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shochet

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sho⋅chet

  [Seph. shaw-khet; Ashk. shoh-kheyt, shoi-khit; Eng. shoh-khit]
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–noun, plural shoche⋅tim  [shohkh-teem] , English. sho⋅chets. Hebrew.
shohet.

sho⋅het

  [Seph. shaw-khet; Ashk. shoh-kheyt, shoi-khit; Eng. shoh-khit]
–noun, plural shohe⋅tim  [shohkh-teem] , English. sho⋅hets. Hebrew.
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
Also, shochet.
Compare shehitah.

Origin:
shōḥēṭ lit., one who slaughters
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