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==Shechting for a Different Religion== | ==Shechting for a Different Religion== | ||
# Shechting an animal with any idolotrous statement or intention is prohibited and renders the meat prohibited from benefit on a Torah level, regardless of whom it belongs to. If he shechted with a non-idolotrous but still non-Jewish intention, it is prohibited on a rabbinic level. For example, if he thinks that shechting the animal will magically cause his illness to be healed or in honor of an angel that ministers over the sun, moon, stars, or mountains.<ref>See Simla Chadasha Siman 4 at length.</ref> | # Shechting an animal with any idolotrous statement or intention is prohibited and renders the meat prohibited from benefit on a Torah level, regardless of whom it belongs to. If he shechted with a non-idolotrous but still non-Jewish intention, it is prohibited on a rabbinic level. For example, if he thinks that shechting the animal will magically cause his illness to be healed or in honor of an angel that ministers over the sun, moon, stars, or mountains.<ref>See Simla Chadasha Siman 4 at length.</ref> | ||
# Practically speaking, this issue is most relevant in Muslim slaughterhouses where the administration requires all slaughter be done facing Mecca and preceded with a declaration of the Takbir ("Allahu Akbar..."). If the Muslim standing next to the | # Practically speaking, this issue is most relevant in Muslim slaughterhouses where the administration requires all slaughter be done facing Mecca and preceded with a declaration of the Takbir ("Allahu Akbar..."). If the Muslim standing next to the Jewish shochet is the one saying it, strictly speaking there is no issue, but it is still praiseworthy to stop this practice.<ref>Simla Chadasha 4:17</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Shechitah (Kosher Slaughter)]] | [[Category:Shechitah (Kosher Slaughter)]] | ||
