Hilchot Shechitah

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Hilchot Shechitah is the section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies the detailed Jewish laws and procedures governing ritual slaughter of animals and birds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic code
section of Mishneh Torah
aimsTo ensure meat is permitted according to halakha
prevent transgression of prohibitions on non‑ritual slaughter
alsoKnownAs Laws of Ritual Slaughter NERFINISHED
appliesTo kosher birds
kosher domestic animals
kosher wild animals
author Maimonides NERFINISHED
Moses ben Maimon NERFINISHED
basedOn Talmudic tractates Chullin and related sugyot
codifies defects that invalidate shechitah
laws of checking animals after slaughter
laws of covering the blood
laws of ritual slaughter of animals
laws of ritual slaughter of birds
laws of shechitah
laws of terefot
prohibitions related to improper slaughter
requirements for a valid shochet
requirements for shechitah knives
describes invalidating actions such as chaladah
invalidating actions such as derasah
invalidating actions such as hagramah
invalidating actions such as ikkur
proper method of cutting the simanim (trachea and esophagus)
geographicContext medieval Egypt
medieval Eretz Yisrael and surrounding regions through its influence
hasCommentary traditional rabbinic commentaries on Mishneh Torah
hasNormativeGoal systematization of Talmudic shechitah laws
influenced later halakhic codifiers on shechitah
languageOfOriginal Hebrew
legalDomain Jewish law
kashrut
ritual slaughter
partOf Mishneh Torah NERFINISHED
Sefer Kedushah NERFINISHED
positionInMishnehTorah one of the halakhot in Sefer Kedushah
religiousLawType practical halakha
religiousStatus binding in many halakhic traditions
religiousTradition Judaism
studiedFor ordination of shochetim
studiedIn yeshivot
timePeriodWritten 12th century
usedBy rabbinic decisors
shochetim
workForm legal code chapters

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Sefer Kedushah contains Hilchot Shechitah