Permissibility of ox meat after fall and transport on sled without bedikah

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Avraham Yosef

Description

An ox that escaped to a marsh fell during pursuit, was bound on all four legs, and loaded onto a sled without prior bedikah before slaughter. The Chasam Sofer affirms the stringent ruling prohibiting the meat, primarily because the bound animal thrown onto the sled constitutes hippiluhu acheirim, creating a Torah-level nefula concern requiring bedikah, which was not performed. He notes that a lenient ruling would have some basis based on the Pri To'ar's minimum height requirement of four tefachim for hippiluhu acheirim.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer YD §66

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