Obj. ID: 55409
  Printed Books  Halachot Shechitah, Hanau, 1718

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

Printed broadside, "Illustration of laws of shechita" according to the laws presented by the Mahari Weil, translated into Yiddish by R. Moshe Alsas. Hanau, [1718].

Large-format leaf, printed on both sides. On one side is an illustration of the innards of an animal, together with halachic rulings and explanations, in Yiddish - in Tzena U'rena letters. On the verso, appear additional rulings, an illustration of part of a lung and heart of an animal, with the blessings for shechita and for the mitzvah of covering the blood. At the top of this page is an explanation by the translator and the publisher in rhyme: "The editor says: since this illustration is beneficial to the young who dwell in the open cities and in villages, who do not understand the Holy Tongue…". He adds that this broadside is intended for hanging on the wall "so that everyone should be able to hang it on the wall…and at the blink of an eye find that which he seeks…". On the margins: "The shechitot of the Mahari Weil are concluded, printed here in Hanau…in the printing press of Johann Yakov Basang".

 This sheet is a poster illustrating the checking of organs for defects that would render the animal unfit for kashrut.  It instructs the ritual slaughterer, as a guide for his inspection of the organs of the animal.

Translator:                       Translated by Moshe Alsas