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Israel on Monday slammed the Polish Parliaments decision to uphold a ban on ritual slaughter (shechita), issuing a rare statement criticizing the decision of a foreign, democratic parliament.
Shechita is the Jewish religious and humane method of slaughtering permitted animals and poultry for food. It is the only method of producing kosher meat and poultry allowed by Jewish law. It is a most humane method as explained below.
Source: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/222240/jewish/What-is-Shechita.htmThere is no ritual involved in shechita. It is a cardinal tenet of the Jewish faith that the laws of shechita were divinely given to Moses at Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy XII:21); the rules governing shechita are codified and defined and are as binding and valued today as ever and they ensure a swift and painless dispatch of the animal. Infringing the laws of shechita renders the meat unconditionally forbidden as food to Jews. The time hallowed practice of shechita, marked as it is by compassion and consideration for the welfare of the animal, has been a central pillar in the sustaining of Jewish life for millennia.
Shechita is performed by a highly trained shochet. The procedure consists of a rapid and expert transverse incision with an instrument of surgical sharpness (a chalaf), which severs the major structures and vessels at the neck. This causes an instant drop in blood pressure in the brain and immediately results in the irreversible cessation of consciousness. Thus, shechita renders the animal insensible to pain, dispatches and exsanguinates in a swift action, and fulfils all the requirements of humaneness and compassion.
Israel is disappointed in the decision of the Polish parliament to forbid an important religious ritual which has been common practice among millions of Jews since ancient times, the statement read.
The parliaments decision to reject a bill allowing kosher slaughter in Poland is totally unacceptable.
On Friday, a government sponsored bill aimed at legalizing the practice of shechita was shot down in the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, in a vote of 222 to 178. Such slaughter has been illegal in Poland since January.
The government had hoped the proposed law would allow Polish abattoirs to resume production of kosher meat. The result of the vote came as a shock to leaders of the countrys Jewish community and elicited strong responses from the community world wide.
Polish radio reported that Polands Jewish and Muslim minorities were not the only groups unhappy with the continued ban, with farmers protesting before last weeks vote. Prior to the cessation of shechita, Poland has served as a major exporter of Kosher and Halal meats throughout Europe, with sales estimated by some at half a billion euros annually.
Source: http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Israel-calls-Polish-ban-on-ritual-slaughter-totally-unacceptable-319878