Shechita
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In Judaism, shechita (anglicized: ; ; ; also transliterated shehitah, shechitah, shehita) is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut. One who practices this, a kosher butcher, is called a shochet.
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Biblical sources
- Species
- ''Shochet''
- Procedure
- Forbidden techniques
- The knife
- Other rules
- Post-procedure requirements
- ''Bedikah''
- ''Glatt''
- ''Nikkur'' {{anchor|Porging}}
- Kashering
- Giving of the Gifts
- Covering of the blood
- Animal welfare controversies
- In the United Kingdom
- The Gutachten (expert reports)
- General description of controversy
- Efforts to improve conditions in ''shechita'' slaughterhouses
- Agriprocessors controversy
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In Judaism, shechita (anglicized: ; ; ; also transliterated shehitah, shechitah, shehita) is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut. One who practices this, a kosher butcher, is called a shochet.
== Biblical sources == Deuteronomy 12:21 states that sheep and cattle should be slaughtered "as I have instructed you", but nowhere in the Torah are any of the practices of shechita described. Instead, they have been handed down in Rabbinic Judaism's Oral Torah, and codified in halakha.
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