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"דף י''ב.."רוב מצויים אצל שחיטה מומחים הם
Page 12 Mesectas Chullin
"Most 'Ritual Slaughterers' Are Experts"
The daf discusses a case where Reuvein asks Shimon the "shoichet" "please go to my chicken coup and slaughter 5 chickens."
Approximately two hours later Reuvein goes to the chicken coup and finds 5 slaughtered chickens near the coup.
He did not see Shimon there and isn't sure whether Shimon in fact slaughtered the chickens.
Reuvein now questions whether he is allowed to eat those chickens.
We have a universal principle in reference to agents "sheluchim" that in the majority of cases, the agent for some reason does not follow thru with directives!
Therefore in most cases, one cannot rely that the agent actually followed thru with his mission ....
Nevertheless we have a novel halacha here that Reuvein is permitted to eat the chickens.
Because our rabbis instituted a principle that "most ritual slaughterers are experts in their field," therefore, even though Reuvein is not sure that his agent Shimon followed his directives to slaughter the chickens, we can assume that whoever did in fact slaughter the chickens was an expert, one who fears G-d and Reuvein can rely on whoever slaughtered the chickens that it was done according to halacha!
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