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יורה דעה ב׳Yoreh De'ah 2

Siman 2 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 11 se'ifim

הלכות שחיטהRitual Slaughter· siman 2

Se’if 1א׳

שְׁחִיטַת נָכְרִי, נְבֵלָה, אֲפִלּוּ הוּא קָטָן, וְאֲפִלּוּ אֵינוֹ עוֹבֵד אֱלִילִים הַגָּה: כְּגוֹן גֵּר תּוֹשָׁב (טוּר), וַאֲפִלּוּ אֲחֵרִים רוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ.

The shechita of a non-jew, (the animal slaughtered has the status of a) nevilah (animal which was not shechted or shechted improperly). Even if he (the non-Jew) was a minor and even if the non-jew does not worship idols. Rema: {For example, a legal resident (a non Jew who does not worship idols and lives among Jews)} and even if others watch him.

Se’if 2ב׳

מוּמָר אוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת לְתֵאָבוֹן, יִשְׂרָאֵל בּוֹדֵק סַכִּין וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ, וּמֻתָּר לֶאֱכֹל מִשְּׁחִיטָתוֹ אֲפִלּוּ יִשְׁחֹט בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין עַצְמוֹ, וְהוּא שֶׁיּוֹדְעִין בּוֹ שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ הִלְכוֹת שְׁחִיטָה. וְאִם לֹא בָּדַק לוֹ סַכִּין תְּחִלָּה, אָסוּר לֶאֱכֹל מִשְּׁחִיטָתוֹ עַד שֶׁיִּבְדְּקֶנּוּ בַּסוֹף. וְאֵין לִתֵּן לוֹ לְכַתְּחִלָּה לִשְׁחֹט, אֲפִלּוּ כָּשֵׁר עוֹמֵד עַל גַּבָּיו, בְּלִּי שֶׁיִּבְדֹק לוֹ כָּשֵׁר אֶת הַסַכִּין תְּחִלָּה, עַל סְמַךְ שֶׁיִּבְדְּקֶנּוּ בַּסוֹף. הַגָּה: מִי שֶׁשָּׁחַט וְהוֹצִיא טְרֵפָה, פַּעַם אַחַת, מִתַּחַת יָדוֹ, אִם לֹא הֻחְזַק בְּכָךְ, מֻתָּר לֶאֱכֹל אַחַר כָּךְ מִשְּׁחִיטָתוֹ. מִכָּל מָקוֹם דָּנִין בָּזֶה לְפִי רְאוּת עֵינֵי הַדַּיָּן בָּאָדָם הַשּׁוֹחֵט, אִם כְּבַר נִכְשַׁל וְרַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר, מַעֲבִירִין אוֹתוֹ, (מַהֲרִי"ק שֹׁרֶשׁ ל"ג).

If a wanton sinner who eats a nevilah* and deliberately (slaughters), if a Jew first checks the knife that he is given, only then are we allowed to eat from what he slaughtered even if he slaughters alone (only) if he knows the laws of slaughter. However if the knife is not checked from the beginning, it is forbidden to eat what he slaughtered until we check the knife at the end. And if it’s not given to him in the beginning in order to slaughter, even if a trustworthy person stood over him to assist, without checking the knife from the beginning, we don’t rely that the knife was fit to slaughter.(even if you plan to check it at the end)

Se’if 3ג׳

מוּמָר לְתֵאָבוֹן שֶׁשָּׁחַט, אֲפִלּוּ נִשְׁבַּע, שֶׁשָּׁחַט בְּסַכִּין יָפָה, אֵינוֹ נֶאֱמָן.

A wanton sinner * who intends to slaughter, even if he swears that he slaughtered with a good knife he is not believed....(*carcass of a kosher animal not killed in accordance with Jewish law and therefore forbidden for consumption.**a ”mumar leteiavon” does not mean an apostate, it means a wanton sinner who sins out of lust or desire, not out of heresy)

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