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אורח חיים תצ״טOrach Chayim 499

Siman 499 of 697 in Orach Chayim — 5 se'ifim

הלכות יום טובLaws of the Festivals· siman 499

Se’if 1א׳

אֵין מַרְגִּילִין בְּיוֹם טוֹב, כֵּיצַד הוּא מַרְגִּיל, זֶה הַמּוֹצִיא כָּל הַבָּשָׂר מֵרֶגֶל אֶחָד כְּדֵי שֶׁיּוֹצִיא כָּל הָעוֹר שָׁלֵם וְלֹא יִקְרַע, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁטּוֹרֵחַ בְּהֶפְשֵׁט זֶה טֹרַח גָּדוֹל וְאֵין בּוֹ צֹרֶךְ לַמּוֹעֵד.

Laws of salting and removing feathers on Yom Tov. Containing 5 paragraphs: One does not defeather using the margil method on Yom Tov. What is this margil method? It is when one removes all the flesh from one leg in order to remove the entire hide intact without it tearing because the effort of this skinning is a great effort, and there is no need for it on the festival.

Se’if 2ב׳

אָסוּר לִמְלֹג גְּדִי אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן מוֹלְגוֹ לֶאֱכֹל הָעוֹר.

It is forbidden to boil a kid unless you boil it to eat the skin.

Se’if 3ג׳

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנִּשְׁחֲטָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב, מֻתָּר לְהַגְבִּיהַּ עוֹרָהּ וְלִתְּנָהּ בִּמְקוֹם דְּרִיסַת הָרַגְלַיִם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין עָלָיו בָּשָׂר כְּלָל. וּמֻתָּר לִמְלֹחַ עָלָיו מְלִיחָה קַלָּה כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמּוֹלְחִים לַצָּלִי. וּמֻתָּר לְהַעֲרִים לִמְלֹח כָּאן מְעַט וְכָאן מְעַט, עַד שֶׁיִּמְלַח אֶת כֻּלּוֹ. אֲבָל אִם נִשְׁחֲטָה מֵעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב, אָסוּר. הַגָּה: וְנוֹצוֹת שֶׁל עוֹף דִּינָן כְּמוֹ בְּעוֹר דְּמֻתָּר לְטַלְטְלָן כְּדֵי לְהַצְנִיעָן, כְּמוֹ בְּעוֹר.

Regarding an animal that was slaughtered on Yom Tov, it is permissible to remove its skin and put it in an area of foot traffic even though there is no meat on it, and it is permissible to salt it lightly like the way we salt for roasting, and it is permissible to trick (by leaving bits of meat) and salt here and there until you salt the whole thing, but if it was slaughtered before Yom Tov it is forbidden. Rama: and feathers of birds their rule is like that of skin, that you are allowed to move them to save them, like skin.

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