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''For the more general knife ideas, see [[The Shechitah Knife]].'' | ''For the more general knife ideas, see [[The Shechitah Knife]].'' | ||
==Invalid Knives== | ==Invalid Knives== | ||
===Detached From Its Source=== | |||
# Anything sharp attached to the ground or a body may not be used for shechitah until it is detached.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:5</ref> | |||
# If it was detached and then reattached, one still should not use it regardless of whether he plans to leave it there (which would render the meat prohibited due to the Gemara's uncertainty) or not (which would be invalid on a rabbinic level). If one's intention is unformulated, we can determine based on context.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:5</ref> | |||
# An animal's jaw with sharp teeth may not be used, as the gaps between teeth are the same as nicks in a knife, but a singly tooth attached to a jaw is fine. Even a single nail on a severed foot would be ok. Some argue that if it's still attached to a whole limb, such as a whole jaw or whole animal foot, that would be considered "attached" to its source of growth.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:6</ref> | |||
===Pegimot=== | ===Pegimot=== | ||
# A knife with a pegima (nick) may not be used. Bediavad, if one used it and claims he didn't use that part of the blade, the meat is kosher, but if he didn't realize it was there until afterwards, he has no claim.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | # A knife with a pegima (nick) may not be used. Bediavad, if one used it and claims he didn't use that part of the blade, the meat is kosher, but if he didn't realize it was there until afterwards, he has no claim.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | ||
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# If the knife was used to cut wood which was then used for idolatry, then it's permissible. It's only considered a knife of Meshamshei Avodah Zarah when the idol is finished with the knife or sacrifices are slaughtered with it.<ref>Simla Chadasha 10:2</ref> | # If the knife was used to cut wood which was then used for idolatry, then it's permissible. It's only considered a knife of Meshamshei Avodah Zarah when the idol is finished with the knife or sacrifices are slaughtered with it.<ref>Simla Chadasha 10:2</ref> | ||
# A sick animal slaughtered with a knife of Meshamshei Avodah Zarah is entirely prohibited from benefit until one throws away enough meat the value of which is equal to the cost of shechting with it. If there aren't any more knives avaialble, then the cost of shechting must go up.<ref>Simla Chadasha 10:3</ref> | # A sick animal slaughtered with a knife of Meshamshei Avodah Zarah is entirely prohibited from benefit until one throws away enough meat the value of which is equal to the cost of shechting with it. If there aren't any more knives avaialble, then the cost of shechting must go up.<ref>Simla Chadasha 10:3</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Shechitah (Kosher Slaughter)]] | [[Category:Shechitah (Kosher Slaughter)]] | ||
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