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# If he claims to be unsure of a certain law, there's reason to overlook that, but given the many resources available to the learner, best is to disqualify him until he is fluent without issue. It goes without saying that he says the opposite of the Halacha, that this is true.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:9</ref> | # If he claims to be unsure of a certain law, there's reason to overlook that, but given the many resources available to the learner, best is to disqualify him until he is fluent without issue. It goes without saying that he says the opposite of the Halacha, that this is true.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:9</ref> | ||
# Using old Shechita guides that aren't up to date with contemporary applications and current industry standards as guided by recent authorities is reason not to grant a Kabbalah until he gets a more up to date education.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:10</ref> | # Using old Shechita guides that aren't up to date with contemporary applications and current industry standards as guided by recent authorities is reason not to grant a Kabbalah until he gets a more up to date education.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:10</ref> | ||
# If some time after receiving his Kabbalah it becomes clear that he does only knows some of the basics of Hilchot Shechitah but not more than that, all of his kill is retroactively prohibited, as determined by the authorities up until he certainly began forgetting. If he doesn't know anything at all, then all of his | ===If He Fails Our Assesment=== | ||
# If some time after receiving his Kabbalah it becomes clear that he does only knows the halacha, then depending on how unknowledgeable he turns out to be, we retroactively prohibit his slaughter going back from a few days to his whole life. | |||
## If he forgot some of the basics of Hilchot Shechitah but not more than that, all of his kill is retroactively prohibited, as determined by the authorities up until when we think he certainly began forgetting.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:15</ref> | |||
## If he doesn't know anything at all, then all of his kill is prohibited retroactive back to when he got a kabbalah.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:15</ref> | |||
## If he doesn't even have a kabbalah, then all of his kill is prohibited.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:16</ref> | |||
## If he knows everything but answered incorrectly about one rule, then we only prohibit his kill from a days back and on.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:17</ref> | |||
## If he failed to check his knife properly but knows the laws, then it depends on how significant the loss is. For a significant loss, there are leniencies one can rely on; for a minor loss, we follow the same protocols for mistakes in laws of shechitah. | |||
==Those Invalid to Shecht== | ==Those Invalid to Shecht== | ||
# Although women are technically permitted to shecht, the custom is that they do not at all despite their skill, as they are more likely to recoil from the bloody and gory experience and risk making a mistake. Therefore, one may not authorize a woman to be a shochet, but if she shechts under close supervision or on her own and confidently claims she did everything correctly, it would be kosher. If she did it on her own and is not present to vouch for herself, we must assume it is not kosher, as she deviated from common practice (and we therefore will not rely on the Rov). If the local custom is to allow them to shecht, then this does not apply, but she still should not be appointed to be the communal shochet, due to the greater chance of making a mistake at high volumes of kill.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:13</ref> | # Although women are technically permitted to shecht, the custom is that they do not at all despite their skill, as they are more likely to recoil from the bloody and gory experience and risk making a mistake. Therefore, one may not authorize a woman to be a shochet, but if she shechts under close supervision or on her own and confidently claims she did everything correctly, it would be kosher. If she did it on her own and is not present to vouch for herself, we must assume it is not kosher, as she deviated from common practice (and we therefore will not rely on the Rov). If the local custom is to allow them to shecht, then this does not apply, but she still should not be appointed to be the communal shochet, due to the greater chance of making a mistake at high volumes of kill.<ref>Simla Chadasha 1:13</ref> | ||
