shehitah

American

[shuh-khee-tah, shuh-khee-tuh] / ʃə xiˈtɑ, ʃəˈxi tə /

Or shechitah

noun

Hebrew.

the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.

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Although the bill exempted kosher slaughter, Orthodox Jews opposed it as interference with shehitah, the ritual for killing kosher animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others, when slaughtered according to the law of Shehitah, are kosher.

From Time Magazine Archive

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