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Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 15
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Yoreh De'ah Siman 15 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 3 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
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<b>שלא לשחוט בהמה עד יום שמיני ללידתה. ובו ג' סעיפים:</b><br> אפרוח כל זמן שלא יצא לאויר העולם אסור ולאחר שיצא לאויר העולם מותר מיד:
Seif 1 A chick anytime that it does not hatch (from its shell) is forbidden, after it hatches (from its shell) it is allowed to be taken (and slaughtered).
בהמה שילדה אם ידוע שכלו לו חדשיו דהיינו ט' חדשים לגסה וה' לדקה מותר מיד ביום שנולד ולא חיישינן שמא נתרסקו (פי' נכתשו ונכתתו) איבריו מחבלי הלידה ואם אין ידוע שכלו לו חדשיו אסור משום ספק נפל עד תחלת ליל שמיני:
Seif 2 When an animal is born, if you know it was born after a full-term pregnancy, which would be 9 months for large cattle and 5 months for small animals (such as sheep and goats), it is permitted to slaughter it immediately on the day it is born, since we are not worried that its limbs were ruined from the difficulty of childbirth. However, if it is unknown whether it was from a full-term pregnancy, it is forbidden until the eighth night, inasmuch as it is possibly considered to be a miscarriage until the eighth day.
אין סומכין על העובד כוכבים בגדיים קטנים הנקחים ממנו ואומר שהם בני ח' ימים (תשובת רשב"א סי' רמ"ג):
Seif 3 We don’t trust the word of an Idolater on whether a small goat is without defect or is 8 days old. (thus making it fit for slaughter).
English translation: Asher Meza (without commentary) · unknown