shochet
Americannoun
plural
shochetim,plural
shochetsnoun
Etymology
Origin of shochet
C19: from Hebrew, literally: slaughtering
Example Sentences
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The ordinarily vegetarian Nussbaum had eaten a farm-raised chicken the night before I met them, after watching the bird ritually killed in the kosher manner by a shochet.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2021
“Once, the community’s shochet slaughtered chickens, lamb, and goats right inside the synagogue building,” she said.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2018
And now he is studying to become a shochet, a person charged with killing animals according to Jewish dietary laws.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2010
The Chicagoan was not an iceman but a patient of mine who was a shochet, or ritual slaughterer of kosher chicken.
From Time Magazine Archive
For larger animals, our community would employ the help of a shochet, who would kill the goat or cow and prepare it according to our laws.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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