For Daf Yomi folks: Scalded bread

The gemara we are about to hit in Daf Yomi (Pesachim 37) talks quite a bit about bread made with "scalded flour" [חלוטה], either by pouring flour into boiling water or by pouring boiling water on to flour.

This is one of the many instances in which one can learn the gemara without having any clue what they are actually describing, but I prefer the interesting findings which turn up with a little research. In this case, take a look at this video; the key point starts at 1:03:



There is much more available on-line; with a little searching, you can find recipes as well as academic papers on the scalded flour phenomenon.

[And are those decorated breads at the start of the video examples of סריקי בייתוס...?]

Overview of Masechet Pesachim

Since Daf Yomi is starting Masechet Pesachim on Shabbos, here is an Overview document that some may find useful. You can also download it here, as a pdf, with better formatting. Suggestions welcome!

Perek 1 – אור לארבעה עשר

• 2a – 14a         Search and Destroy – When, where and how
• 14a – 21a       Tumah, terumah and kodashim

Perek 2 – כל שעה

• 21a – 26b       Chametz on Pesach and other Issurei Hanaah
• 26b – 27b       Zeh v'zeh goreim
• 27b – 28a       How to destroy chametz
• 28a – 31b        Status of chamez during and after Pesach
• 31b – 35a       Eating Terumah inappropriately
• 35a – 38b       Matzah Qualifications
• 39a – 39b       Marror Qualifications
• 39b – 41a, 42a         Avoiding creating chametz on Pesach
• 41a – 42a       Roasting the Korban Pesach

Perek 3 – ואלו עוברין

• 42a – 46a       Types of chametz, including various mixtures
• 46a – 48b       Baking on Yom Tov and on Pesach, and related issues
• 49a                Destroying chametz on the 14^th of Nisan
• 49a – 50a       Extended aggadata: Am ha'Aretz, Talmid Chacham, Olam haBa

Perek 4 – מקום שנהגו

• 50a – 50b       Erev Pesach, Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov
• 50b – 53a       Following local psak and minhag
• 53a – 53b       Roast on Pesach night
• 53b – 54b       The flame of Havdalah; Aggadata
• 54b – 55a       Melachah on Tishah b'Av; Acting as a Talmid Chacham does
• 55a – 55b       Melachah on Erev Pesach
• 55b – 57b       The people of Yericho and the Chachamim

Perek 5 – תמיד נשחט

• 58a – 59b       Timing of the avodah on the 14^th of Nisan
• 59b – 63a       A Korban Pesach processed with improper intent
• 63a – 64a       A Korban Pesach processed while one possesses chametz
• 64a – 65b       The procedure for bringing the Korban Pesach in the Beit haMikdash

Perek 6 – אלו דברים

• 65b – 69b       Overriding Shabbat and tumah for the Korban Pesach
• 69b – 71b       The korban chagigah brought with the Korban Pesach
• 71b – 73b       A Korban Pesach processed improperly [on Shabbat]

Perek 7 – כיצד צולין

• 74a – 75b       Roasting the Korban Pesach
• 75b – 76b       Halachot of absorption
• 76b – 83a       Tumah and Korbanot; Tumah of a Tzibbur and Korban Pesach
• 83a – 84a       Burning the remains of the Korban Pesach
• 84a – 85a       Bones of the Korban Pesach
• 85a – 86a       A Korban Pesach which leaves its space
• 86a – 86b       Chaburot eating the Korban Pesach

Perek 8 – האשה

• 87a – 88a       Extended Aggadata
• 88a – 92b       Membership on the Korban Pesach

Perek 9 – מי שהיה

• 92b – 94b      Who brings a Pesach Sheni?
• 95a – 95b      Laws of Pesach Sheni
• 95b – 96a      Bringing the Korban Pesach while tamei
• 96a – 96b      Differences between the Egyptian Pesach and Ours
• 96b – 97b      Temurah and Lost Korban Pesach
• 97b – 99a      Miscellaneous Problems with the Korban Pesach

Perek 10 – ערבי פסחים

• 99b – 99b, 107b-108a Eating on Erev Pesach, Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov
• 99b – 107b         Laws of Kiddush and Havdalah
• 108a                 Leaning and the Four Cups
• 108b – 109a       Women, the Four Cups, and Simchat Yom Tov
• 109a – 109b       Shiurim
• 109b – 114a       Zugot, Sheidim, Hazards and more
• 114a                 The First Cup
• 114a – 116a       Karpas, the Kearah, Charoset
• 116a – 116b       Maggid
• 116b – 119b       Hallel
• 119b – 120b       Afikoman, and leftovers of the Korban Pesach
• 121a – 121b       Berachah on Korban Pesach, and Pidyon haBen

Rambam Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Chametz uMatzah / Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim

• Perek 1 / Orach Chaim 443 / Prohibitions involving chametz   
• Perakim 2-3 / Orach Chaim 431-439, 444-446 / Mitzvah of destroying chametz
• Perek 4 / Orach Chaim 440-441, 449-450 / Chametz of a non-Jew
• Perakim 4-5 / Orach Chaim 442, 447-448 / Chametz mixtures
• Perek 5 / Orach Chaim 451-452 / Chametz kelim       
• Perek 6 / Orach Chaim 453-467, 471 / Eating matzah
• Perakim 7-8 / Orach Chaim 472-486 / Mitzvot of the Seder     
• Note: Laws of the Korban Pesach are discussed in Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Korban Pesach

Useful Summaries found in a standard Masechet Pesachim

• סדר והלכות קרבן פסח       Printed on 57b
• פסקי הלכות פסח שני        Printed on 99a
• הלכות פסחים בקצרה        Printed at the end of the Rosh
• הא לך הסדר בקצרה          Printed in the Mordechai after the fourth perek
• סדר של פסח                  Printed in the Mordechai to Pesachim 114a

Daf Yomi: Introduction to Chullin

In case anyone who is starting Daf Yomi with Chullin would like a quick overview, here is the Introduction sheet I plan to distribute to my shiur. You can also download it as a pdf here, and this may help; it doesn't quite look right on here.

Key mitzvot / laws

	Chumash	Mishneh Torah	Shulchan Aruch
Shechitah	Devarim 12:13-21	Hilchot Shechitah 1-4	Yoreh Deah 1-13, 17-27
Tereifot	Shemot 22:30 Vayyikra 17:15, 22:8	Hilchot Shechitah 3, 5-11	Yoreh Deah 29-60
Kosher creatures	Vayyikra 11; Devarim 14	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 1-3	Yoreh Deah 79-86
Oto v'et Bno [an animal and its young]	Vayyikra 22:28	Hilchot Shechitah 12	Yoreh Deah 16
Kisui haDam [covering the blood]	Vayyikra 17:13 Devarim 12:16, 12:24, 12:27, 15:23	Hilchot Shechitah 14	Yoreh Deah 28
Gid haNasheh [sciatic neurovascular bundle]	Bereishit 32:33	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 8	Yoreh Deah 65
Chelev [Forbidden Fat]	Vayyikra 3:17, 7:23-25	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 7	Yoreh Deah 64
Meat and Milk	Shemot 23:19, 34:26 Devarim 14:21	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 9	Yoreh Deah 87-97
Eating Blood	Vayyikra 3:17, 7:26-27; 17:10-14, 19:26 Devarim 12:16, 12:23-25	Hilchot Maachalot Asurot 6-7	Yoreh Deah 66-78
Zroa, Lichayayim, Keivah [chullin gifts for kohanim]	Devarim 18:3	Hilchot Bikurim 9	Yoreh Deah 61
Reishit haGez [shearings for kohanim]	Devarim 18:4	Hilchot Bikurim 10	Yoreh Deah 333
Shiluach haKen [sending away mother bird]	Devarim 22:6-7	Hilchot Shechitah 13	Yoreh Deah 292

The two vessels to be cut in shechitah (the simanim)

Kaneh = Trachea Veshet = Esophagus

The five principle disqualifications of the shechitah act

Hagramah (Veering); Ikur (Pulling); Chaladah (Burrowing); Derasah (Pressing); Shehiyah (Pausing)

The digestive tract of a bird (http://www.backyardnature.net/birdguts.htm)

Digestive Tract (in order)
Crop	Zefek	זפק
Gizzard	Kurkivan	קורקבן

The digestive tract of a ruminant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant)

Digestive Tract (in order)
Esophagus	Veshet	וושט
Rumen	Keres haPnimi	כרס הפנימי
Reticulum	Beit haKosot	בית הכוסות
Omasum	Hemses	המסס
Abomasum	Keivah	קיבה
Small intestine	Mei'ayim	מעיים

Masechet Chullin, Chapter by Chapter

1: HaKol Shochtin

Shocheit; Knife; The act of shechitah; Thought during shechitah; Safek & Chazakah; Melikah; Tumat Kelim

2: HaShocheit

The site of shechitah; The act of shechitah; Shechitah of a dying animal; Thought during shechitah

3: Elu Treifot

Treifot; How psak works; Creation; Signs of kosher birds; Signs of kosher eggs; Signs of kosher locusts; Signs of kosher fish; Crawling creatures

4: Beheimah haMekashah

Defining birth; Defining a fetus; Ben Pekuah; Treifot; Shilya

5: Oto v'et Bno

Oto v'et Bno; Koy; Separate korbanot for separate sins

6: Kisui haDam

Kisui haDam; Mitzvot that override Shabbat and Yom Tov; Status of improper shechitah; Humility

7: Gid haNasheh

Gid haNasheh; Exaggeration; Yaakov and the angel; Yosef's dreams; The world's tzaddikim; Noachide laws; Chelev; Deception; Ever min haChai; Issur chal al issur; Basar shenitalem min ha'ayin; Nichush; Bitul; Kulya

8: Kol haBasar

Meat and poultry and milk; Hand-washing; Absorption of taste; Bitul; Udders; Blood; Heart; Liver; Salting; Pickling; Issurei hanaah; Stomach

9: Ha'Or vehaRotev

Meat and tumat ochlin; Types of tumah for animal parts

10: HaZroa vehaLechayyayim

Matnot kehunah from animals; Giving the matnot aniyyim

11: Reishit haGez

Reishit haGez; Partnership in mitzvah obligations; Matnot kehunah from tereifot

12: Shiluach haKen

Shiluach haKen; "Tzippor" in Torah; The reward for mitzvot

Helpful websites and sefarim (note: I am not endorsing the contents of any shiur/sefer)

• טמוני חול: Chullin Illuminated (English) – R' Yaakov Dovid Lach
• שיחת חולין (Hebrew) – R' Amitai Ben David
• Powerpoint of poultry and animal digestive systems - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/agents/training/DigestivePhysiology.ppt
• Photos of chicken carcasses and organs -http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Factsheets/Marketing/Processing_chickens.pdf

Audio daf shiurim on Chullin (note: I have not actually listened to these shiurim)

• Kollel Iyun haDaf http://www.dafyomi.co.il/
• Ohr Somayach http://ohr.edu/explore_judaism/daf_yomi/weekly_dafootnotes/1428
• Dafcast http://dafcast.net/?id=XLN
• Daf Yomi downloads http://www.dafyomi.org/download.php?masechta=chulin
• E-Daf http://e-daf.com/index.asp
• YUTorah.org http://www.yutorah.com/daf.cfm