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shohet

American

[shaw-khet, shoh-kheyt, shoi-khit, shoh-khit] / ʃɔˈxɛt, ˈʃoʊ xeɪt, ˈʃɔɪ xɪt, ˈʃoʊ xɪt /

Or shochet

noun

Hebrew.

a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of shohet

shōḥēṭ literally, one who slaughters

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