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==How to Shecht== | ==How to Shecht== | ||
'For more information, see [[The Shechitah Process]] | ''For more information, see [[The Shechitah Process]]'' | ||
The Gemara requires checking the knife before and after every shechita in order to catch a pegima as soon as it happens. Chazal were concerned that the knife might contact dirt on the animal’s skin or hit a bone during shechita and receive a nick and become invalid.<ref>Chullin 10b</ref> | The Gemara requires checking the knife before and after every shechita in order to catch a pegima as soon as it happens. Chazal were concerned that the knife might contact dirt on the animal’s skin or hit a bone during shechita and receive a nick and become invalid.<ref>Chullin 10b</ref> | ||
===Before=== | ===Before=== | ||
# Check the knife | # Check the knife | ||
# Tefisah: Locate and grab the Simanim (trachea and esophagus) | # Tefisah: Locate and grab the Simanim (trachea and esophagus) | ||
# Recite the Beracha ("'Al HaShechitah'") | # Recite the Beracha ("'Al HaShechitah'")<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 19</ref> | ||
===During=== | ===During=== | ||
# Cut the two simanim and veins in a sawing motion | # Cut the two simanim and veins in a sawing motion | ||
# Let blood drain out | # Let blood drain out | ||
===After=== | ===After=== | ||
# Check the Simanim | # Check the Simanim<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 25</ref> | ||
# Check the knife | # Check the knife | ||
