Gevetslt takhtl fun a shokheyts messer (ritualne shkhite)

Dos messer mitn glatike un sharp bld (hallaf) iz gebroykt fun shokheyts, dem ritualne slokhter, far di shkhite fun khayim nakh di takones fun der kashreyts (shkhite). Di shkhite forlang an getsayg oysn minste eyntshnidn, geforfn far yede braukh, tsu zorgn a shnelle un oyf-der-dike shkhite nakh yidisher religie, vos macht di fleysh ryn tsu esn. In mizrekh-eyroype, der takhtl vos patroned dos messer geyt somtayms dem nomen fun shokheyts un an opshrift, vos tsaygt di antvandlung fun der kunstler tsu zayn heilike getsayg. Objekt fun ritualne fakh vos garantirt di kashreyts, es oysfitsurt di tsentrale plats fun esn-takones in yidishn lebn.