| מסכת חולין פרק א משנה ד | |
| השוחט מן הצדדין | One who slaughters from the sides [of the neck], |
| שחיטתו כשרה | his slaughtering is valid; |
| המולק מן הצדדין | one who performs melikah from the sides, |
| מליקתו פסולה | his melikah is invalid; |
| השוחט מן הערף | one who slaughters from the back of the neck, |
| שחיטתו פסולה | his slaughtering is invalid; |
| המולק מן העורף | one who performs melikah from the back of the neck, |
| מליקתו כשרה | his melikah is valid; |
| השוחט מן הצואר | one who slaughters from the throat, |
| שחיטתו כשרה | his slaughtering is valid; |
| המולק מן הצואר | one who performs melikah from the throat, |
| מליקתו פסולה | his melikah is invald; |
| שכל הערף כשר למליקה | because the entire back of the nקck is valid for melikah |
| וכל הצואר כשר לשחיטה | and the entire throat is valid for slaughtering. |
| נמצא | Thus, |
| כשר בשחיטה פסול במליקה | what is valid for slaughtering is invalid for melikah |
| כשר במליקה פסול בשחיטה | and what is valid for melikah is invalid for slaughtering. |
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| כשר בתורין |
What is valid for turtledoves (i.e. the stage at which the bird becomes mature enough to use as a korban) |
| פסול בבני יונה | is invalid for young pigeons (as at that stage this particular species is deemed too old to be used as a korban), |
| כשר בבני יונה | what is valid for young pigeons (i.e. the stage of youth at which this species can be used as a korban) |
| פסול בתורין | is invalid for turtledoves (for being too young); |
| תחילת הצהוב | the beginning of the yellowing (of the neck of the bird, which is a sign of its undergoing a transition from youth to maturity) |
| בזה ובזה פסול | by both [renders them] invalid. |
Notes
המולק - This is a method by which a bird being sacrificed as a korban would be slaughtered. When performing מליקה, a kohen would pierce the back of the bird's neck with his right thumbnail, severing its spinal cord and the majority of either the esophagus or trachea.