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<DIV>In Avodah Digest, Vol 26, Issue 186 dated 9/11/2009</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>From:
Marty Bluke <A
href="mailto:marty.bluke@gmail.com">marty.bluke@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>>>
RHS holds like this because nowadays they do a procedure to all
cows<BR>(something related to puncturing the stomach) that may make them
a<BR>treifa. This is not a natural occurrence.<<</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I know this has been discussed at length in many a learned article, but I
still don't understand the basic point. I thought the definition of
"treifah" was that the animal had suffered a disease or injury that rendered it
non-viable -- that it would soon die. If this puncture leaves the cow
alive, healthy, and producing milk for many years, I just don't understand how
it could possibly be considered "treifah."
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>==========<BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________</B></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>