shechita

There used to be periodic outbursts of protest among indigenous Brits against the practise of 'shechita', which is the Jewish method of slaughter required for the provision of 'kosher'meat, but I doubt if there will be any more of that.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

There used to be periodic outbursts of protest among indigenous Brits against the practise of 'shechita', which is the Jewish method of slaughter required for the provision of 'kosher'meat, but I doubt if there will be any more of that.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

Jews rushed forward, one a tall fellow, the other an obese bulk with bright black eyes, the former holding a slender blade -- the knife with which "shechita", or slaughtering, was done: and while the corpulent Jew threw himself upon Hogarth, the other drew this knife through the flesh of Hogarth's shoulder, at the same time happening to cut the heavy Arab across the wrist.

The Lord of the Sea 1906

He believes that a ban on fur would be the opening salvo in a wider war on religious practices such as shechita, the traditional Jewish method of slaughtering animals for meat which has been the subject of intense criticism around the world in recent years.

The Guardian World News Seth Freedman 2010

The proposals, which go before the European parliament in July, target meat slaughtered using ritual techniques like those employed by Jewish shechita and Muslim halal butchers.

Plan to label ritually slaughtered meat angers religious group 2011

Animals killed by the shechita technique are not stunned before having their throats cut and blood drained out.

Plan to label ritually slaughtered meat angers religious group 2011

Scottish Conservative MEP Struan Stevenson, who introduced the amendments to the bill, had originally suggested the labels should record whether meat was halal or shechita.

Plan to label ritually slaughtered meat angers religious group 2011

Called shechita in Jewish kosher laws and zabiha in Islam's halal rules, these slaughter practices were developed in a primitive desert world where human survival should have been the only concern.

Kamran Pasha: Was Jesus a Vegetarian? 2009

One explanation for the consumption of dairy foods on this holiday is that the Israelites had not yet received the Torah, with its laws of shechita ritual slaughtering of animals.

Twelve-fruit Salad Jessica 2008

When Phyllis tries to escape, she is run to ground, stabbed and then butchered in a scene that can't help but evoke shechita, or Jewish ritual slaughter.

There will be blood libel Arbogast 2008