How to Slaughter a Cow According to Jewish Law
Kosher slaughter is among the most humane forms of killing an animal for food. In spite of recent controversy, clinical trials have shown that a cow undergoing kosher slaughter does not experience pain but dies instantly. Many years of study and training are required to perfect the technique of kosher slaughter, and, therefore, this article is intended for informational purposes only.
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Ensure that the cow has been examined before it has been transported for kosher slaughter. This will save the trouble of having to deal with a non-kosher, ill cow that cannot be slaughtered for meat.
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Check the cow before the kosher slaughter. You will need to undertake a visual and tactile inspection of the organs.
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Restrain the cow, if necessary, and ensure that the restraint does not cause injury, which would render the cow non-kosher.
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Examine the blade of your knife thoroughly to ensure there are no nicks or cuts.
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Cut the trachea, esophagus, cartiod arteries and jugular veins in one incision. A correct cut will avoid pulling or tearing. You will need many years of study and training to perfect this technique.
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Look at your blade again after making the cut. If there is a nick on the blade, the cow is not kosher.
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Drain blood from the cow. You will need to cover the blood after it is drained.
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Inspect the organs after the kosher slaughter. The lungs will need to be inflated with an instrument. If a hole is discovered in the lungs, the cow is not kosher.
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Remove the sciatic nerve and the blood vessels, if you are planning to use the hind-quarters. This is a very intricate process, and many kosher butchers avoid using the rump portions of the meat.
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Take off the chelev, or the fat surrounding the vital organs, since this is not kosher.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not stun the cow. Stunning techniques can damage the animal and make it unfit for kosher slaughter. The quick cut required for kosher slaughter eliminates the possibility of pain.
Do not attempt to perform kosher slaughter unless you have certification.
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Please don't confuse this with antisemitism either... I could care less about your religious beliefs, but when it comes to the superstitious suffering of living things, I tend to care a bit less about the beliefs, and a little more about the basic decency and humanity. I don't appreciate dishonesty either, when it comes to trying to tell people that they die instantly.... I've personally seen cattle running around the slaughter area, with BARELY more than the spine holding the head on (as in, there is no doubt that the cut was just improperly performed... which is why the animals kept on suffering for moments after this magical single-motion cut with a perfectly sharp blade....) It's such a basic MYTH that when a throat is completely slashes to the point that blood-loss is MASSIVE... there is no "instant" about it. If it were up to me, this "article" would either be adapted to remove the gross misrepresentation, or simply be removed. I've ALSO seen cattle killed with a captive bolt gun, as well as stunned.. this, although it made me a LITTLE sad for the animal's life ending, did not make me so violently and physically ILL, as watching this kind of SICK, SADISTIC activity.... NOT because of the blood, or knives, let me be perfectly clear on that.. but because of the sadistic suffering inflicted on these animals.... Sickness is sickness, and religion does not make it OK, NOR am I saying any of this because it IS religious most times... Just stop LYING about the facts, to protect your traditions and scriptures, is all....
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Whomever wrote this article is about as ignorant as they come.... I've seen it done, and I was absolutely shocked.. not because of the blood either, but for the *drawn out* suffering.. they live, RUN AROUND, and struggle for MINUTES.. there is nothing instant about it, and I'm disappointed that such blatantly misleading information is on ehow.com... A captive bolt gun, now that IS instant. Stunning and THEN bleeding, next best thing... running around the slaughter area trying to escape, is not.... *facepalm* I MYSELF am "stunned" by the ignorance of this article....
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Kosher is just as cruel and horrific as what is done in Indonesia. The jews may do it more cleaner but that doesn't make it right. Animal people want Kosher and Halal stopped. This was a law for days gone by, for primitive people. God would not expect this treatment of animals now, in an educated world. I believe the slaying of animals was the forbidden fruit that God told Adam and Eve not to eat. The tree of life, of Good and Evil. What do you think?
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cow will revenge you.
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So you're advised not to stun the cow as the stunning techniques can damage the animal and make it unfit for kosher slaughter. They can or could cause damage, but that's not a certainty right. I think this means there is no definite rule in the tradition which states it's forbidden.
