Questions tagged [slaughter-shochet-shecht]
laws, practices, and customs of Jewish ritual slaughter
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For schecting, can a blade made of non rusting and non pitting metal, namely tungsten, substitute for steel? [duplicate]
To make it easier to schect,could we choose a metal not normally subject to rusting or a need to sharpen? Tungsten is one of the hardest and nonreactive metals that exist.
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List of Shechita Halachot not found in YD 1 - 28?
The bulk of hilchot shechita is found in Yoreh De'ah, Chapters 1 - 28. But there are other halachot connected to shechita scattered throughout the rest of Shulchan Aruch. Is there a resource that ...
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May I schect a chicken with a water jet?
Water jet blades are used industrially to cut steel and if care is not taken can cut through flesh with better precision and in far less time than a steel blade.
Could this effect be exploited to ...
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May I shect a chicken with blade that is sharper than steel? [duplicate]
As a schecting knife for poultry, may I substitute an instrument that cuts even faster, more sharply, and more humanely that a steel blade, such as a high power laser beam or water jet, both which can ...
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What do the Kanfei HaOkets look like?
So from what I understand in the Rambam Sefer Kedusha Hilchot MaAchalot Asurot Halacha 3 it says if you find an animal which you can't check if its kosher by checking it's mouth to see if it chews it'...
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Eating Meat that Wasn’t Killed According To Kashrut [duplicate]
Is it halachically permitted for one to eat pure meat, i.e. turkey, lamb, etc. even though it wasn’t killed in a kosher manner (Kashrut)? For example, store bought turkey breast.
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Shechita only during the times of the Beis Hamikdash
Can someone point me to where in the Talmud there’s an opinion that shechita is only required during the times of the Beis Hamikdash?
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If one steps on an insect on Shabbos and the insect is then mutilated to the point that it will surely die, then is one allowed to kill it?
If one steps on a cockroach on Shabbos and the cockroach is then mutilated to the point that it will surely die, is one then allowed to kill it?
Is it allowed to kill the cockroach because essentially ...
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Is ethics a reason behind commandments?
One reason frequently advanced for shechitah is that it minimizes pain to the animal being slaughtered. But Gentiles have no such restrictions (shechitah is not a Noahide law) and fish do not require ...
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Why must animals be conscious when slaughtered?
EU court rules states can mandate stunning animals for slaughter reports:
Animal rights activists had pushed for the ban which could prevent kosher and halal ritual slaughter which requires livestock ...
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What does Nichar mean as a way killing animals? [duplicate]
Yoreh Deah 16:9
אין איסור" אותו ואת בנו" אלא בשחיטה בלבד, שנאמר "לא תשחטו". אבל אם ניחר (פי' ענין הנחירה הוא שתוחב הסכין בנחיריו וחותך) את הראשון, או נתנבל בידו – מותר לשחוט השני. ...
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What method is used to halachically pluck a chicken's feathers after shechita
It seems the standard way to remove chickens feathers after slaughtering is to scald the chicken in hot water for up to a couple minutes before plucking the feathers. (as an example, here's some ...
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Why is kisui hadam (covering of the blood) only done for a bird & wild animal, but not for a domesticated animal?
Leviticus 17:13 teaches us about the mitzvah of kisui hadam (covering of the blood) after an animal undergoes shechitah:
וְאִ֨ישׁ אִ֜ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמִן־הַגֵּר֙ הַגָּ֣ר בְּתוֹכָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר ...
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Why did everybody have to bring their own knife for slaughtering the Korban Pesach?
We learn in the Talmud (Pesachim 66a)
אמרו לו "רבי, שכח ולא הביא סכין מערב שבת מהו?" אמר להן "הלכה זו שמעתי ושכחתי אלא הנח להן לישראל אם אין נביאים הן בני נביאים הן"
They said ...
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During Temple times, who can butcher a kosher animal?
During the Temple Times, for the purpose of consumption, can any Jew butcher a kosher animal or must the animal be butchered by a Cohen or a Levi?
I would appreciate a rabbinical source.
I just ...
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"Hargasha" on a Shechitah Knife
Shochtim these days are careful not to have even the slightness feeling/Hargasha on their knifes although this is significantly less than a "Pegimah".
Where is their sourse to be careful even for ...
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If a Jew was in a dire situation and had to eat the flesh of a pig, would they be required to kill the pig through Shechita?
This question is with regards to the limits of Pikuach Nefesh in a life or death scenario.
Jewish law states that we have the ability to break the rules during situations where lives are in the ...
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Stainless steel valid shechita knife that wasn't used for 3 days
The Simlah Chadasha (Siman 18 Seif 16) writes that if a knife with a Chazaka was held unused for three days - and one then slaughtered with it (without checking if it is smooth) and then lost it, that ...
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Why is a Shechitah Knife termed a Chalaf?
In the Diaspora the Shechitah knife is termed "Chalef".
What is the origin of this word? When was this word first used and where was this first first used?
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Do I have first rights to slaughter on the day I buy a child or parent animal?
Rule:
וְשׁ֖וֹר אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה אֹת֣וֹ וְאֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִשְׁחֲט֖וּ בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃
However, no animal from the herd or from the flock shall be slaughtered on the same day with its young.
If I purchase ...
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Why are there extraneous words in vaykra (Leviticus) 17:3?
I am struggling to understand VAYIKRA (Book of Leviticus) Chapter 17 (http://www.breslov.com/bible/Leviticus17.htm#3) verses 3 and 4. I have read Are there extraneous words in Torah? (Are there ...
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Does ever min hachai transfer to utensils?
When meaty/dairy/treif food is cooked in a pot, the taste (ta'am) of the food is transferred to the pot. When the pot is reused for other food, that food becomes meaty/dairy/treif as well. Likewise, ...
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Melacha and Korbanot in the Beit HaMikdash [duplicate]
We know sacrifices were offered - in the case of burnt offerings, put on the fire- in the Beit HaMikdash on Shabbat and Yom Tov, in fact extra ("Mussaf") offerings were made on such days. In addition ...
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Converted Shochet
Different standards are applied to resolving the question of "Who is a Jew" in different situations-
When trying to complete a minyan, we simply ask someone if he is Jewish.
Prior to marriage, ...
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Animal in excruciating pain on Shabbos: What lenient opinions exist?
Are there any respected poskim who would permit killing (with a shinui) a bug or other small creature who is clearly suffering terribly on Shabbos?
If not Shabbos, what about Yom Tov?
If not killing,...
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Industrial kosher farming and shechita?
I understand that each animal slaughtered needs to be done with a special kind of knife and by a shochet. How might an industrial kosher farm operate without the need for an exorbitant amount of ...
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Reason why pressing on an animal throat is forbidden during shechitah
The Rambam writes (MT Shechita 3:1) about five factors that disqualify ritual slaughter (shechitah). One of them (3:11) is dirasah, pressing on animal throat (based on the gemara in Chulin 30b)
For ...
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Force feeding of geese
Geese were extremely popular among European Jews for various reasons, and their liver was particularly appreciated. However, there is a debate, whether force feeding may render the animals non-kosher, ...
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Are we permitted to trust the shechita of a shochet who doesn't keep kosher?
Suppose an otherwise observant and all around excellent shochet is discovered to eat non-kosher food on a regular basis. (Just taking a random example, he's keeping the non-treibored hindquarters of ...
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Reversing the status of a treif animal
The gemara in chullin 55b brings from the mishna that an animal remains kosher if the lower jaw was removed. Rabbi Zeira qualifies this law by saying that the animal is only kosher if it can be fed by ...
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Source for not being a Shochet and Mohel
I am looking for the source of a minhag that a shochet should not be a mohel because of an incident where the mohel/shochet recited "al hashechita" and the infant died afterwards. I recall that as an "...
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Can an Ashkenazi use Bet Yosef Shechita or vice versa?
For the most part, I gather that an Ashkenazi should not follow Sephardi minhag or vice versa. (E.g. - nusach hatefilla, kitniyot on Pesach.)
I am Ashkenazi. I am somewhat "liberal" regarding my use ...
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Where in the TaNa"kh is there a discussion about how to slaughter an animal?
Where in the TaNa"kh is there a discussion about how to slaughter an animal?
When reading various parashot, one sometimes come across about the topic of slaughtering animals, but (the ones I have ...
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Is slaughtering after killing permissible?
If one has hunted and killed a permissible wild animal with a firearm, like a deer for example, and then performed proper shechita, drained and covered the blood and done proper salting, nikur, etc., ...
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Pregnant animals and kashrut
If an animal is pregnant and you slaughter it, what is the status of the fetus? Does the stage of development matter like in regards to eggs?
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The concept of shechita and the requirements
From where in the Torah does it mention shechita? And where does it mention it must be performed by a Jew? Yes this is a double question.
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Criteria for obligation to obligate oneself in mitzvot
Certain commandments are automatically obligatory, e.g., praying, reciting shema, eating matza on the first night of Passover, etc. Other commandments, however, seem to be obligatory only if one ...
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Why is melika - not shechita - done on the bird korban?
The gemara Chullin (42a) lists a severed spine as one of the conditions rendering the animal a treifa. Therefore, what is special about the dove/turtle-dove korban (Vayikra 1:15) which features the ...
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Why is meat only kosher if a Jew slaughters the animal?
According to this answer in the question "What is kosher meat?" it is said that a Jew has to slaughter an animal in order for its meat to become kosher:
This is done by Jews who are experts trained ...
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Can Sefardim eat meat in the homes of Ashkenazim?
In light of the details found in answers to this question, which suggest that neither Chassidish nor glatt nor non-glatt Ashkenazi meat is halachically acceptable for Sefardim, would there be any ...
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Using obsidian or titanium for shechita knives
I'm learning shechita and was wondering whether anyone has tried using obsidian or titanium for shechita.
It seems that due to the hardness of the material in the case of titanium and the tendency of ...
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Did Hevel slaughter his sacrifice?
Genesis 4:4 states that Hevel offered an animal sacrifice. I recall learning that Kayin attacked Hevel with several blows because he did not know where/how to kill. My question is, did Hevel slaughter ...
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What precautions (if any) are taken to avoid slaughtering a mother and child animal on the same day nowadays?
There is a Torah prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day. This prohibition applies even when separate people are doing the slaughtering.
Nowadays when animals are ...
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Can you use a not kosher knife sharpening stone/wheel [duplicate]
I learned the the sharpening stone kashers the knife
But are there any sources regarding the use of a sharpening stone/wheel that was used for non kosher knifes (possibly used even when dirty knives)...
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Does God Compensate Animals For Their Pain During Shechita?
Rav Sa'adia Gaon states the following regarding ritual slaughter of animals:
I will make this matter understandable and say: the Creator has
decreed that every animal will die, and has given every ...
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What method was used to kill an animal being sacrificed by a priest?
I know that it was very important to drain the blood of a sacrificed animal so that it could be spattered on the altar.
When imagining the priest taking on the task of killing a bull or a goat it ...
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Do you need kabolo (permission/licence) for checking the lungs
I understand (from simla chadasha 1.5 ) I need kabolo for shehita (I am not allowed to shecht without permission from a Rav, the rabonim made a hairum that people are not allowed to shecht without ...
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What does the word נחירה mean
In Modern Hebrew it means "snort", but what about in Classical Hebrew?
I have found this word in Simla Hadosho 1:21. This states that if you want to feed your animals meat but you do not know the ...
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What is Lubavitch Shechita?
I was recently told about a Lubavitch family who only eats Lubavitch shechita.
What is unique about Lubavitch shechita? Are there particular opinions which they are stringent for that no one else is? ...
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Kabbalah/Certification in Shechita in US? [closed]
Who can someone go to to get Kaballah in Shechita in America?
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