Are antelope kosher or not?
Yes, there are 10 kosher animals. The rule of thumb is if the animal chews it’s cud AND has split hooves, it is considered kosher. That would be: Addax Antelope Bison Cow Deer Gazelle Giraffe Goat Ibex Sheep Ritual slaughter is known as shechitah, and the person who performs the slaughter is called a shochet, both from the Hebrew root Shin-Cheit-Tav, meaning to destroy or kill. The method of slaughter is a quick, deep stroke across the throat with a perfectly sharp blade with no nicks or unevenness. This method is painless, causes unconsciousness within two seconds, and is widely recognized as the most humane method of slaughter possible. But, the giraffe is very very hard to catch because of it’s speed…my thought would be how would a shochet be able to occur? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There are two animals that fool some people who are not familar with the laws, and that would be the camel who chews his cud – but does NOT have split hooves and the pig, that has split hooves, but does N
