page_title: Killing of animals
section_title: Kashrut (Kosher)
hierarchical_section_title: Killing of animals / Animal slaughter / Cultural and religious aspects / Kashrut (Kosher)
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel, a German book published in Nürnberg in 1724 by Peter Conrad Monath. The book is a beautifully illustrated description of Jewish religious ceremonies, rites of passage and feast days, which first appeared in 1716, here in its second edition of 1724. The extremely detailed plates, by Georg Puschner, depict priestly robes, the celebrations of the New Year, Passover, the weekly Sabbath, circumcision, presentation of the first born, prayer at the synagogue, a wedding procession and a wedding, purification of the bride, the washing of the brother-in-law's feet, the feast of reconciliation, death rites, burials, as well as the procedures for other Jewish customs.
context_page_description: The killing of animals is animal euthanasia, animal sacrifice, animal slaughter, hunting, blood sports, or roadkill.
context_section_description: Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כַּשְׁרוּת) is the set of Jewish religious dietary laws. Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher /ˈkoʊʃər/ in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér (כָּשֵׁר), meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption). Shechita is the process of slaughtering prescribed by Jewish dietary laws.
caption: Kosher killing illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel
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