Daf Yomi: Introduction to Chullin

In case anyone who is starting Daf Yomi with Chullin would like a quick overview, here is the Introduction sheet I plan to distribute to my shiur. You can also download it as a pdf here, and this may help; it doesn't quite look right on here.

Key mitzvot / laws

	Chumash	Mishneh Torah	Shulchan Aruch
Shechitah	Devarim 12:13-21	Hilchot Shechitah 1-4	Yoreh Deah 1-13, 17-27
Tereifot	Shemot 22:30 Vayyikra 17:15, 22:8	Hilchot Shechitah 3, 5-11	Yoreh Deah 29-60
Kosher creatures	Vayyikra 11; Devarim 14	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 1-3	Yoreh Deah 79-86
Oto v'et Bno [an animal and its young]	Vayyikra 22:28	Hilchot Shechitah 12	Yoreh Deah 16
Kisui haDam [covering the blood]	Vayyikra 17:13 Devarim 12:16, 12:24, 12:27, 15:23	Hilchot Shechitah 14	Yoreh Deah 28
Gid haNasheh [sciatic neurovascular bundle]	Bereishit 32:33	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 8	Yoreh Deah 65
Chelev [Forbidden Fat]	Vayyikra 3:17, 7:23-25	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 7	Yoreh Deah 64
Meat and Milk	Shemot 23:19, 34:26 Devarim 14:21	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 9	Yoreh Deah 87-97
Eating Blood	Vayyikra 3:17, 7:26-27; 17:10-14, 19:26 Devarim 12:16, 12:23-25	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 6-7	Yoreh Deah 66-78
Zroa, Lichayayim, Keivah [chullin gifts for kohanim]	Devarim 18:3	Hilchot Bikurim 9	Yoreh Deah 61
Reishit haGez [shearings for kohanim]	Devarim 18:4	Hilchot Bikurim 10	Yoreh Deah 333
Shiluach haKen [sending away mother bird]	Devarim 22:6-7	Hilchot Shechitah 13	Yoreh Deah 292

The two vessels to be cut in shechitah (the simanim)

Kaneh = Trachea Veshet = Esophagus

The five principle disqualifications of the shechitah act

Hagramah (Veering); Ikur (Pulling); Chaladah (Burrowing); Derasah (Pressing); Shehiyah (Pausing)

The digestive tract of a bird (http://www.backyardnature.net/birdguts.htm)

Digestive Tract (in order)
Crop	Zefek	זפק
Gizzard	Kurkivan	קורקבן

The digestive tract of a ruminant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant)

Digestive Tract (in order)
Esophagus	Veshet	וושט
Rumen	Keres haPnimi	כרס הפנימי
Reticulum	Beit haKosot	בית הכוסות
Omasum	Hemses	המסס
Abomasum	Keivah	קיבה
Small intestine	Mei'ayim	מעיים

Masechet Chullin, Chapter by Chapter

1: HaKol Shochtin

Shocheit; Knife; The act of shechitah; Thought during shechitah; Safek & Chazakah; Melikah; Tumat Kelim

2: HaShocheit

The site of shechitah; The act of shechitah; Shechitah of a dying animal; Thought during shechitah

3: Elu Treifot

Treifot; How psak works; Creation; Signs of kosher birds; Signs of kosher eggs; Signs of kosher locusts; Signs of kosher fish; Crawling creatures

4: Beheimah haMekashah

Defining birth; Defining a fetus; Ben Pekuah; Treifot; Shilya

5: Oto v'et Bno

Oto v'et Bno; Koy; Separate korbanot for separate sins

6: Kisui haDam

Kisui haDam; Mitzvot that override Shabbat and Yom Tov; Status of improper shechitah; Humility

7: Gid haNasheh

Gid haNasheh; Exaggeration; Yaakov and the angel; Yosef's dreams; The world's tzaddikim; Noachide laws; Chelev; Deception; Ever min haChai; Issur chal al issur; Basar shenitalem min ha'ayin; Nichush; Bitul; Kulya

8: Kol haBasar

Meat and poultry and milk; Hand-washing; Absorption of taste; Bitul; Udders; Blood; Heart; Liver; Salting; Pickling; Issurei hanaah; Stomach

9: Ha'Or vehaRotev

Meat and tumat ochlin; Types of tumah for animal parts

10: HaZroa vehaLechayyayim

Matnot kehunah from animals; Giving the matnot aniyyim

11: Reishit haGez

Reishit haGez; Partnership in mitzvah obligations; Matnot kehunah from tereifot

12: Shiluach haKen

Shiluach haKen; "Tzippor" in Torah; The reward for mitzvot

Helpful websites and sefarim (note: I am not endorsing the contents of any shiur/sefer)

• טמוני חול: Chullin Illuminated (English) – R' Yaakov Dovid Lach
• שיחת חולין (Hebrew) – R' Amitai Ben David
• Powerpoint of poultry and animal digestive systems - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/agents/training/DigestivePhysiology.ppt
• Photos of chicken carcasses and organs -http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Factsheets/Marketing/Processing_chickens.pdf

Audio daf shiurim on Chullin (note: I have not actually listened to these shiurim)

• Kollel Iyun haDaf http://www.dafyomi.co.il/
• Ohr Somayach http://ohr.edu/explore_judaism/daf_yomi/weekly_dafootnotes/1428
• Dafcast http://dafcast.net/?id=XLN
• Daf Yomi downloads http://www.dafyomi.org/download.php?masechta=chulin
• E-Daf http://e-daf.com/index.asp
• YUTorah.org http://www.yutorah.com/daf.cfm