Eliyahu Touger

SECTION 24 The Laws Governing Derasah, Chaladah, Hagramah, and Ikur (1-20) 1 What is meant by derasah (“pressing [the knife against the animal’s neck]”)? For example, [if the shochet] placed the knife [on the animal’s neck and] applied pressure, cutting i...

SECTION 23 The Laws Governing Shehiyah, the Interruption of Ritual Slaughter (1-6) 1 It is forbidden to partake of [the animals or fowl] slaughtered by any shochet who does not know the laws of ritual slaughter. (1) Theseare [the fundamental activities th...

SECTION 18 The Laws Applying to a [Slaughtering] Knife and Its Inspection (1-20) 1 [When a person] slaughters with a [slaughtering] knife that was examined and [later] it was discovered [that the knife] was blemished – even if [the blemish] is only on the...

Rav Chisda said,Chulin 17b. “Where is there an allusion in the Torah to the examination of a [slaughtering] knife? [When Shaul commanded the people regarding ritual slaughter, he told them,I Shmuel 14:34. See also the Alter Rebbe's note 12. ‘You shall sla...

SECTION 2 Whether Ritual Slaughter Performed by a Non-Jew or an Apostate is Kosher (1-11) 1 [An animal] slaughtered by a non-Jew is considered a neveilah (1) (i.e., an animal that died without being ritually slaughtered). [This applies] even if [the non-J...

[Our Sages]Chulin 28a, as interpreted by Rashi. taught: Rabbi [Yehudah HaNasi] said, “{It is written,Devarim 12:21.} ‘You shall slaughter from your cattle and your herds as I commanded you.’ This teaches that Moshe was commanded regarding the laws of ritu...

In their introduction to the first printing of the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch,See the first volume of the bicentennial edition, p. XXXVIIff., where this preface is translated and presented in full. his sons clarified their father’s purpose in composing ...

SECTION 1 The Persons Acceptable to Perform Ritual Slaughter (1-14) 1 Anyone may perform ritual slaughter as an initial and preferred option, even women. Note: There are authorities who maintain that women should not be allowed to perform ritual slaughter...