shochet

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Pronunciations

shochet (SHO-kheht) listen
shoykheyt (SHOY-kheyt) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Ritual slaughterer in the system of kashrut.

Example Sentences

  • "They eat so much meat in their house. I guess their father's a shoychet." (Glinert)

  • "Thus, a shocheit must be highly competent, both in the halachos of shechitah and in the skills necessary to do the job correctly." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שוחט shokhet 'ritual slaughterer'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

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      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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      Alternative Spellings

      shokheyt, shoyheyt, shohet, shokhet, shochet, shoychet, shoyhet, shoykhet, shocheit, shoycheit, shoheit, shoyheit, shokheit, shoykheit, shocheyt, shoycheyt, shoheyt, shoykheyt

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