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==The Five Laws of Shechitah Every Shochet Must Know== | ==The Five Laws of Shechitah Every Shochet Must Know== | ||
<ref> | ''See [[The Five Laws of Shechitah]] for more'' | ||
There are five Halachot leMoshe MiSinai regarding Shechitah:<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> | |||
# ''Shehiyah'' (Pausing): A pause during the incision renders an animal’s meat non kosher. The knife must move in an uninterrupted motion during shechita. This issue occurs if the shochet bangs his arm, elbow, or knife into a wall or floor; he cuts himself; the animal jumps; there was something hard or stiff in the veshet during shechita. | |||
# ''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. | |||
# ''Derasa'' (Chopping): The cut must be made using a back and forth sawing motion across the throat, not by chopping down as one cuts zucchini or radish. No pushing down with the index finger. No heavier than necessary knife. No decapitating, hacking, or pressing down. Just a sawing motion. | |||
# ''Hagrama'' (Slipping): The limits within which the knife may be applied are the upper portion of the throat, from the large ring in the windpipe to the top of the upper lobe of the lung when it is inflated, and corresponding to the length of the pharynx. Roughly, below the vocal cords and above the bottom of the neck. Cutting anywhere below or above would be nevelah. | |||
# ''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. | |||
==How to Shecht== | ==How to Shecht== | ||
'For more information, see [[The Shechitah Process]] | 'For more information, see [[The Shechitah Process]] | ||
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# ''Shiburah'': specific body parts broken. | # ''Shiburah'': specific body parts broken. | ||
== | Nowadays, the lungs are the primary focus of Terefot checking. See [[Glatt Kosher Meat]] for more details. | ||
==Important Sefarim== | |||
* 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. | ||
* Simla Chadasha, a classic handbook for Shochetim, Rabbi Shor's condensed version of his Tevuot Shor. [https://www.lulu.com/shop/chaim-loike/soft-cover-simlah-translated/paperback/product-125pwmee.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Translated into English by Rabbi Chaim Loike]. | * Simla Chadasha, a classic handbook for Shochetim, Rabbi Shor's condensed version of his Tevuot Shor. [https://www.lulu.com/shop/chaim-loike/soft-cover-simlah-translated/paperback/product-125pwmee.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Translated into English by Rabbi Chaim Loike]. | ||
* Beis Dovid | * Beis Dovid | ||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Esek-Hashechita-Dovid-Shaffier/dp/1364450429 Esek Hashechita] by Rabbi Dovid Shaffier. See [https://seforimchatter.com/2022/11/08/book-review-esek-hashechitah-by-rav-dovid-shaffier/ SeforimChatter Review here]. | * [https://www.amazon.com/Esek-Hashechita-Dovid-Shaffier/dp/1364450429 Esek Hashechita] by Rabbi Dovid Shaffier. See [https://seforimchatter.com/2022/11/08/book-review-esek-hashechitah-by-rav-dovid-shaffier/ SeforimChatter Review here]. | ||
==Shiurim== | ==Shiurim== | ||
* [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1007787/rabbi-avidan-elkin/hilchos-shechita-in-modern-meat-industry/ Hilchos Shechita in Modern Meat Industry (Rabbi Avidan Elkin)] | * [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1007787/rabbi-avidan-elkin/hilchos-shechita-in-modern-meat-industry/ Hilchos Shechita in Modern Meat Industry (Rabbi Avidan Elkin)] | ||
