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Definition of Shochet
1. a kosher slaughterman [n SHOCHETS or SHOCHETIM]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shochet
Literary usage of Shochet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1903)
"The " shochet" must be a person qualified by knowledge. ... The " shochet " passes
upon the fitness of the animal slaughtered for food, after a careful ..."
2. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"The " shochet " must be a person qualified by knowledge. ... The " shochet,"
after a careful examination of its various vital organs, passes upon the ..."
3. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1896)
"The duty of the shochet or cutter, is to cut the throat of the animal to be killed,
... The carcase butcher, for whom the shochet performs the operation of ..."
4. The Jewish Religion by Michael Friedländer (1891)
"It is the duty of the shochet to examine the animal before killing it, and to
satisfy ... In the case of poultry the examination is not made by the shochet; ..."
5. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 by Jewish Community of New York City, Samuel Margoshes (1918)
"It is impossible for any shochet to be employed at a slaughter house except ...
A shochet or a M'saya, (assistant) to be employed must have influence of one ..."
6. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1846)
"We rose before one in the morning, and saw the Jewish shochet, or "slayer," going
round tho Jewish houses, waking each family, and giving them a light from ..."
7. British Jews by John Mills (1853)
"The shochet slaughters in a manner different from other butchers. The four legs
of the beast being fastened, laid on its back, and secured by means of a ..."
8. British Jews by John Mills (1853)
"The four legs of the beast being fastened, laid on its back, and secured by means
of a rope, &c.; the shochet grasps its windpipe with his left hand, ..."
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