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Title: Jewish ceremonial institutions and customs
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Rosenau, William, 1865-1943
Subjects: Judaism -- Customs and practices
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : The Lord Baltimore Press
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d differ in size, according to the size of animals to be 1 Dent. 12 : 23. 184 Ritualistic Slaughtering slaughtered. For fowl there is a smallknife, for small cattle a larger one, and forbig cattle one of extraordinary size. Theact of slaughtering is known as Shechi-tah and the person performing the actis titled Shochet, a slaughterer. The Shochet must be a person qualified byknowledge. His examination before com-petent Judges, if passed successfully iscalled Kabbalah. The Shochet, aftera careful examination of its various vitalorgans, passes upon the fitness of the animalslaughtered for food. If he finds the animalsound he seals the parts with the mark Ko-sher meaning, fit for food in contra-distinction to Terefah meaning unfit,but originally signifying something torn bya wild animal. In this connection the fol-lowing passage is of interest. And yeshall be holy men unto me; neither shall yeeat any flesh that is torn of beasts in thefield; ye shall cast it to the dogs. All -Ex. 22: 31.
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1 Knife for Slaughtering of Fowl 2 Knife for Slaughtering of Small Cattle 3 Knife for Slaughtering of Large Cattle 4 Circumcision Knife Ritualistic Slaughtering 185 animals are Terefah which are found un-sound, have died,3 or are killed by othermeans than that of slaughtering. It ishardly necessary to state, which animals arepermitted for food among Jews. Leviticus11 and Deuteronomy 14 are explicit on thissubject. Let this general principle sufficeas a statement of the guiding rule observed.Of animals, living on the dry ground, onlysuch are eaten, which chew their cud anddivide their hoofs, while of animals, livingin the water, only such are eaten whichhave scales and fins. Attention should,however, be called to this point, that certainparts of animals, permitted for food, areforbidden. They are blood,4 fat,5 and thehind quarter on account of containing thesciatic nerve. The hind quarter is avoidedas food on account of the narrative in Gene-sis, which concluding the story of Jacobswre

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