Shechita

Dalam Agama Yahudi, ***shechita*** (anglikanisasi: ; ; ; juga ditransliterasikan menjadi *shehitah, shechitah, shehita*) adalah penjagalan mamalia dan unggas tertentu untuk dijadikan makanan sesuai dengan hukum *[[kashrut]]*.

## Sumber Alkitab
Taurat () menyatakan bahwa domba dan sapi harus dijagal "sesuai dengan yang kuperintahkan kepadamu", namun dalam lima kitab Musa, terdapat sejumlah praktik *shechita* yang dideskripsikan.

## Referensi

## Bacaan tambahan
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* The Jewish method of Slaughter Compared with Other Methods : from the Humanitarian, Hygienic, and Economic Points of View (1894) Author: Dembo, Isaak Aleksandrovich, 1847?-1906 (the date is incorrectly given as 1984, corrected here)
* Neville G. Gregory, T. Grandin: *Animal Welfare and Meat Science* Publisher: CABI; 1 edition 304 pp (December 1998)
* Pablo Lerner and Alfredo Mordechai Rabello ''The Prohibition of Ritual Slaughtering (Kosher Slaughtering and Halal) and Freedom of Religion of Minorities'' Journal of Law and Religion 2006
* Dorothee Brantz ''Stunning Bodies: Animal Slaughter, Judaism, and the Meaning of Humanity in Imperial Germany''
* Robin Judd '' The Politics of Beef: Animal Advocacy and the Kosher Butchering Debates in Germany''
* Appendix I in *Meat and Meat Processing*. Y. H. Hui; (CRC Press. Second Edition 2012) *A Discussion of Stunned and Nonstunned Slaughter prepared by an International Group of Scientists and Religious Leaders*: Dr Shuja Shali (*Muslim Council of Britain*), Dr Stuart Rosen (*Imperial College, London, UK*), Dr Joe M. Regenstein (*Cornell University, USA*) and Dr Eric Clay (*Shared Journeys, USA*). Reviewers: Dr Temple Grandin (*Colorado State University, USA*), Dr. Ari Zivotofsky (*Bar-Ilan University, Israel*) Dr Doni Zivotofsky (*DVM, Israel*), Rabbi David Sears (Author of *Vision of Eden*, Brooklyn, USA, Dr Muhammad Chaudry (*Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America, Chicago*) and Paul Hbhav, (*Islamic Services of America*) Google books
* David Fraser *Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855-1913: "A major attack on Jewish freedoms"*(North American Jewish Studies)

## Pranala luar

* ''The Cutting Edge: The debate over the regulation of ritual slaughter in the western world'' Jeremy A. Rovinsky
* Shechita at The Orthodox Union
* ''What's the Truth about Niqqur Acharonayim?'' by Rabbi Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky
* ''Laws of Judaism concerning food laws of ritual slaughter''
* ''Shechita - The Jewish Religious Humane Method of Animal Slaughter for Food''
* ''Shehitah: A photo essay 
* ''From the Slaughterhouse to the Consumer. Transparency and Information in the Distribution of Halal and Kosher Meat.'' Dialrel project report. Authors: J. Lever, María Puig de la Bellacasa, M. Miele, Marc Higgin. ''University of Cardiff'' Cardiff, U.K.
* dialrel final report: ''Consumer and Consumption issues: Halal and Kosher Focus Groups Results'' Dr Florence Bergeaud-Blacker IREMAM (CNRS) & ''Université de la Méditerrainée, Aix-Marseille''; Dr Adrian Evans, ''University of Cardiff''; Dr Ari Zivotofsky, ''Bar-Ilan University''
* Comparative Report of the Public Debates on Religious Slaughter in Germany, UK, France & Norway. DIALREL Encouraging Dialogue in Issues of Religious Slaughter. Comparative report: Lill M Vramo & Taina Bucher: SIFO (''National Institute for Consumer Research''); National Reports (in appendix): Florence Bergeaud-Blecker (''French report'') Adrian Evans (''UK report'') Taina Bucher, Lill M. Vramo & Ellen Esser (''German report'') Taina Bucher, Laura Terragni & Lill M. Vramo (''Norwegian report'') 01/03/2009
* S.D. Rosen ''Physiological Insights into Shechita'' The Veterinary Record (2004) 154, 759-765
* ''Should Animals be Stunned Before Slaughter?'' Raffi Berg BBC
* Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, ''What Does "Glatt" Mean?'' on Arutz Sheva.