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# If the blade has two edges, one must make sure both are free of pegimot.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | # If the blade has two edges, one must make sure both are free of pegimot.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | ||
# On Yom Tov or in pressing circumstances, one can cover the pegima and shecht carefully, avoiding the pegimah, as long as there are two neck widths of length left of the knife from the pegimah in either direction and one shechts in a sawing motion. Some say the length is measured from the end of the cloth and not the pegimah. All this applies for two pegimot with enough blade length in between, as well.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | # On Yom Tov or in pressing circumstances, one can cover the pegima and shecht carefully, avoiding the pegimah, as long as there are two neck widths of length left of the knife from the pegimah in either direction and one shechts in a sawing motion. Some say the length is measured from the end of the cloth and not the pegimah. All this applies for two pegimot with enough blade length in between, as well.<ref>Simla Chadasha 6:3</ref> | ||
===Glowing Hot Knife=== | |||
# A knife that is heated till it glows (incandescent) may not be used, as the heat from the sides of the blade burns the simanim before the blade finishes severing them, resulting in a piercing instead of a shechitah. The meat would be prohibited on a Torah level. Some are lenient bediavad if the shochet was aware and maneuvered the knife in a way that avoids the sides touching the simanim, but the halacha follows the strict view. Some say the minimum temperature of the metal is Yad Soledet Bo.<ref>Simla Chadasha 9:1</ref> | |||
==Crafting a Shechitah Knife== | ==Crafting a Shechitah Knife== | ||
