shochet
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How to use shochet in a sentence
Heyman, Heinrich Wilhelm David, son of a shochet (slaughterer) in poor circumstances.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.What exactly I proposed to do to help him, I don't know, but something drove me after the poor shochet.
Yiddish Tales | VariousEven the shochet sometimes goes away for a whole week, so when should they find time to quarrel?
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb PeretzThe shochet is not at home, he has gone to a neighboring village; that is why the calf is still lowing in the house.
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb PeretzThe only people who remain to be envied are our two young men, the shochet's son with the shochet's son-in-law.
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb Peretz
British Dictionary definitions for shochet
/ (ˈʃɒkɛt, ˈʃɒxɛt) /
(in Judaism) a person who has been specially trained and licensed to slaughter animals and birds in accordance with the laws of shechita
Origin of shochet
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