stun [the sacrificial animals before they are slaughtered]: [B] These are the ones who would hit the heifer between its horns [to stun the beast before slaughter]. Yohanan the high priest said to them, “How long are you going to feed the altar animals with pierced brain membranes.” He went and made for them yoke-rings [to restrain the animals]. [C] R. Abba in the name of R. Judah: “The yoke rings that he made for them were wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.” [VIII:1 A] And until his time,