Chapter 6, Mishna 2

When is one exempt from covering the blood?
What qualifies as a valid slaughter?
Which two Torah laws are connected by the word “slaughter”?
What does slaughtering a sacrifice outside the Temple teach about covering the blood?
Can different words with the same meaning be linked by a verbal analogy?
Why does the Gemara compare “return” and “come”?
How does Rabbi Meir derive the law of covering the blood?
What does “that may be eaten” mean?
Why is Rabbi Shimon’s view called “the Rabbis”?
Why is a tereifa still forbidden for eating after shechita?
Why doesn’t a ben pekua need its own shechita?
Why is a slaughtered tereifa different from a carcass?
Can we make a rabbinic decree on another rabbinic decree?
When is benefit from a non-sacred animal prohibited?
Why doesn’t the decree apply to wild animals?
Can blood from shechita be used for another purpose?
Why make the bird a tereifa before slaughtering it?
Did Moses receive the laws of shechita?
Does tearing the windpipe count as bird slaughter?
Could Rabbi Hiyya’s flax have been infested with moths?
Why was flax infestation no longer common?
Can a person’s merit benefit others but not himself?
How can someone help others but lack for himself?

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

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