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A Shochet is the title given to someone who performs ritual slaughter. According to halacha, the Shochet must be a G-d-fearing Jew. | [[File:שוחט בפעולה.jpg|thumb|A Shochet Checking his Knife]]A Shochet is the title given to someone who performs ritual slaughter. According to halacha, the Shochet must be a G-d-fearing Jew. | ||
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The Rebbe added: Regarding the craft of slaughter itself, which "requires checking of the meat and examining for treifah," "checking with the tip of the tongue<ref>Chulin 17, 2. And see Reshimos in booklet 9 (Yalkut), p. 6.</ref>" - this can be interpreted in terms of divine service: the Shochet must examine himself to ensure he doesn't have sharp "fingernails"... He must also examine his speech, the content of his words and their style, ensuring they are appropriate. Without this, he is merely a "skatoboyetz," a man with a knife who kills animals, and then the animal protests against him: "Why are you taking my life? How are you better than me?!" | The Rebbe added: Regarding the craft of slaughter itself, which "requires checking of the meat and examining for treifah," "checking with the tip of the tongue<ref>Chulin 17, 2. And see Reshimos in booklet 9 (Yalkut), p. 6.</ref>" - this can be interpreted in terms of divine service: the Shochet must examine himself to ensure he doesn't have sharp "fingernails"... He must also examine his speech, the content of his words and their style, ensuring they are appropriate. Without this, he is merely a "skatoboyetz," a man with a knife who kills animals, and then the animal protests against him: "Why are you taking my life? How are you better than me?!" | ||
== Shochet U'Bodek (Ritual Slaughterer and Inspector) == | == Shochet U'Bodek (Ritual Slaughterer and Inspector) == | ||
Shochet U'Bodek (ShUB) is a holy profession in which hundreds of students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch specialized, as part of the yeshiva's curriculum for mastering "the craft of ritual slaughter." In the past, it was common for the Shochet to also be the inspector who checked the kashrus of the animal after slaughter for concerns of treifah. The title for this role was "ShUB," an abbreviation for Shochet U'Bodek. (Today, in most slaughterhouses, there is a separate person appointed for inspection). | Shochet U'Bodek (ShUB) is a holy profession in which hundreds of students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch specialized, as part of the yeshiva's curriculum for mastering "the craft of ritual slaughter." In the past, it was common for the Shochet to also be the inspector who checked the kashrus of the animal after slaughter for concerns of treifah. The title for this role was "ShUB," an abbreviation for Shochet U'Bodek. (Today, in most slaughterhouses, there is a separate person appointed for inspection). | ||
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* [[Lubavitch Shechita|Shechitas Lubavitch]] | * [[Lubavitch Shechita|Shechitas Lubavitch]] | ||
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[[Category: Concepts in Judaism]] | [[Category: Concepts in Judaism]] | ||
[[Category: Food and Drink]] | [[Category: Food and Drink]] | ||