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There are five Halachot leMoshe MiSinai regarding Shechitah. One may not eat from the slaughter of a shochet who does not know them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah 23:1</ref> | There are five Halachot leMoshe MiSinai regarding Shechitah. One may not eat from the slaughter of a shochet who does not know them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah 23:1</ref> | ||
# ''Shehiyah'' (Pausing): A pause during the incision renders an animal’s meat non kosher. The knife must move in an uninterrupted motion during shechita. This issue occurs if the shochet bangs his arm, elbow, or knife into a wall or floor; he cuts himself; the animal jumps; there was something hard or stiff in the veshet during shechita. | # ''Shehiyah'' (Pausing): A pause during the incision renders an animal’s meat non kosher. The knife must move in an uninterrupted motion during shechita. This issue occurs if the shochet bangs his arm, elbow, or knife into a wall or floor; he cuts himself; the animal jumps; there was something hard or stiff in the veshet during shechita.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 23</ref> | ||
# ''Chaladah'' (Covering/Digging): The knife must be visibly drawn over the throat during slaughter. No covering or blocking it from the flesh by fur, feathers, or other objects. It must not be stabbed into the neck and cut backwards. To avoid this, sheep are sheered and other animal necks are hosed down beforehand. | # ''Chaladah'' (Covering/Digging): The knife must be visibly drawn over the throat during slaughter. No covering or blocking it from the flesh by fur, feathers, or other objects. It must not be stabbed into the neck and cut backwards. To avoid this, sheep are sheered and other animal necks are hosed down beforehand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | ||
# ''Derasa'' (Chopping): The cut must be made using a back and forth sawing motion across the throat, not by chopping down as one cuts zucchini or radish. No pushing down with the index finger. No heavier than necessary knife. No decapitating, hacking, or pressing down. Just a sawing motion. | # ''Derasa'' (Chopping): The cut must be made using a back and forth sawing motion across the throat, not by chopping down as one cuts zucchini or radish. No pushing down with the index finger. No heavier than necessary knife. No decapitating, hacking, or pressing down. Just a sawing motion.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | ||
# ''Hagrama'' (Slipping): The limits within which the knife may be applied are the upper portion of the throat, from the large ring in the windpipe to the top of the upper lobe of the lung when it is inflated, and corresponding to the length of the pharynx. Roughly, below the vocal cords and above the bottom of the neck. Cutting anywhere below or above would be nevelah. | # ''Hagrama'' (Slipping): The limits within which the knife may be applied are the upper portion of the throat, from the large ring in the windpipe to the top of the upper lobe of the lung when it is inflated, and corresponding to the length of the pharynx. Roughly, below the vocal cords and above the bottom of the neck. Cutting anywhere below or above would be nevelah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | ||
# ''Ikkur'' (Tearing): If either the esophagus or trachea is torn during shechita, the animal is rendered unkosher. Tearing usually occurs as a result of a nicked or improperly sharpened knife.<ref>Based on [https://www.grandin.com/ritual/rules.shechita.proper.cut.html The rules of Shechita for performing a proper cut during kosher slaughter] and [https://thekoshercut.com/blog/the-five-disqualifying-acts/ The Five Disqualifying Acts - The Kosher Cut]</ref> | # ''Ikkur'' (Tearing): If either the esophagus or trachea is torn during shechita, the animal is rendered unkosher. Tearing usually occurs as a result of a nicked or improperly sharpened knife.<ref>Based on [https://www.grandin.com/ritual/rules.shechita.proper.cut.html The rules of Shechita for performing a proper cut during kosher slaughter] and [https://thekoshercut.com/blog/the-five-disqualifying-acts/ The Five Disqualifying Acts - The Kosher Cut]</ref> | ||
