Tuesday, December 24, 2019

slaughter shochet shecht - Shechting a goose during teves and shevat


The Rama in Yoreh Deah 11:4 cites a custom that some shochtim (ritual slaughterers) won't slaughter a goose during Teves or Shevat unless they eat from the heart of the animal.



הגה: מקצת שוחטין נזהרין שלא לשחוט שום אווז בטבת ושבט אם לא שאוכלין מלבה, משום שקבלה היא שיש שעה אחת באותן חודשים: אם שוחט בה אווז – ימות השוחט אם לא אוכל ממנה. ונוהגין לאכול מן הלב (תשב"ץ בשם רבי יהודה חסיד).‏




Is this still practiced today? That is, do shochtim refrain during these months if they don't eat from the heart?


It's also sourced somewhere (though I don't remember where) that eating an animal's heart makes one forget his learning. How/why, then, would shochtim slaughter geese and eat of the hearts?




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