laws, practices, and customs of Jewish ritual slaughter
Questions tagged [slaughter-shochet-shecht]
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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 obsidian to flake would make the knives less…
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What is the exact reason that electrical stunning before shechita is forbidden?
What is the exact reason that electrical stunning before shechita is forbidden?
Excerpts from sources please if possible.
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kisuy hadam: why sawdust?
I've never seen sh'chita of birds, but my understanding is that kisuy hadam is done with sawdust. Why sawdust specifically?
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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 collects them all in one place.
The most obvious I…
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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 such minute Hargashos?
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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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Stunning after slaughter
I just read an article that basically said that the law in Canada is such that, it is detrimental in producing a normal output of kosher meat for their market.
Canada apparently needs one to make sure that the animal is dead for good after shechita…
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May I shect a chicken with blade that is sharper than steel?
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 cut through even metal extremely fast?
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