Positive Commandment 147 (Digest)
Covering Blood
"...and spills its blood, and he shall cover it with earth"—Leviticus 17:13.
We are commanded to cover the blood of a ritually slaughtered bird or non-domesticated animal.
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> The 147th mitzvah is that we are commanded to cover the blood when slaughtering a bird or a chaya.;)
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,;) "When he spills its blood, he must cover [the blood] with earth."
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> The details of this mitzvah are explained in the 6th chapter of tractate Chulin.
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> Footnotes
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> An animal with antlers, such as a deer.
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> Lev. 17:13.