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 ==== Slaughtering of Animals in Yosef's House for the Tribes ====
-In the masechet it is brought that Yosef HaTzaddik told his house steward to cut the animal's throat in the presence of the tribes, but Rashi in his commentary on the Torah does not hint that this was a kosher slaughter. The Rebbe explains that apparently this person was a non-Jew, as it is not mentioned that it was Menashe, and if so, the slaughter of a non-Jew is inherently invalid.
+In the masechet it is brought that Yosef HaTzaddik told his house steward to cut the animal's throat in the presence of the tribes, but [[Rashi]] in his commentary on the Torah does not hint that this was a kosher slaughter. The Rebbe explains that apparently this person was a non-Jew, as it is not mentioned that it was Menashe, and if so, the slaughter of a non-Jew is inherently invalid.
 However, this matter depends on the well-known investigation whether the forefathers and tribes had the status of Noahides or the status of Jews. Simply put, they could not exempt themselves from the stringencies of being a Noahide, but could only be stringent according to Jewish law as an additional stringency, while still retaining their Noahide status. If so, before the giving of the Torah, the invalidation of slaughter by a non-Jew would not apply. If this is the case, the question returns as to why Rashi does not hint to the matter of slaughter.