Dear Rabbi:
I am learning Chullin with our grandson.
We have studied Shechting, Triefa and Neveila.
I had difficulty explaining that a Klaf to write STaM requires an animal from one of the Kosher species but shechting was not required.
If that is so then the kosher animal that is not ritually slaughtered would be categorized as a Neveila. This carcass transmits tuma and could not be touched or carried.
Please clarify so I can maintain my learned grand father status.
Thanks so much
The Gemara in Shabbos 28b states, "... from what is permitted in your mouth" -- "Min ha'Mutar b'Ficha" -- where the word "Min" would be translated as "from." However, the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 32:12) states "Min ha'Mutar b'Ficha," where the word is "Min" with a Yud (meaning "species"), so we learn that it all depends on the species of the animal. The species must be a kosher one, even though the individual animal is not kosher. For instance, if it was slaughtered improperly and became a Neveilah, nevertheless it is sufficient that it is from the kosher species to make the Klaf kosher.
Kol Tuv,
Dovid Bloom
The Gemara asks your [grandson's] question and provides an interesting answer, at the end of Shabbos 108a.
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