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Nikkur

Process of making animal meat kosher

Nikkur (Hebrew: ניקור) is the process of making an animal kosher by removing chelev (forbidden fats) and the gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve). The basis for

Nikkur

Shechita

Ritual slaughter of an animal in Jewish law

too, is removed. The removal of the chelev and the gid hanasheh, called nikkur, is considered complicated and tedious, and hence labor-intensive, and even

Shechita

Kashrut

Jewish dietary laws

abdominal fat of cattle, goats and sheep must be removed by a process called nikkur. The twisted nerve (gid hanasheh)—the sciatic nerve, as according to Genesis

Kashrut

Chelev

Animal fats forbidden by the Torah

The chelev must be removed by a qualified menaker in a process called nikkur (surgical removal). The fats surrounding the kidneys are called chelev hakloyoth

Chelev

Gid hanasheh

Term for sciatic nerve in Judaism

The removal of the gid hanasheh and chelev (forbidden fats) is called nikkur. Since it is labor-intensive to remove all the forbidden parts of the hindquarters

Gid hanasheh

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Jacob wrestling with the angel

Episode from the Book of Genesis

hip socket, requiring it to be removed from meat through the process of nikkur, as mentioned in the account in Genesis 32:33. The interpretation that "Jacob

Jacob wrestling with the angel

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Kaifeng Jews

Jewish community in Kaifeng, China

their butchers extracted the sciatic nerve (Gid hanasheh) as required in Nikkur, marking them as distinct from Muslims who otherwise, like them, also refrained

Kaifeng Jews

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Comparison of Islamic and Jewish dietary laws

must undergo a process called nikkur (or, in Yiddish, traibering) in order to be fit for consumption by Jews. As nikkur is an expensive, time-consuming

Comparison of Islamic and Jewish dietary laws

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Menaker

Surname list

of European Jewish origin; it is an "occupational surname" relating to Nikkur, sometimes part of the kashering process. Notable people with the surname

Menaker

Rav Chisda's daughter

Learned 3rd-century Jewish woman

The Talmud relates that she was an expert in the laws of shechita and nikkur. Rava trusted his wife, and even relied on her testimony more than the testimony

Rav Chisda's daughter

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