Chullin 4b~ Circumcision, Shechita, and Hemophilia A

In today’s page of Talmud, we are deeply engrossed in the question of who is qualified to be a shochet , one who slaughters food in accordance with Jewish law. A baraita (a set of oral teachings that never quite made it into the Mishnah ) is quoted that teaches that an uncircumcised man may be a shochet . Then the Talmud asks: חולין ד, ב ה"ד אילימא מתו אחיו מחמת מילה האי ישראל מעליא הוא אלא פשיטא…