Shechitah הלכות שחיטה
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1The Laws of Shechitah, and Who Is Fit to SlaughterSiman 1 · 21 seifim
- 1.It is stated in the Torah: "And you shall…
- 2.Some say the mitzvah of shechitah is not like…
- 3.Everyone is fit to slaughter, even women and even…
- 4.A minor who does not yet know how to…
- 5.A boy of thirteen years and one day, whose…
- 6.A foundling found in a place that is half…
- 7.It is clear that even a slaughterer who cannot…
- 8.By strict law, slaughtering while seated is valid, but…
- 9.Rabbis who guard the sacred charge must stand watch…
- 10.It is forbidden to stun an animal with an…
- 11.A slaughterer who marked the head of a slaughtered…
- 12.Some say a butcher who sells meat is permitted…
- 13.The great Torah authorities of previous generations established a…
- 14.A slaughterer sitting shiva for his son or daughter,…
- 15.It is permitted to slaughter an animal or bird…
- 16.Some say that if one slaughters during the Nine…
- 17.Any Jew who comes to be certified in the…
- 18.Some say that even a very elderly person may…
- 19.A blind person should not slaughter from the outset,…
- 20.One should not slaughter naked from the outset, since…
- 21.A goat with large horns, some of which lay…
2The Shechitah of an ApostateSiman 2 · 13 seifim
- 1.The shechitah of an idolater renders the animal neveilah,…
- 2.A Jew who has become an apostate and eats…
- 3.An apostate-out-of-appetite who slaughtered without another Jew first checking…
- 4.A slaughterer about whom a single witness testified that…
- 5.A slaughterer and examiner whose wife goes bareheaded in…
- 6.A slaughterer who once took an exam with a…
- 7.A slaughterer and examiner who becomes a partner with…
- 8.A slaughterer found guilty of theft, whom the local…
- 9.A poultry slaughterer who stood and slaughtered on Yom…
- 10.In a town with Karaites, the local authorities must…
- 11.A poultry slaughterer appointed to slaughter for the public,…
- 12.The custom is for slaughterers to show their knives…
- 13.Those slaughtering poultry on the night before Yom Kippur…
3Intent in ShechitahSiman 3 · 3 seifim
- 1.Shechitah of non-consecrated animals does not require intent, and…
- 2.If the knife was resting on his lap or…
- 3.A slaughterer who says explicitly, before the shechitah, that…
6With What One SlaughtersSiman 6 · 4 seifim
- 1.A knife with one side nicked and the other…
- 2.Likewise, a long knife that has a nick in…
- 3.A knife that was used for shechitah is valid,…
- 4.A knife that was used to slaughter an animal…
11At What Time One May SlaughterSiman 11 · 3 seifim
- 1.One may always slaughter, whether by day or by…
- 2.One who slaughters on Shabbat or on Yom Kippur…
- 3.Many refrain from eating an animal's heart, since it…
13Which Animals Require ShechitahSiman 13 · 2 seifim
- 1.Domestic animals, wild animals, and fowl require shechitah, but…
- 2.One who slaughters an animal and it is found…
14The Law of a Fetus Found in an Animal's WombSiman 14 · 1 seifim
Read this siman →15Shechitah Before the Eighth DaySiman 15 · 6 seifim
- 1.A hatchling, as long as it has not emerged…
- 2.One should not slaughter kids and lambs until seven…
- 3.An animal's offspring that must wait until seven days…
- 4.One may not rely on a non-Jew regarding small…
- 5.Small kids, lambs, and calves where it is not…
- 6.This applies to ordinary calves, but when it is…
16The Law of an Animal and Its OffspringSiman 16 · 8 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to slaughter an animal and its…
- 2.If one transgressed and slaughtered the mother and its…
- 3.The prohibition of an animal and its offspring applies…
- 4.It is permitted to slaughter a pregnant animal, since…
- 5.The "one day" mentioned regarding an animal and its…
- 6.If he slaughtered the mother and it became a…
- 7.In a case where we are stringent and forbid…
- 8.One who buys an animal need not be concerned…
17The Law of One Who Slaughters a Dying AnimalSiman 17 · 12 seifim
- 1.One who slaughters a healthy animal and it did…
- 2.What is a mesukenet animal? Any animal that lay…
- 3.The great sages would not eat from an animal…
- 4.A mesukenet animal that was scolded to stand up…
- 5.If a mesukenet animal was made to stand by…
- 6.A mesukenet animal that cannot stand because of food…
- 7.Fowl that are brought from a journey, with their…
- 8.An animal that was established as mesukenet because it…
- 9.One who slaughters a mesukenet animal must know before…
- 10.If he slaughtered the mesukenet animal without knowing it…
- 11.One who slaughters a mesukenet animal should not recite…
- 12.An animal that another was slaughtered in its presence,…
18Laws of Inspecting the KnifeSiman 18 · 12 seifim
- 1.One must check the knife before shechitah, for if…
- 2.At the start of the shechitah one checks the…
- 3.One who slaughters many animals one after another —…
- 4.Even though the knife was checked before the shechitah,…
- 5.One who slaughters with a knife properly checked, and…
- 6.It is forbidden to check a shechitah knife using…
- 7.Some say that one should not slaughter while wearing…
- 8.A shechitah knife that we checked and found no…
- 9.One who slaughters fowl on Yom Tov must check…
- 10.A shechitah knife purchased from a non-Jew does not…
- 11.One who slaughters fowl on Yom Tov must sharpen…
- 12.Some say that one who slaughters a fowl on…
19Laws of the Blessing on ShechitahSiman 19 · 5 seifim
- 1.The slaughterer must recite before the shechitah: "...who has…
- 2.One must be careful not to speak between the…
- 3.In a place where the gentile authorities decreed that…
- 4.It is permitted to slaughter in a dirty and…
- 5.One who slaughters to feed gentile workers, or who…
23Laws of Shehiyah (Pausing) in ShechitahSiman 23 · 6 seifim
- 1.Any slaughterer who does not know the laws of…
- 2.What is shehiyah? If he began to slaughter, and…
- 3.After he has slaughtered the majority of one siman…
- 4.One must be careful, when a person slaughters while…
- 5.One who slaughters an animal and cuts only the…
- 6.One who slaughters, on Shabbat, for a patient whose…
+The Law of Plucking Feathers Before ShechitahThe Law of Plucking Feathers Before Shechitah · 3 seifim
- 1.One must be careful not to pluck the bird's…
- 2.Even on Yom Tov it is permitted to pluck…
- 3.Some have the practice of moistening the feathers with…
24Laws of Derasah, Chaladah, Hagramah, and IkurSiman 24 · 5 seifim
- 1.What is derasah [pressing]? For example, if he placed…
- 2.Ideally one must slaughter with a back-and-forth sawing motion,…
- 3.What is chaladah [burrowing]? For example, if he inserted…
- 4.What is hagramah [deviating]? This is one who slaughters…
- 5.What is ikur [tearing out]? For example, if the…
25Checking the Simanim After ShechitahSiman 25 · 3 seifim
- 1.The slaughterer must check the simanim after the shechitah,…
- 2.If it was slaughtered properly and a wolf came…
- 3.One who cuts [meat] from an animal after it…
+When a Shochet Becomes Disqualified from SlaughteringWhen a Shochet Becomes Disqualified from Slaughtering · 3 seifim
- 1.A town's shochet who participates in a game of…
- 2.A shochet and inspector who erred and permitted [as…
- 3.A shochet whose knife was found to be flawed…
28Laws of Covering the BloodSiman 28 · 23 seifim
- 1.One who slaughters a wild animal or a fowl…
- 2.Before covering the blood, one recites the blessing: "Blessed…
- 3.One who slaughters for the first time in his…
- 4.If he has several fowl to slaughter, the slaughterer…
- 5.There must be earth underneath. One must also verbally…
- 6.One covers with one's hand, or with a knife,…
- 7.The one who slaughtered should be the one to…
- 8.If he slaughtered a hundred fowl or a hundred…
- 9.Slaughterers who, immediately after shechitah, hand the fowl over…
- 10.Ideally, it is proper and correct for slaughterers to…
- 11.It is good to be careful, ideally, not to…
- 12.The opinion of the great poskim is that it…
- 13.Ideally, it is proper and correct to cover all…
- 14.If the blood became covered by the wind or…
- 15.One who slaughters over loose earth — even though…
- 16.If at the time he slaughtered there was wind,…
- 17.One must check the simanim and the knife before…
- 18.Likewise, a deaf-mute, a person of unsound mind, or…
- 19.If one has no earth to cover with, he…
- 20.One who slaughters, even though he needs only the…
- 21.One who slaughters for a patient on Shabbat should…
- 22.One should not slaughter a fowl on Yom Tov…
- 23.An adult who slaughtered should not honor a minor…