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Lot #    24494
Auction End Date    8/11/2009 11:56:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Certificate by R. Samson Nethanal Sagri
Title (Hebrew)    קבלה על שחיטה מה'ר שמשון נתנאל ב'ר ברוך סגרי
Author    [Ms.]
City    [Italy]
Publication Date    1780
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 295:204 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on paper, neat Italian rabbinic script, signed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    A kabbalah certificate by R. Samson Nethanal b. Barukh Sagri to an applicant who has successfully passed an examination on the laws of shehitah and terefah and has correctly performed ritual slaughter, at least three times, in the presence of the rabbi. Only meat of animals slaughtered by a shohet who possesses a kabbalah certificate is fit for consumption according to religious law (i.e., kasher, cf. Sh. Ar., YD 1). Kabbalah certificates are not issued to minors, women, or to mentally or physically handicapped persons (e.g., a deaf-mute or an idiot), although, if they perform the shehitah properly, their slaughter is ritually valid (ibid., 1:2, and Hul. 1:1). A rabbi should not issue a kabbalah certificate to a person who is his close relative, or irresponsible, or to someone who is lax in the fulfillment of religious duties. Excluded also are persons inclined to drunkenness or those whose "hands are unsteady." In order to retain his status, the shohet is obliged to rehearse the rules of ritual slaughter every day during the first 30 days of receiving the kabbalah certificate, then once a month during the first year, and after that at least once in three months. He is also obliged to inspect, from time to time, the sharpness of his knife (or knives) or to have them inspected, upon request, by rabbinic authorities.
          
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18th Century:    Checked
  
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Italy:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
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Kind of Judaica