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The shochet checks it from top to bottom from the center, right, and left with his fingernail.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 18</ref>
The shochet checks it from top to bottom from the center, right, and left with his fingernail.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 18</ref>
The knife is commonly rectangular and not pointed, to avoid chaladah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 6</ref>
The knife is commonly rectangular and not pointed, to avoid chaladah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 6</ref>
[[File:Sussman ofos knife 2.jpg|alt=Ofos Chalef by Laevi Sussman, JewishKnives.com|thumb|Ofos Chalef by Laevi Sussman, [https://www.JewishKnives.com JewishKnives.com]]]


==The Five Laws of Shechitah Every Shochet Must Know==
==The Five Laws of Shechitah Every Shochet Must Know==