12-11-2009, 02:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2009, 02:47 AM by Director Michael.)
From "The Divine Code," Volume 1, by Rabbi Moshe Weiner, p. 320 [with bracketed information inserted here for clarity]:
"When the head of an animal has been severed [which is an accepted means of slaughtering for Gentile food], i.e., its esophagus, windpipe, spine and veins have been cut through, even though it [the head] is still attached to the trunk by the skin [and certainly if the head is fully detached], the animal is certainly dead even though its heart continues beating for several moments. The prohibition of meat or organs removed from a living animal does not apply to it in this condition."
The footnote there states, "This case denotes complete death, and the animal is not [even] considered to be convulsing."
"When the head of an animal has been severed [which is an accepted means of slaughtering for Gentile food], i.e., its esophagus, windpipe, spine and veins have been cut through, even though it [the head] is still attached to the trunk by the skin [and certainly if the head is fully detached], the animal is certainly dead even though its heart continues beating for several moments. The prohibition of meat or organs removed from a living animal does not apply to it in this condition."
The footnote there states, "This case denotes complete death, and the animal is not [even] considered to be convulsing."