יורה דעה י״אYoreh De'ah 11

Siman 11 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 4 se'ifim

Se’if 1א׳

לְעוֹלָם שׁוֹחֲטִין, בֵּין בַּיּוֹם וּבֵין בַּלַּיְלָה; בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, כְּשֶׁאֲבוּקָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ, אֲבָל אִם אֵין אֲבוּקָה כְּנֶגְדּוֹ אוֹ בַּיּוֹם בְּמָקוֹם אָפֵל, לֹא יִשְׁחֹט; וְאִם שָׁחַט, שְׁחִיטָתוֹ כְּשֵׁרָה. וב' נֵרוֹת חֲשׁוּבִים אֲבוּקָה (מַהֲרִי"ל וַאֲגֻדָּה).

One may always slaughter, whether by day or by night. In what case is this said? When a torch is over against him; but if there is no torch over against him, or it is by day in a dark place, he should not slaughter; and if he slaughtered, his slaughter is valid. And two lamps are reckoned as a torch. (Maharil and Agudah)

Se’if 2ב׳

הַשּׁוֹחֵט בְּשַׁבָּת וּבְיוֹם כִּפּוּר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאִלּוּ הָיָה מֵזִיד, בְּשַׁבָּת מִתְחַיֵּב בְּנַפְשׁוֹ, וְלוֹקֶה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, שְׁחִיטָתוֹ כְּשֵׁרָה.

One who slaughters on the Sabbath or on the Day of Atonement — even though, had he acted deliberately, on the Sabbath he would forfeit his life and on the Day of Atonement he would be flogged — his slaughter is valid.

Se’if 3ג׳

אֵין שׁוֹחֲטִין לְתוֹךְ יַמִּים וּנְהָרוֹת, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ, לְשַׂר שֶׁל יָם הוּא שׁוֹחֵט; וְלֹא לְתוֹךְ הַכֵּלִים, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ, מְקַבֵּל הַדָּם לְזָרְקוֹ לֶאֱלִילִים; וְאִם יֵשׁ בִּכְלִי מַיִם, שֶׁאָז אֵין הַדָּם רָאוּי לִזְרִיקָה, אִם הֵם צְלוּלִים לֹא יִשְׁחֹט בּוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמְרוּ לַצּוּרָה הַנִּרְאֵית בַּמַּיִם שׁוֹחֵט; וְאִם הֵם עֲכוּרִים, מֻתָּר; וְכֵן אִם יֵשׁ בַּכְּלִי עָפָר, מֻתָּר לִשְׁחֹט בְּתוֹכוֹ.

One may not slaughter into seas and rivers, so that they will not say: he is slaughtering to the prince of the sea (sara de-yama — the angelic power set over it); nor into vessels, so that they will not say: he is receiving the blood in order to sprinkle it to idols. And if there is water in the vessel, for then the blood is not fit for sprinkling — if they are clear he should not slaughter into it, so that they will not say he is slaughtering to the form that appears in the water; and if they are turbid, it is permitted. And likewise if there is earth in the vessel, it is permitted to slaughter into it.

Se’if 4ד׳

הָיָה בִּסְפִינָה וְאֵין לוֹ בָּהּ מָקוֹם פָּנוּי לִשְׁחֹט, יָכוֹל לִשְׁחֹט עַל גַּבֵּי כֵּלִים, וְהַדָּם שׁוֹתֵת וְיוֹרֵד לְתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם; אוֹ מוֹצִיא יָדוֹ חוּץ לַסְפִינָה, וְשׁוֹחֵט עַל דָּפְנוֹתֶיהָ, וְהַדָּם שׁוֹתֵת וְיוֹרֵד לְתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם, וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ. הַגָּה: מִקְצָת שׁוֹחֲטִין נִזְהָרִין שֶׁלֹּא לִשְׁחֹט שׁוּם אַוָּז בְּטֵבֵת וּשְׁבָט, אִם לֹא שֶׁאוֹכְלִין מִלִּבָּהּ. מִשּׁוּם שֶׁקַּבָּלָה הִיא שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁעָה אַחַת בְּאוֹתָם חֳדָשִׁים אִם שׁוֹחֵט בָּהּ אַוָּז, יָמוּת הַשּׁוֹחֵט אִם לֹא אוֹכֵל מִמֶּנָּהּ; וְנוֹהֲגִין לֶאֱכֹל מִן הַלֵּב. (תַּשְׁבֵּ"ץ בְּשֵׁם ר"י חָסִיד).

If he was in a ship and has no free place in it in which to slaughter, he may slaughter upon vessels, and the blood trickles and runs down into the water; or he puts his hand out beyond the ship and slaughters upon its sides, and the blood trickles and runs down into the water, and he need not be concerned. Hagah [Rema]: Some slaughterers are careful not to slaughter any goose in Tevet and Shevat unless they eat from its heart, because it is a received tradition that there is one hour in those months in which, if one slaughters a goose, the slaughterer will die if he does not eat from it; and they are accustomed to eat from the heart. (Tashbetz in the name of Rabbi Yehuda he-Chasid)

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Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah — Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain

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