Definitions for shochets

shochets sho·chet

Spelling: [Sephardic Hebrew shaw-khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew
IPA: /Sephardic Hebrew ʃɔˈxɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈʃoʊ xeɪt, ˈʃɔɪ xɪt; English ˈʃoʊ xɪt/

Shochets is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in shochets (cehhosst).

Definitions for shochets

noun

  1. shohet.
  2. a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.

Origin of shochets

shōḥēṭ literally, one who slaughters

Examples for shochets

It would be better for him to get a diploma as a rabbi, or let him become a shochet or a teacher—anything—only not a trader!

When the "shochet" woke up, he washed his hands and took out his knife.

The shochet is not at home, he has gone to a neighboring village; that is why the calf is still lowing in the house.

Of course, a shochet sausage and a Dayan—no, that was very wrong!

The only people who remain to be envied are our two young men, the shochet's son with the shochet's son-in-law.

They were not permitted to have synagogues, but could have prayer-rooms, and appoint a school-master and a butcher (shochet).

Heyman, Heinrich Wilhelm David, son of a shochet (slaughterer) in poor circumstances.

Even the shochet sometimes goes away for a whole week, so when should they find time to quarrel?

Occasionally (he smiles) there is a dispute—only it is for the honor of God—between him and the shochet.

In the shochet's house there is a female lodger; she pays fifteen rubles a year.

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