Chullin 36 and 37 - Stayin' Alive
About this episode
The episode discusses the rabbinic debate on determining if a sick animal was alive at slaughter and explores the deeper meaning of what it means to be truly alive.
On today’s pages, Chullin 36 and 37, the rabbis debate how to determine whether a sick animal was still alive at the moment it was slaughtered. Blood, movement, and other signs become crucial evidence in a surprisingly detailed discussion about the boundary between life and death. But the daf ultimately points toward a deeper question: what does it mean for a human being to be truly alive? Is life merely a matter of biology, or is something more required of us? Listen and find out.
More episodes of Take One Daf Yomi
- Chullin 35 - The Rabbis and the Riffraff
- Chullin 34 - Purely Improving
- Chullin 33 - Better Living Through Biohacking
- Chullin 31 and 32 - Slaughter, Interrupted
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