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==The Basics== | ==The Basics== | ||
The Torah prohibits the consumption of meat and fowl without prior ritual slaughter, known as ''Shechitah''. | The Torah prohibits the consumption of meat and fowl without prior ritual slaughter, known as ''Shechitah''. There is one positive commandment to perform Shechitah, "''VeZavachta... Ka'asher Tziviticha''" (''Devarim'' 12:21) and four negative prohibitions involved - Ever Min HaChai, Nevelah, Terefah, and Dam. | ||
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==Who Can Be a Shochet== | |||
''For more details, see [[Who Can Be a Shochet]]'' | |||
In order to be a shochet, one must be an adult, God-fearing, Jewish male knowledgeable of the laws of Shechitah, skilled in the act of Shechitah, and certified with a "Kabbalah" from a Halachic authority. | |||
In addition to the actual slaughter, there are a number of other or differentiated roles one can play: | |||
* Shochet Ofot - certified for slaughtering fowl | |||
* Shochet Behemot Dakkot - certified for small mammals | |||
* Shochet Behemot Gassot - certified for large animals | |||
* Bodek Simanim - one who checks the neck to ensure the Shechitah was done properly | |||
* Bodek Sakinim - one who checks the Shochet's knife to make sure it's sharp and smooth before allowing him to shecht again | |||
* Bodek - one who checks the inner organs to determine whether or not the animal is a terefah | |||
* Menaker - one who removes the forbidden fats from the animal ("trabering"). | |||
==The Knife== | |||
==How to Shecht== | |||
===Before=== | |||
===During=== | |||
===After=== | |||
==Related Works== | ==Related Works== | ||
* Tevuot Shor, a commentary on Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Shechitah by Rabbi Alexander Sender Shor. | * Tevuot Shor, a commentary on Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Shechitah by Rabbi Alexander Sender Shor. | ||
