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===Mumar (Unobservant Jew)===
===Mumar (Unobservant Jew)===
A ''Mumar'', of which there are two categories, is a Jew who does not observe one or many Mitzvot. A ''Mumar LeTe'avon'' is one who violates Mitzvot for his own personal benefit/pleasure or to save money; a ''Mumar LeHachis" is one who violates halacha spitefully.
A ''Mumar'', of which there are two categories, is a Jew who does not observe one or many Mitzvot. A ''Mumar LeTe'avon'' is one who violates Mitzvot for his own personal benefit/pleasure or to save money; a ''Mumar LeHachis" is one who violates halacha spitefully.
# Technically speaking, under very limited circumstances, a ''Mumar LeTe'avon'' could shecht under very strict supervision, but many argue that even this dispensation is not applicable nowadays.<ref>See Simla Chadasha 2:2-12</ref>
# Technically speaking, under very limited circumstances, a ''Mumar LeTe'avon'' could shecht under very strict supervision, but many argue that even this dispensation is not applicable nowadays. Certainly, laxity in obsrervancce of the laws of kashrut automatically ruins his credibility with respect to providing kosher food.<ref>See Simla Chadasha 2:2-12</ref>
# A ''Mumar LeHachis'' may not shecht under even the tightest supervision; his shechitah is automatically deemed ''nevelah''.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:13</ref> The same is true for a Mumar who violates the entire Torah ''LeTe'avon''<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:14-15</ref> or even just Avodah Zarah or Shabbat.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:16</ref>
# If he is lax in the observance of a mitzvah unrelated to Shechita, then being a Mumar for that mitzvah does not damage his ability to observe Shechitah laws, but tighter supervision would be necessary to permit meat he shechted if he violated the mitzvah lete'avon.<ref>Simla Chadasha 2:13</ref>


===Non-Jews===
===Non-Jews===
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