The Polished Knife Enactment: Difference between revisions
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A '''polished knife''' (''sakin meluṭash'') is a slaughtering knife whose cross-sectional profile is already triangular before sharpening begins.<ref name="shiurei-halakha">''Shiurei Halakha LeMaaseh'', part 2, by Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levin (citing Rabbi Dovber Yunik), pp. 11ff.</ref> This method of manufacturing slaughtering knives was introduced by the disciples of [[the Maggid of Mezeritch]],<ref name="sheerit-yehuda">''Sheerit Yehuda'' by the Maharil (brother of the Alter Rebbe), Yoreh Deah, §19.</ref> and allows the knife to be sharpened in a way that achieves both sharpness and smoothness simultaneously. | A '''polished knife''' (''sakin meluṭash'') is a slaughtering knife whose cross-sectional profile is already triangular before sharpening begins.<ref name="shiurei-halakha">''Shiurei Halakha LeMaaseh'', part 2, by Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levin (citing Rabbi Dovber Yunik), pp. 11ff.</ref> This method of manufacturing slaughtering knives was introduced by the disciples of [[the Maggid of Mezeritch]],<ref name="sheerit-yehuda">''Sheerit Yehuda'' by the Maharil (brother of the Alter Rebbe), Yoreh Deah, §19.</ref> and allows the knife to be sharpened in a way that achieves both sharpness and smoothness simultaneously. | ||