Checking the Knife Prior to Shechita
The halakhah requires that the knife be checked in a specific manner, prior to shechita. This excellent video demonstrates this process done properly…
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The halakhah requires that the knife be checked in a specific manner, prior to shechita. This excellent video demonstrates this process done properly…
July 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Does that have to be done prior to every use of the knife (i.e. before shechting each animal), or just at the beginning of the day?
And, where is the halakhah regarding this found in the Mishneh Torah?
July 17th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Good question, Jacob. Yes, it must be done after each sheHi`tah as well, not only ‘at the beginning of the day’ which I assume to mean ‘at the onset of his slaughtering.’ The source is hil. SheHi`tah 1:20 (1:24 in the Vilna). (B”M Ohel Moshe)
February 12th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I am looking for a website where I can find out what the small markings over some letters in the Torah Scroll mean. I recently bought a small scroll and I am enjoying reading in it but I am not sure what the small “fancy” marks above some letters mean, can you help me find the answer to this question.
Sorry, I don’t know if this is the correct place to ask this question but I am confident you will have the answer.
Toda Raba
Connie
July 20th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Can you provide the contact info of any and all shohha`tim you know of, in Israel and abroad, that are reliable to provide meat that is kasher according to the M”T?
January 13th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Where’s a good place online to buy a shechita knife? Are there any differences at all in how the Yemenites make their knives? Any answers much appreciated!