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There are five Halachot leMoshe MiSinai regarding Shechitah. One may not eat from the slaughter of a shochet who does not know them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah 23:1</ref> | There are five Halachot leMoshe MiSinai regarding Shechitah. One may not eat from the slaughter of a shochet who does not know them.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah 23:1</ref> | ||
# ''Shehiyah'' (Pausing): A pause during the incision renders an animal’s meat non kosher. The knife must move in an uninterrupted motion | # ''Shehiyah'' (Pausing): A pause during the incision renders an animal’s meat non kosher. The knife must move in an uninterrupted motion and never be removed and then reapplied. This occurs if the shochet stops cutting, lifts the knife and then begins cutting again, but we are careful not to allow any pause, even if the knife is not removed from the neck. Such cases include a shochet banging his arm, elbow, or knife into an object, cutting himself; the animal jumping and causing a pause; or if there was something hard or stiff in the veshet during shechita.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 23</ref> | ||
# ''Chaladah'' (Covering/Digging): The knife must be visibly drawn over the throat during slaughter. No covering or blocking it from the flesh by fur, feathers, or other objects. It must not be stabbed into the neck and cut backwards. To avoid this, sheep are sheered and other animal necks are hosed down beforehand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | # ''Chaladah'' (Covering/Digging): The knife must be visibly drawn over the throat during slaughter. No covering or blocking it from the flesh by fur, feathers, or other objects. It must not be stabbed into the neck and cut backwards. To avoid this, sheep are sheered and other animal necks are hosed down beforehand.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | ||
# ''Derasa'' (Chopping): The cut must be made using a back and forth sawing motion across the throat, not by chopping | # ''Derasa'' (Chopping): The cut must be made using a back and forth sawing motion across the throat, not by chopping in a solely downward motion as one cuts a pumpkin or turnip. In order to ensure we do not come to chop, we’re careful not to push down with the index finger, use a heavier than necessary knife, decapitate, or hack at the neck.].<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | ||
# ''Hagrama'' ( | # ''Hagrama'' (missing): The shechita cut must be made within a defined portion of the esophagus and trachea, this area is called the Makom Ha-Shechita. Cutting anywhere below or above this area would render the animal to be a nevelah. The makom ha shechita is located at the: | ||
# ''Ikkur'' (Tearing): If either the esophagus or trachea is torn during shechita, the animal is rendered unkosher. Tearing usually occurs as a result of a nicked or improperly sharpened knife.<ref>Based on [https://www.grandin.com/ritual/rules.shechita.proper.cut.html The rules of Shechita for performing a proper cut during kosher slaughter] and [https://thekoshercut.com/blog/the-five-disqualifying-acts/ The Five Disqualifying Acts - The Kosher Cut]</ref> | * Upper Kaneh (all animals): Today all are machmir to shecht below the large upper ring of the trachea | ||
* Upper Veshet (all animals): below the turbatz ha-veshet (the area where the esophagus condenses) | |||
* Lower Veshet & Kaneh (ofos): birds with crops at the top of the crop, birds without crops at the place where the wings connect to the neck | |||
* Lower Kaneh (chayos/behemos): the top of the upper lobe of the lung when it is inflated | |||
* Lower Veshet (chayos/behemos): the place where the esophagus begins to develop little hair like follicles as are present in the stomach.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 24</ref> | |||
# ''Ikkur'' (Tearing): If either the esophagus or trachea is torn during shechita, the animal is rendered unkosher. Tearing usually occurs as a result of a nicked or improperly sharpened knife, but may also occur by tearing the esophagus or trachea by hand (usually only a concern in chickens, quail, or other small birds).<ref>Based on [https://www.grandin.com/ritual/rules.shechita.proper.cut.html The rules of Shechita for performing a proper cut during kosher slaughter] and [https://thekoshercut.com/blog/the-five-disqualifying-acts/ The Five Disqualifying Acts - The Kosher Cut]</ref> | |||
==How to Shecht== | ==How to Shecht== | ||
