Hilkhot Shehitah

Item Information

Title:
Hilkhot Shehitah
Description:
Karo was a renowned codifier of rabbinical Judaism. This text specifies conditions for the kosher slaughtering of animals, including the dimensions and sharpness of the knives to be used. Excerpt from Joseph ben Ephraim's Hilkhot Shehitah [Laws of Ritual Slaughter]
Creator:
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, 1488-1575
Date:
1800–1899
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (MS Heb 25)
Series:
Boston Medical Library > Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Subjects:
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, 1488-1575
Manuscripts (document genre)
Judaica
Jews--Dietary laws
Kashering of meat
Extent:
Excerpt (2 pages)
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12972
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Language:
Hebrew
Notes:
Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Identifier:
DigID0002787