# Hullin 20: The Mitzvah of Melikah

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Published: 2026-05-20T16:49:00+00:00
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## Resource

Diving into the details of melikah -- specifically the process, and the debated points of that process. Also, some ways in which melikah is different from shechitah, the slaughtering of the animals that are not birds. Also, on what happens if the bird's neckbone breaks in such a way that it cuts the flesh as well, then there's no shechitah - and the animal is a "neveilah" - with death that didn't happen via shechitah. As compared to a tereifah.

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