Sunday, February 25, 2007

Youthful Eyes


"The old Shochet sharpened his knives, not with water, but with tears"

21 comments:

Nemo said...

Oy, so much vision went into this picture, but the results were far from adequate for technical reasons.

It's All Good Now said...

OOOOOOOOh. Sharp words. (no pun intended)

somebody said...

and so what did the young shochet use ? new spectacles?

rivka said...

This picture would be perfect for some horror movie where a guy goes on a killing spree.

Dun dun dun dun....for chikens.

Nemo said...

IAGN- Just don't poke anybody in the eye.

Somebody- New glasses indeed.

Rivka- Sheep actually. It's a sheep knife.

deceptivefruitcake said...

u shecht sheep? little itty bitty cute beh'ing sheep?!?!?!?!?!

Nemo said...

No, not yet. The only thing I've managed to Shecht so far is my hand which I lacerated six times just on the first day having that knife.

rivka said...

Ouch. And I thought waxing was painful.

jbkrast said...

so do we get to see real pics of the new glasses?????

Nemo said...

Maybe soon... on the other blog!

deceptivefruitcake said...

ok first of all, what other blog?
and second, you cannot shecht sheep. sheep are cute, and they be'eh.. and you might not have it in you..after my dad shechted his first chicken he said:never again. he couldnt. not everyone can shecht. especially cute little itty bitty beh'ing sheep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh no..i feel another vegetarian phase coming...

the sabra said...

be careful what you say dfc, even 'in jest'-
shechita is a mitzvah from the torah.

Nemo said...

DFC- That's why the Halacha is that a Shochet must be Muchzak not to be repulsed by blood and faint. I'm a bit of a sadist myself...

Sabra- Uh oh, I don't want PETA folks coming around here,

deceptivefruitcake said...

sabra-
i have nothing against shechito.or shechting sheep. i was definately not jesting it in any way.i know it's a mitzvah, i come from a frum background as you well know. i myself am a very caring person and i have the personality of a shepherd rather than a shochet, so you can understand my sympathy for the sheep.
nemo- thank you for that clarification:)

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a friend said...

question-
when you become a shochet, sh'ub, does that automatically include the bedikos part too??? checking the lungs...

Nemo said...

Shu"b means Shochet U'Bodek doesn't it?

For a Kabbala in Shechitas Gasos you need to know all the Bedikos too.

Anonymous said...

ALL the bedikos??

Nemo said...

Yes, all the Treifos. Even though we don't check for all Treifos because of Chazaka, if you should encounter one it would render the animal Treif.

the sabra said...

dfc-
you are more kind and caring than hashem?

Frum but Thinking said...

ewww.... creepy