Tractate Mishnah Chullin was written between about 190 - 230 in Israel and discuss laws related to consumption of meat. The selected quotes talk about the presence of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) in different animals, its location and distal attachment site. See our commentary at the link: 190-230Mishnah Chullin [Rus].
Quote 1.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:1
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Quote 2.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:2
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Quote 3.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:3
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Quote 4.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:4
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Quote 5.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:5
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Quote 6.
[Heb]
Mishnah Chullin 7:6
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Translation
Quote 1.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:1
The prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve applies
both in Eretz Yisrael and outside of Eretz Yisrael, in the presence of, i.e.,
the time of, the Temple and not in the presence of the Temple, and with regard
to non-sacred animals and with regard to sacrificial animals. And it applies to
domesticated animals and to undomesticated animals, to the thigh of the right
leg and to the thigh of the left leg. But it does not apply to a bird, due to
the fact that the verse makes reference to the sciatic nerve as being “upon the
spoon of the thigh” (Genesis 32:33), and a bird has no spoon of the thigh. And
the prohibition applies to a late-term animal fetus [shalil] in the womb. Rabbi
Yehuda says: It does not apply to a fetus; and similarly, its fat is permitted.
And butchers are not deemed credible to say that the sciatic nerve was removed;
this is the statement of Rabbi Meir. And the Rabbis say: They are deemed
credible about the sciatic nerve and about the forbidden fat. (original source:
sefaria.org)
Quote 2.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:2
Although it is prohibited for Jews to eat the sciatic
nerve, a Jewish person may send the thigh of an animal to a gentile with the
sciatic nerve in it, without concern that the gentile will then sell the thigh
to a Jew and the Jew will eat the sciatic nerve. This leniency is due to the
fact that the place of the sciatic nerve is conspicuous in the thigh. One who
removes the sciatic nerve must scrape away the flesh in the area surrounding
the nerve to ensure that he will remove all of it. Rabbi Yehuda says: Scraping
is not required; it is sufficient to excise it from the area above the rounded
protrusion in order to thereby fulfill the mitzva of removal of the sciatic
nerve. (original source: sefaria.org)
Quote 3.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:3
One who eats an olive-bulk of the sciatic nerve incurs
forty lashes. If one eats an entire sciatic nerve and it does not constitute an
olive-bulk, he is nevertheless liable to receive lashes, because a complete
sciatic nerve is a complete entity. If one ate an olive-bulk from this sciatic
nerve in the right leg, and an olive-bulk from that sciatic nerve in the left
leg, he incurs [sofeg] eighty lashes. Rabbi Yehuda says: He incurs only forty
lashes, for eating the olive-bulk from the right leg, and he is exempt for
eating the olive-bulk from the left leg. (original source: sefaria.org)
Quote 4.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:4
4. In the case of a thigh that was cooked with the
sciatic nerve in it, if there is enough of the sciatic nerve in it to impart
its flavor to the thigh, the entire thigh is forbidden for consumption. How
does one measure whether there is enough sciatic nerve to impart flavor to the
meat of the entire thigh? One relates to it as though the sciatic nerve were
meat imparting flavor to a turnip. If meat the volume of the sciatic nerve
would impart flavor to a turnip the volume of the thigh when they were cooked
together, then the entire thigh is forbidden. (original source: sefaria.org)
Quote 5.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:5
With regard to a sciatic nerve that was cooked with
other sinews, when one identifies the sciatic nerve and removes it, the other
sinews are forbidden if the sciatic nerve was large enough to impart flavor.
And if he does not identify it, all the sinews are forbidden because each one could
be the sciatic nerve; but the broth is forbidden only if the sciatic nerve
imparts flavor to the broth. And similarly, in the case of a piece of an animal
carcass or a piece of non-kosher fish that was cooked with similar pieces of
kosher meat or fish, when one identifies the forbidden piece and removes it,
the rest of the meat or fish is forbidden only if the forbidden piece was large
enough to impart flavor to the entire mixture. And if he does not identify and
remove the forbidden piece, all the pieces are forbidden, due to the
possibility that each piece one selects might be the forbidden piece; but the
broth is forbidden only if the forbidden piece imparts flavor to the broth. (original
source: sefaria.org)
Quote 6.
[Eng]
Mishnah Chullin 7:6
The prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve applies to
a kosher animal and does not apply to a non-kosher animal. Rabbi Yehuda says:
It applies even to a non-kosher animal. Rabbi Yehuda said in explanation:
Wasn’t the sciatic nerve forbidden for the children of Jacob, as it is written:
“Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sciatic nerve” (Genesis 32:33),
yet the meat of a non-kosher animal was still permitted to them? Since the sciatic
nerve of non-kosher animals became forbidden at that time, it remains forbidden
now. The Rabbis said to Rabbi Yehuda: The prohibition was stated in Sinai, but
it was written in its place, in the battle of Jacob and the angel despite the
fact that the prohibition did not take effect then. (original source: sefaria.org)
External links
Mishnah. Seder Kodashim. Vol. II(a) Tractate Chullin. Brooklyn, New York: Mesorah
Publications, 1989. [archive.org]
Mishnah Chullin. ca. 190-230. [sefaria.org]
Authors & Affiliations
Mishnah Chullin was written between about 190 – 230 in
Israel. [sefaria.org]
Keywords
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum
teres, ligament of head of femur, Bible, Torah, animals, attachment, synonym
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