Review גמרא דף מב: “היודע לשחוט (top of the Amud) until דף מב: “יכול לאכול כזית צלי (eighth line from top of the Amud)
Relying on קטנים for Shechita:
Learn “תוספות “והיודע
Questions:
When can one rely on a קטן to perform Shechita on an animal?
Can a קטן be a Shochet?
The ר”ן asks a contradiction to our Gemara from the Mishna חולין דף ב and גמרא חולין דף מב עמוד ב which says that one may not give animals to a child to slaughter and only in the event that he did slaughter correctly as an adult was supervising may it be eaten?
The Ran reconciles the contradiction and explains that the Gemara in Chulin is dealing with a child who is unskilled at slaughtering therefore he may not be given animals to slaughter lest an error will result however our Gemara is dealing with a trained skilled minor and he may be given animals to slaughter as long as there is an adult supervising.
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Learn תוספת חולין דף ב. “שמא which brings the opinion of ר”ת who argues on Rashi in Chulin and explained the Gemara in Chulin that one may not give a child an animal to slaughter when there is no adult supervision.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=31&daf=2&format=pdf
According to ר”ת how do we reconcile the contradiction from the Gemara in Chulin to our Gemara?
See the טור יורה דעה ס’ א סעיף ה and the ב”ח “וקטן.
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Learn the שולחן ערוך יורה דעה סימן א סעיף ה with the ט”ז ס”ק יד and ש”ך ס”ק כה & כ”ו
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Continue learning the Gemara until the end of the Perek.
Distancing oneself from צואת קטן:
Questions:
At what stage does the צואת קטן have the status of צואה; when the infants that age start to eat foods from the five grains or when this child personally starts to eat them?
If a child started to eat food from the five grains but them stopped for a long period of time would his צואה lose the status of צואה?
Learn טור אורח חיים ס’ פ”א סעיף א with the בית יוסף and the ב”ח
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Learn the שולחן ערוך on this with the מגן אברהם
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14326&st=&pgnum=129
and the conclusion of the משנה ברורה
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