We begin daf 42 - also the beginning of Perek III- with Steinsaltz's images of the anatomy of cows and chickens. An auspicious start to our learning. A new Mishna teaches us that there are a number of conditions which will lead to the death of an animal. The conclusion is a principal: any animal with a similar affliction cannot continue to live and thus it is classified as a tereifa, an animal that will die within the year due to illness or injury and is not permitted as a sacrifice.
Does the animal have to die within twelve months or within 30 days? Or is this an animal that cannot conceive or give birth because of the illness/injury? If a tereifa can be treated with drugs, will it be permitted in the future? The rabbis consider the notion of different categories of tereifot.
The rabbis also discuss the wording in the Mishna, where it is stated that an animal "with a similar defect could not continue to live, it is a tereifa". Is this different from an animal that is destined to die is a terrify? Are we discussing an animal already slaughtered that is found to have an internal injury? Is the Mishna teaching us that if the animal survives beyond 12 months even when other animals wouldn't, it is a tereifa?
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