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Chelev (Hebrew: חֵלֶב, ḥēleḇ), "suet", is the
animal fats that the
Torah prohibits Jews and
Israelites from eating. Only the
chelev of
animals that are...
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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 this...
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chelev.
There is also a
biblical prohibition against eating the
sciatic nerve (gid hanasheh), so that, too, is removed. The
removal of the
chelev and...
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particularly given that
virtually all suet (the raw
material for tallow) is
chelev and its
consumption is forbidden. Thus Ashke**** Jews
turned to poultry...
- are available.
Leviticus prohibits the
eating of
certain types of fat (
chelev) from
sacrificial land
animals (cattle, sheep, and goats),
since the fat...
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procedures for the liver,
which is very rich in blood.
Particular fats (
chelev)—particular
parts of the
abdominal fat of cattle,
goats and
sheep must be...
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enables an
organism to
stand upright. The
removal of the gid
hanasheh and
chelev (forbidden fats) is
called nikkur.
Since it is labor-intensive to remove...
- One
example is the law of
chelev. Even
though the oral law
states clearly that one is
permitted to
derive benefit from
chelev, the
Sefer Hasidim posits...
- glands. However, in
addition to blood,
kashrut also
prohibits eating the
chelev (certain
types of fat) and gid
hanosheh (the
sciatic nerve), and thus the...
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permitted to be eaten, such as the gid
hanasheh (sciatic nerve) and the
chelev fats, are
permitted when they
belong to a ben pekuah,
although its blood...
