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66Things Forbidden Because of BloodSiman 66 · 22 seifim
  1. 1.The Torah states: "And any man of the house…
  2. 2.Blood found in eggs: if found in the yolk,…
  3. 3.Eggs marketed commercially, if blood is found in them…
  4. 4.Eggs beaten together in a bowl, and blood is…
  5. 5.A woman who made dough kneaded with eggs, and…
  6. 6.An egg in which blood is found may be…
  7. 7.A same-day egg [laid that day] in which blood…
  8. 8.A same-day egg in which blood is found in…
  9. 9.An egg found in a hen's innards after shechitah,…
  10. 10.It is permitted to swallow an egg while still…
  11. 11.However, when frying an egg in a pan, the…
  12. 12.One who swallowed a raw egg and some remained,…
  13. 13.Hard-boiled eggs are permitted to eat even though they…
  14. 14.Eggs that were placed on the lid of a…
  15. 15.It is permitted to buy eggs in sealed canned…
  16. 16.An egg found to contain two yolks is permitted,…
  17. 17.It has already been explained that the blood of…
  18. 18.Fish blood does not render a mixture forbidden, in…
  19. 19.Human blood, if it has separated from the person…
  20. 20.Blood between the teeth, one may suck it out…
  21. 21.Those who buy meat from the butcher shop that…
  22. 22.A cold food that is not customarily rinsed, that…
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67More Laws of BloodSiman 67 · 4 seifim
  1. 1.Regarding the blood of a domestic or wild animal,…
  2. 2.Therefore, one whose stomach is strong may eat raw…
  3. 3.Even though it is permitted to eat raw meat…
  4. 4.If blood clotted because of a wound, it is…
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68Laws of Scalding a Fowl's [Skin/Feathers]Siman 68 · 17 seifim
  1. 1.If one roasts an animal's head over a fire,…
  2. 2.Some write that merely to remove the hair, even…
  3. 3.If he cooked the whole head, everything is forbidden,…
  4. 4.One who comes to scald the head must cut…
  5. 5.One who comes to singe a hen over fire,…
  6. 6.What we said — that one who comes to…
  7. 7.When scalding the feet, they do not need to…
  8. 8.It is permitted to place an animal's feet over…
  9. 9.An animal's feet that were singed and cooked without…
  10. 10.Hooves that were salted in their shell without cutting…
  11. 11.If one wishes to salt a hen while it…
  12. 12.It is permitted to dip the fowl, after its…
  13. 13.It is permitted to scald a hen in hot…
  14. 14.Even in a secondary vessel [kli sheni], some say…
  15. 15.If a maidservant scalds the hen in boiling water…
  16. 16.One does not salt the meat, nor rinse it,…
  17. 17.Maran the Shulchan Aruch holds that even a fowl…
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69Laws of SaltingSiman 69 · 3 seifim
  1. 1.It has already been explained that it is forbidden…
  2. 2.The primary halachah we follow is that blood that…
  3. 3.Regarding blood that has been pickled [in brine] —…
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+Rinsing Before SaltingRinsing Before Salting · 19 seifim
  1. 4.One must rinse the meat well before salting. What…
  2. 5.Some say the meat must be left in a…
  3. 6.If, after the fact, one transgressed and rinsed the…
  4. 7.Very cold water — such as in the winter…
  5. 8.If one transgressed and rinsed the meat in very…
  6. 9.Some say it is permitted to give the first…
  7. 10.If the meat was soaked in water in a…
  8. 11.It is permitted to soak animal meat together with…
  9. 12.Ideally, one should soak the meat in water in…
  10. 13.After rinsing, the meat should be salted as it…
  11. 14.If, after rinsing, one cut each cut into two,…
  12. 15.Some say that the entire law requiring one to…
  13. 16.Rinsing is effective for the animal's feet even while…
  14. 17.Salty water, such as seawater, or sharp/pungent water, is…
  15. 18.In places where a substance made of salty water…
  16. 19.It is permitted to salt meat to make it…
  17. 20.If one soaked the meat in water for half…
  18. 21.One who has no water or other beverages, or…
  19. 22.One who has no water or other beverages, or…
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+Using a Vessel in Which Meat is SoakedSiman 69 (continued) · 12 seifim
  1. 23.The custom is to designate a special vessel for…
  2. 24.The custom is not to use the vessel designated…
  3. 25.It is permitted to soak meat for salting in…
  4. 26.It has already been explained above that one should…
  5. 27.A meat pot in which meat was soaked once…
  6. 28.Some have the custom of soaking the meat, after…
  7. 29.One should be careful not to salt frozen meat…
  8. 30.If meat was salted and became frozen/hardened, and it…
  9. 31.If meat was salted, and before it exuded all…
  10. 32.Meat that was salted and placed in the freezer…
  11. 33.A piece partly frozen and partly not frozen should…
  12. 34.Meat that was salted, and before it sat the…
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+The Manner of SaltingSiman 69 (continued) · 11 seifim
  1. 35.After removing the meat from the water, one should…
  2. 36.If one transgressed and salted without waiting for the…
  3. 37.If one waited a long time until the meat…
  4. 38.Meat that was salted with no initial rinse at…
  5. 39.However, if it is remembered that the meat was…
  6. 40.Meat that was warm, close to the time of…
  7. 41.A piece that was only lightly rinsed before salting,…
  8. 42.If a hen was salted with no initial rinse,…
  9. 43.Women who separate the fowl's skin from the flesh,…
  10. 44.A piece that was salted without an initial rinse,…
  11. 45.If a piece was salted without an initial rinse…
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+What Type of Salt to Salt WithSiman 69 (continued) · 7 seifim
  1. 46.Ideally, meat should be salted with what is today…
  2. 47.Therefore, one who has only flour-fine salt is permitted…
  3. 48.One should not salt with overly coarse salt, since…
  4. 49.It is permitted to salt meat with dietetic salt…
  5. 50.Meat only loses its blood when salted with salt…
  6. 51.If one transgressed and salted the meat with sugar,…
  7. 52.If one transgressed and salted meat with sugar, and…
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+How to SaltSiman 69 (continued) · 3 seifim
  1. 53.One should sprinkle enough salt on it that it…
  2. 54.Ideally one must salt the meat on all its…
  3. 55.Even a thick piece need not be cut in…
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+Salting Whole FowlSalting Whole Fowl · 3 seifim
  1. 56.Care should be taken when salting a fowl to…
  2. 57.Meat that was salted on only one side, with…
  3. 58.Meat not salted for the pot, that was finely…
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+Cutting the Meat After SaltingSiman 69 (continued) · 1 seifim
  1. 59.If, after rinsing and salting a piece properly, and…
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+The Required Duration for Meat to Sit in Its SaltSiman 69 (continued) · 9 seifim
  1. 60.The required duration for meat to sit in salt…
  2. 61.The measure of an hour during which the meat…
  3. 62.Meat that was salted and sat in its salt…
  4. 63.If the meat was properly salted, and after rinsing…
  5. 64.Meat that was not salted, and was mistakenly placed…
  6. 65.Meat that was salted and sat in its salt…
  7. 66.Meat that was salted and sat in its salt…
  8. 67.Meat that was salted and sat in its salt…
  9. 68.It is permitted to leave the meat with its…
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+Rinsing After SaltingSiman 69 (continued) · 3 seifim
  1. 69.After the meat has been properly salted and has…
  2. 70.Some have the custom of putting a great deal…
  3. 71.If the meat was rinsed only once, and was…
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+The Final Rinse With Fruit JuiceSiman 69 (continued) · 1 seifim
  1. 72.Some say it is permitted to give the final…
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+One Who Rinsed Without Brushing Off or WipingSiman 69 (continued) · 1 seifim
  1. 73.If one did not brush off the salt on…
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+One Who Cooked Without a Final RinseSiman 69 (continued) · 3 seifim
  1. 74.Meat that was salted and cooked with the salt…
  2. 75.If there is doubt whether the final rinse was…
  3. 76.One who has no water for the final rinse,…
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+Salt Whose Power Has Been DepletedSiman 69 (continued) · 5 seifim
  1. 77.Salt already used once to salt meat and draw…
  2. 78.If one transgressed and salted with salt already used…
  3. 79.One should not salt with salt whose potency has…
  4. 80.One should not make meat kosher regarding its blood…
  5. 81.It is forbidden to eat the salt used to…
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+A Non-Jew Who Testifies That the Meat Was RinsedSiman 69 (continued) · 3 seifim
  1. 82.Ideally, it is good to be careful to have…
  2. 83.A minor who testifies that the meat was rinsed…
  3. 84.One who said, regarding pieces of cooked meat, that…
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+Meat Cooked Without SaltingSiman 69 (continued) · 8 seifim
  1. 85.Meat that was cooked without salting requires sixty times…
  2. 86.A piece of meat that was not salted and…
  3. 87.Meat that was cooked without salting — even if…
  4. 88.A piece of meat that was not salted and…
  5. 89.The measure of sixty is estimated in the following…
  6. 90.A minor or a non-Jew who put blood into…
  7. 91.The same law applies to unsalted pieces that fell…
  8. 92.Meat and cheilev (forbidden fat) where there is doubt…
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+Meat With Doubt Whether It Was SaltedMeat With Doubt Whether It Was Salted · 12 seifim
  1. 93.Meat that was cooked, with a doubt whether it…
  2. 94.All this applies when the woman herself raises the…
  3. 95.A woman who sent meat to her husband from…
  4. 96.Some say that everything we permit in a case…
  5. 97.A woman accustomed to salting meat in her home,…
  6. 98.A woman who forgot whether she salted meat or…
  7. 99.A woman who comes to cook meat, and has…
  8. 100.The same applies to a woman who salted meat…
  9. 101.A woman who salted meat and had doubt whether…
  10. 102.A woman who salted meat and let it sit…
  11. 103.One who bought meat and does not know whether…
  12. 104.Meat that was cooked, where the lady of the…
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+Meat That Sat Three Days Without SaltingSiman 69 (continued) · 12 seifim
  1. 105.The Geonim were stringent, out of doubt, about meat…
  2. 106.This three-day period is measured from when the animal…
  3. 107.Meat that sat three days without salting and was…
  4. 108.Meat that sat three days without salting and was…
  5. 109.Ideally, where possible, one should not leave meat more…
  6. 110.Some say that meat that sat three days without…
  7. 111.Some say the three-day period is counted only from…
  8. 112.Fat from meat or from geese that sat three…
  9. 113.Meat that sat three days without salting — some…
  10. 114.Meat that sat three days without salting, and was…
  11. 115.Meat that sat three days without salting, and was…
  12. 116.Meat that sat three days without salting, which is…
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+A Piece Not Properly SaltedSiman 69 (continued) · 2 seifim
  1. 117.The same law applies if a piece was salted,…
  2. 118.Meat that was salted and made kosher properly, and…
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+Meat That Sat Three Days — Its Permission for RoastingMeat That Sat Three Days — Its Permission for Roasting · 19 seifim
  1. 119.Meat that sat three days without salting is permitted…
  2. 120.Meat that sat three days without salting, which becomes…
  3. 121.Meat that sat three days without salting, and was…
  4. 122.Meat that sat three days without salting, and one…
  5. 123.Meat that sat three days without salting, and was…
  6. 124.Some say that a mere rinse does not suffice;…
  7. 125.When soaking the meat in water, ideally the entire…
  8. 126.Some say one should not permit, ideally, leaving meat…
  9. 127.A butcher selling meat must inform buyers of the…
  10. 128.A butcher who transgressed and sold meat that sat…
  11. 129.Meat kept in an electric refrigerator, or smooth [glatt]…
  12. 130.Frozen meat that sat in the freezer three days…
  13. 131.Meat that sat three days without salting, where the…
  14. 132.Liver, too, that sat three days without salting has…
  15. 133.Meat that sat three days without salting, and that…
  16. 134.A piece that was cooked without salting, and became…
  17. 135.Meat that sat three days without salting, and one…
  18. 136.Meat that sat three days without salting, and one…
  19. 137.Meat that sat three days without salting, and one…
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+Meat Soiled with BloodSiman 69 (continued) · 11 seifim
  1. 138.Meat that was not salted, and was soaked in…
  2. 139.Some say that meat becomes forbidden for cooking specifically…
  3. 140.Meat that was not salted and was steeped in…
  4. 141.It has already been explained above that pickled/steeped blood…
  5. 142.Meat that was not salted and sat in water…
  6. 143.Regarding steeped food whose liquid was stirred within twenty-four…
  7. 144.Meat that sat a full 24-hour period in river…
  8. 145.Unsalted meat that was steeped in water for a…
  9. 146.Meat that was soaked in water for twenty-three hours…
  10. 147.If meat was placed inside a plastic bag, and…
  11. 148.Meat that was placed in a vessel before salting,…
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+Where Meat Is SaltedSiman 69 (continued) · 10 seifim
  1. 149.The board on which meat is salted must be…
  2. 150.It is permitted to salt meat on fine sand,…
  3. 151.If one salts inside a sack that has holes,…
  4. 152.One should not salt meat on top of an…
  5. 153.One should not salt on a bone implement unless…
  6. 154.An unperforated vessel into which straw or wood chips…
  7. 155.If meat was salted in a perforated vessel, and…
  8. 156.One who salted meat in an unperforated vessel may…
  9. 157.Meat that was salted in a perforated vessel —…
  10. 158.If salted meat was placed into a bowl used…
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+Meat Salted in an Unperforated VesselSiman 69 (continued) · 6 seifim
  1. 159.Meat that was salted in an unperforated vessel, or…
  2. 160.It makes no difference whether it is one piece…
  3. 161.A piece with doubt whether it was salted in…
  4. 162.A piece that was salted in an unperforated vessel,…
  5. 163.A piece that was salted in an unperforated vessel,…
  6. 164.A piece of meat salted in an unperforated vessel,…
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+Scalding the MeatSiman 69 (continued) · 6 seifim
  1. 165.After the meat has been rinsed, salted properly, and…
  2. 166.Families of Yemenite origin who immigrated permanently to the…
  3. 167.Even though ideally we do not rely on scalding…
  4. 168.A patient deficient in blood, who needs to eat…
  5. 169.Meat that was salted and sat the required duration…
  6. 170.One should not eat from salted meat before it…
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+In a Place Where There Is No SaltSiman 69 (continued) · 6 seifim
  1. 171.In a place where salt is not available, the…
  2. 172.In places where salt is not available, one may…
  3. 173.One who roasted meat, and before roasting it to…
  4. 174.One who cut hard salt with a dairy knife…
  5. 175.It is permitted to sell unkosher-processed meat to a…
  6. 176.Meat that can be permitted and eaten roasted is…
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70Salting Several Pieces One On Top of AnotherSiman 70 · 20 seifim
  1. 1.It is permitted to salt many pieces one on…
  2. 2.A piece that was salted, and while it was…
  3. 3.However, it is forbidden to salt fish together with…
  4. 4.One who salts fish together with fowl meat —…
  5. 5.Therefore, meat that was properly salted and finished exuding…
  6. 6.One who salts fish with meat using a light…
  7. 7.Some say that if one salted fish with meat,…
  8. 8.Everything stated above — that one who salts fish…
  9. 9.Some say that if the fish is unsalted and…
  10. 10.It is permitted to salt fish in order to…
  11. 11.Non-kosher fish that were salted together with kosher fish…
  12. 12.Meat of a properly slaughtered animal that was salted…
  13. 13.All this applies when the meat is lean; but…
  14. 14.If there is a doubt whether the meat of…
  15. 15.Meat that was salted and is still exuding its…
  16. 16.Some say that meat that was not salted at…
  17. 17.Ideally one should follow the stringent view and not…
  18. 18.Meat that was salted on Friday, and was forgotten…
  19. 19.A piece of meat that was salted but did…
  20. 20.A piece that was salted twice is permitted, and…
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71Salting the Head and Other Limbs of an Animal or FowlSiman 71 · 22 seifim
  1. 1.The head of an animal or fowl may be…
  2. 2.The brain is surrounded by two membranes: the outer…
  3. 3.According to the Kabbalists, it is good to be…
  4. 4.The same practice as salting an animal's head should…
  5. 5.One who wishes to salt an animal's head together…
  6. 6.If the head was salted whole without piercing the…
  7. 7.The tongue contains blood vessels, and ordinary salting is…
  8. 8.The neck and the site of shechitah fill with…
  9. 9.The neck has blood vessels whose blood does not…
  10. 10.Before salting the trachea and esophagus, one should clean…
  11. 11.The shank bones and other bones containing marrow require…
  12. 12.Some have the custom, ideally, not to salt bones…
  13. 13.Some say that if the marrow was removed from…
  14. 14.Some say that bones with no marrow at all…
  15. 15.The hooves are hollow inside, and the flesh is…
  16. 16.If he forgot and did not cut the hooves…
  17. 17.The custom is to cut off the tips of…
  18. 18.If cutting the claws causes a great loss —…
  19. 19.The custom is to cut off the fowl's wing…
  20. 20.One who wishes to roast pieces of meat containing…
  21. 21.The cheek meat has blood vessels, and ordinary salting…
  22. 22.The animal's foreleg, shoulder, and breast have blood vessels;…
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72Laws of Salting the Heart and LungSiman 72 · 7 seifim
  1. 1.Blood collects inside the heart at the time of…
  2. 2.If he salted the heart without tearing it, he…
  3. 3.There is no fowl that does not have sixty…
  4. 4.Some say that even a fowl without legs and…
  5. 5.Some have the custom, ideally, to cut off the…
  6. 6.Our sages said: five things cause one to forget…
  7. 7.The lung requires no cutting at all; nevertheless the…
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73Laws of Roasting the LiverSiman 73 · 27 seifim
  1. 1.The liver contains a great amount of blood; therefore…
  2. 2.Some say that if one roasts the liver and…
  3. 3.When roasting liver, as a matter of core law…
  4. 4.One who transgressed and cooked liver alone without first…
  5. 5.Ideally, one should not cook the liver without first…
  6. 6.There is no difference in the laws of the…
  7. 7.Liver that was salted and rinsed like meat, and…
  8. 8.It is obvious that liver or meat that was…
  9. 9.One who wishes to roast meat or liver on…
  10. 10.Liver that was roasted between the pot and the…
  11. 11.Liver that was mistakenly steeped in water for twenty-four…
  12. 12.It is permitted to roast liver and a [meat]…
  13. 13.One who roasts liver on a skewer should not…
  14. 14.Some say it is permitted to roast liver or…
  15. 15.Ideally, one should not salt the liver on top…
  16. 16.If one salted meat and let it sit the…
  17. 17.Some say that even after the fact, if liver…
  18. 18.Liver that was salted in an unperforated vessel —…
  19. 19.Some say that after roasting the liver, ideally it…
  20. 20.If a fowl was roasted and a liver was…
  21. 21.Liver that was wrapped in plastic and placed inside…
  22. 22.The practice of butchers to submerge the liver in…
  23. 23.Liver that was rubbed with oil is permitted to…
  24. 24.A patient who is deficient in blood is permitted…
  25. 25.Liver that sat for three full 24-hour days —…
  26. 26.It has already been explained above that one who…
  27. 27.Liver removed from the freezer should not, ideally, be…
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74The Law of the SpleenSiman 74 · 3 seifim
  1. 1.Although the spleen has a reddish color and appears…
  2. 2.It is permitted to salt the spleen together with…
  3. 3.A spleen that was roasted without its forbidden fat…
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75The Law of Salting the IntestinesSiman 75 · 10 seifim
  1. 1.The intestines are not presumed to contain blood. "The…
  2. 2.The intestines, without the fat on them, even though…
  3. 3.One should open the gizzard and remove all the…
  4. 4.The fat of the mesentery on the small intestine…
  5. 5.Although ideally one should be stringent and not scald…
  6. 6.The fat on the intestines contains blood and must…
  7. 7.An egg found in a hen's innards after shechitah…
  8. 8.Eggs found in a hen after shechitah, where only…
  9. 9.An egg found in a hen after shechitah, where…
  10. 10.An egg found in a hen's innards, whose white…
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76Laws of Roasting MeatSiman 76 · 23 seifim
  1. 1.Just as salting meat draws the blood out of…
  2. 2.When roasting meat, as a matter of core law…
  3. 3.Liver or meat being roasted over fire — one…
  4. 4.If the butchers do not have a special knife…
  5. 5.Even though the fire draws the blood out of…
  6. 6.The fat of the meat follows the same law…
  7. 7.It is permitted to rotate and turn the spit…
  8. 8.It is permitted to place onion or potatoes on…
  9. 9.It should be permitted to remove the skewer from…
  10. 10.A skewer or roasting rack on which liver or…
  11. 11.It is permitted to roast several livers together, such…
  12. 12.It is permitted to leave the roast on the…
  13. 13.The custom has developed of being lenient and roasting…
  14. 14.One who wishes to roast pieces of meat containing…
  15. 15.One who cuts meat after roasting and sees a…
  16. 16.Roasted meat that was not roasted properly is permitted…
  17. 17.One who salts meat and roasts it over the…
  18. 18.Some say it is permitted to roast meat or…
  19. 19.It is permitted to roast meat or liver on…
  20. 20.Meat roasted over the fire without first being salted…
  21. 21.If meat or liver was roasted in an electric…
  22. 22.Frozen liver or meat that is roasted over the…
  23. 23.Cold cheese that fell onto roasted meat while it…
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77The Law of Fowl Stuffed with Unsalted MeatSiman 77 · 3 seifim
  1. 1.Fowl and kids that are stuffed with finely chopped…
  2. 2.Meat that was salted and rinsed properly may be…
  3. 3.Meat that was not salted and was finely ground…
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78Not to Stick Dough to Unsalted MeatSiman 78 · 5 seifim
  1. 1.One who sticks soft dough onto pieces of meat…
  2. 2.However, if he stuck the dough onto the fowl…
  3. 3.If one salts meat with dough stuck to it,…
  4. 4.Brine from meat that was already salted and rinsed…
  5. 5.Some say it is permitted to rub unsalted meat…
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79Signs of Kosher Domestic and Wild AnimalsSiman 79 · 8 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment to know the signs…
  2. 2.Offspring born from a treifah is permitted — meaning,…
  3. 3.Likewise, an offspring found within a neveilah is permitted…
  4. 4.Regarding human flesh and skin — some say it…
  5. 5.Some say it is permitted for a patient, even…
  6. 6.The flesh of a deceased Jew is forbidden to…
  7. 7.It is proper and correct not to make a…
  8. 8.The practice of some women to swallow the foreskin…
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80The Law of a Kosher Wild AnimalSiman 80 · 1 seifim
  1. 1.A kosher wild animal, such as a deer or…
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81That Which Comes From the Impure Is ImpureSiman 81 · 40 seifim
  1. 1.The milk, brine, and urine of a non-kosher or…
  2. 2.The Torah permitted drinking milk, for the Land was…
  3. 3.A patient not in mortal danger whom a doctor…
  4. 4.The urine of a non-kosher animal that fell into…
  5. 5.Human urine is permitted according to all views as…
  6. 6.One suffering from asthma, for whom doctors have determined…
  7. 7.The Sages decreed that milk milked by a non-Jew…
  8. 8.However, regarding a non-Jew who milks a kosher animal,…
  9. 9.A non-Jew milking from a herd containing only kosher…
  10. 10.Even in a place where the non-Jews in that…
  11. 11.Some say that in a place where non-kosher milk…
  12. 12.Some say that in countries where a law exists…
  13. 13.Milk milked by a non-Jew [without supervision] that was…
  14. 14.Non-Jews' milk powder mixed into chocolate and the like…
  15. 15.Synthetic or pareve milk powder sold today in most…
  16. 16.One should not buy candies, such as sweets, chewing…
  17. 17.It is permitted to eat "milk delicacies" from certain…
  18. 18.Materna [infant formula] made with a mixture of non-Jews'…
  19. 19.Cheeses made by non-Jews are forbidden by rabbinic decree,…
  20. 20.A non-Jew's cheese that became mixed with another cheese…
  21. 21.Even nowadays it is forbidden to buy non-Jews' cheeses,…
  22. 22.The custom in our communities is to eat non-Jews'…
  23. 23.It is forbidden to buy leben, or eshel, or…
  24. 24.One who wishes to eat leben and no Jewish-made…
  25. 25.There is concern that non-Jews' cream may have a…
  26. 26.It should be permitted to feed young children non-Jews'…
  27. 27.A kosher animal that nursed from the udders of…
  28. 28.An animal that was slaughtered and found to have…
  29. 29.Cheeses made from an animal's milk, and afterward the…
  30. 30.Cheeses made from an animal's milk, and afterward the…
  31. 31.If a cow was milked and blood came out…
  32. 32.A woman's milk is permitted to eat by Torah…
  33. 33.One ill with choli hadakah (consumption), whose remedy is…
  34. 34.If a woman has a wound on her breast…
  35. 35.A healthy young child is permitted to nurse until…
  36. 36.The milk of a non-Jewish woman has the same…
  37. 38.A Jewish nursing woman whom a rabbi permitted to…
  38. 39.Bees' honey is permitted, since it is not extracted…
  39. 40.Honey sold before straining, which contains bees' legs and…
  40. 41.Royal jelly, also called "royal food," which is meant…
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82Signs of a Kosher FowlSiman 82 · 2 seifim
  1. 1.The signs of a kosher fowl are not spelled…
  2. 2.Any fowl of prey is known to be non-kosher.…
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83Signs of Kosher FishSiman 83 · 16 seifim
  1. 1.Fish are permitted when they have the two signs…
  2. 2.Any fish with scales has fins, but there are…
  3. 3.Fish do not require shechitah; rather, their gathering is…
  4. 4.One should be careful not to rely on all…
  5. 5.When buying tuna fish from a fish seller, who…
  6. 6.A fish called Nile perch should be bought with…
  7. 7.Fish that have scales that are visible only against…
  8. 8.Fish that have scales visible only with a magnifying…
  9. 9.One who finds pieces of fish, one of which…
  10. 10.Some say that if a fish is found with…
  11. 11.However, if a fish is found with scales, but…
  12. 12.A small fish found while plowing the ground —…
  13. 13.Regarding the oil in small sardines and other non-Jews'…
  14. 14a.Fish oil which, according to reports, is made from…
  15. 14b.Fish roe brought from abroad with an authorized kosher…
  16. 15.A kosher fish found in the innards of a…
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84Laws of Worms and InsectsSiman 84 · 8 seifim
  1. 1.The Torah states: "And every swarming creature that swarms…
  2. 2.One who eats a water-swarming creature receives four sets…
  3. 3."Water-swarming creature" does not refer specifically to worms in…
  4. 4.A worm, even an extremely tiny one, as long…
  5. 5.Small creatures that grow in water kept in vessels,…
  6. 6.Extremely tiny worms found in water and fruits, visible…
  7. 7.If water was drawn from a pit known to…
  8. 8.Regarding vinegar that has become wormy, some say it…
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+Worms Found in FruitWorms Found in Fruit · 15 seifim
  1. 9.Worms that grow in fruits or vegetables while still…
  2. 10.Some say that worms found in fruit that have…
  3. 11.A fruit that became wormy, with no knowledge of…
  4. 12.A fruit that typically becomes wormy after detachment, in…
  5. 13.Any fruit commonly found to have worms moving within…
  6. 14.Therefore, one should not eat figs before inspection, since…
  7. 15.A fruit that has sat twelve months after being…
  8. 16.Dates, since worms are commonly found in them while…
  9. 17.If worms are found in a plum or some…
  10. 18.One who boiled dates and then squeezed them to…
  11. 19.Fruit preserves made through a cooking process need not…
  12. 20.Preserves into which insects and ants have entered —…
  13. 21.Honey into which ants have fallen should be heated…
  14. 22.Regarding scale insects found on the peel of citrus…
  15. 23.One who ate a fruit not typically wormy while…
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+Worms Found in VegetablesWorms Found in Vegetables · 15 seifim
  1. 24.Some vegetables have many tiny worms that are difficult…
  2. 25.It is permitted to inspect lettuce leaves on Shabbat…
  3. 26.Regarding grape leaves used to make a dish by…
  4. 27.Cabbage leaves commonly contain many worms difficult to identify;…
  5. 28.Those who wish to place various vegetable leaves suspected…
  6. 29.Beans typically become wormy while attached to the ground.…
  7. 30.Black-eyed peas typically become wormy while attached, following the…
  8. 31.Dried parsley and dried dill marketed with supervision from…
  9. 32.Rice typically becomes wormy after being detached; therefore it…
  10. 33.Some have the custom of not cooking chickpeas except…
  11. 34.If chickpeas were ground without inspection for worms, and…
  12. 35.Some say truffles and mushrooms have the same law…
  13. 36.Regarding worms coming from vegetables in a dish —…
  14. 37.Any observant man or woman, careful in mitzvot, is…
  15. 38.It is permitted to employ a non-Jewish worker in…
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+Worms in Mint LeavesWorms in Mint Leaves · 1 seifim
  1. 39.Some communities have the custom of putting mint leaves…
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+Worms Found in FlourWorms Found in Flour · 8 seifim
  1. 40.Flour that was piled on the ground, in which…
  2. 41.Flour presumed to contain worms, which was sifted through…
  3. 42.It is proper not to sell a non-Jew flour…
  4. 43.Some say a Jew should not cook cabbage without…
  5. 44.It is permitted to produce beer from flour that…
  6. 45.Likewise, it is permitted to mash strawberries containing worms,…
  7. 46.It is permitted to make juice from fruits presumed…
  8. 47.Species of birds that grow on a tree, hanging…
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+Worms in Meat and FishWorms in Meat and Fish · 4 seifim
  1. 48.Parasites resembling worms found between the skin and flesh…
  2. 49.In some places, the waters cause small creatures to…
  3. 50.Flies that lay eggs on meat during the hot…
  4. 51.What is sometimes found within an animal's meat —…
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+Worms in CheeseWorms in Cheese · 7 seifim
  1. 52.Worms that grow in old, salted cheese are, as…
  2. 53.Cheese that has become wormy, which is permitted to…
  3. 54.In places where the custom is to eat Arab-made…
  4. 55.Cans of preserved olives suspected of containing worms, over…
  5. 56.A burnt swarming creature is permitted to eat for…
  6. 57.The primary ruling, both in theory and in practice,…
  7. 58.It is permitted to rinse and wash dishes with…
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85The Law of LocustsSiman 85 · 8 seifim
  1. 1.It is a positive commandment to know the signs…
  2. 2.The signs of [kosher] locusts are: any locust with…
  3. 3.There are Yemenite communities that rely on the signs…
  4. 4.Kosher locusts do not require shechitah, and it is…
  5. 5.A limb from a living locust is permitted to…
  6. 6.The blood of kosher locusts is permitted. But the…
  7. 7.Brine of non-kosher locusts that comes out of them…
  8. 8.One who eats kosher locusts known by tradition recites…
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