1839) argues that fats above the thirteenth rib are removed only as a custom.Ĭlearly, neither the Noda BiYehudah nor the Chasam Sofer was concerned about using the hindquarters, as long as Menakerim cleansed it. On the other hand, the Chasam Sofer (YD 68, d. 1793) argues that some of the fats located between the 11th and the 12th rib are Cheilev and notes that this was the old custom in Pargue i.e. Many, perhaps the vast majority, consider below the twelfth rib to be hindquarters. Unsurprisingly, there is no clear agreement about the tradition defining the boundary between the fore and hind quarters. Since removing the forbidden components is such a difficult and dangerous procedure, the contemporary custom developed in many places to take Kosher meat exclusively from the forequarters. Although we do not Pasken according to R Meir, the custom in many places the follows this stringency.
So tiresome and painstaking in this work that Rebbi Meir rules that butchers cannot be trusted to remove the Cheilev and Gid A reliable person must verify that the prohibited components were correctly excised. Removing these components, as well as various glands and veins is known as Nikkur or in Yiddish, “Trabering,” apparently derived from the Aramaic word for Cheilev, Tarba. The Cheilev and the Gid HaNoSheh must be removed, or, as is more usually the case these days, the entire hind-quarter section is not available as Kosher. Other beasts that fall into this area of doubt include, the yak, the African Cape buffalo, the American and European bison. It requires KiSuy HaDam, without a Beracha, because it might be a Chaya. Deer and giraffe are definitely Chayos Īccordingly, the buffalo's kidney fats, Cheilev are forbidden, either as definite Cheilev or Safek Cheilev. The Rama however rules that it is a Safek, we cannot be certain that buffalo is a BeHeiMah it might be a Chaya. Shulchan Aruch (YDeah 28:4) rules a buffalo being a BeHeimah does not require KiSuy HaDam. The Gid HaNasheh is prohibited in all Kosher mammals but not poultry, since the thigh of a bird is shaped differently and therefore has no “Kaf”, no concave shaped component.Īnother differentiating feature relates to the Mitzvah of KiSuy HaDam, covering the blood of the Shechted animal, which applies only to a Chaya but not a BeHeimah. The outer Gid that runs along the meat, is prohibited by our Sages as are the sub-branches and also the Myelin sheathing that surrounds them. Only the inner Gid that runs along the bone is prohibited by Torah Law. The seventh chapter of Chullin is named Gid HaNasheh which is the sciatic nerve that we are not permitted to eat. We keep Gd's commandments because Gd commanded them, not because they commemorate historic events. RaMBaM in his commentary on the Mishneh is at pains to clarify that this is not Halachically true. The verse declares, and therefore the descendants of YaAkov do not eat the sciatic nerve until this day. As is the conclusion of that wrestling match where the angel strikes Jacob injuring him and leaving him limping.
The episode of YaAkov battling the angel is a very well remembered image.
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