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On yesterday’s daf the Gemara presented a disagreement
between Rav and Shmuel regarding the status of the turbatz ha-veshet, the animal’s pharynx. This area, which is where the esophagus enters the throat, is considered by Rav to be a place where ritual slaughter can take place, while Shmuel rules that it is too high up in the animal’s throat to be an appropriate place for slaughter. When a practical situation of shechita in this area was brought before Rava, he applied both Rav’s position and Shmuel’s position to rule stringently in that case.
We identify cases where the Halacha does not fit biology and present a modern orthodox view vs the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s resolution.