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Shechita

ritual slaughter of an animal according to Jewish law
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Shechita

Summary

Shechita ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Shechita is a type of ritual slaughter[2].
  • Shechita is a type of Q115838624[3].
  • Shechita's Commons category is recorded as Shechita[4].
  • Shechita's facet of is recorded as Halakha[5].
  • Shechita's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[6].
  • Shechita's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • Shechita's partially coincident with is recorded as dhabihah[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include ritual slaughter[2] and Q115838624[3].

Why It Matters

Shechita ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month).[1] Shechita has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Shechita is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Halakha

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → dhabihah
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → ritual slaughter, Q115838624
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554825105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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