
Does the fetus share the mother’s impurity level?
How does ritual impurity affect a ben pekua inside its mother?
Why does Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish view the fetus and mother as one entity?
How does a ben pekua become susceptible to ritual impurity?
Can a ben pekua become ritually impure as food?
When does a tereifa fish receive the status of a dead animal?
Is the fat of a stillborn fetus treated like animal fat?
Does a full-term fetus have the status of an animal?
Is the fat of a fetus offered on the altar?
Why is a verse needed to exclude fetal fat from sacrifices?

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