{"id":32114,"date":"2024-07-09T06:41:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32114"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:43:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:43:03","slug":"ono-beit-midrash-explores-traditional-ethiopian-jewish-shechita","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-beit-midrash-explores-traditional-ethiopian-jewish-shechita\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Beit Midrash Explores Traditional Ethiopian Jewish Shechita"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/14th-meeting-7.24.jpg\" alt=\"14th meeting of Ethiopian Jewish Beit Hamidrash at Ono\" width=\"401\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/14th-meeting-7.24.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/14th-meeting-7.24-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Beit Midrash Explores Traditional Ethiopian Jewish Shechita<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The 14th meeting of the Beit Midrash for the Study of Ethiopian Jewish Religious Texts at Ono Academic College took place at the Savyon Junction Campus. The session began with plans for future meetings and a possible retreat during which the participants will work on the articles that will serve as the capstone work of the project. The participants discussed the article topics on which they are working.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Dr. Hannah Davidson of Ono\u2019s Judaic Studies Department gave the group a presentation on academic writing in advance of the participants\u2019 article writing.\u00a0 She covered choosing a research question, research techniques, and writing approaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After a dinner break comprised of traditional Ethiopian Jewish dishes, Rabbi Reuven Yasu presented on the topic of \u201cShechita (Ritual Slaughter)\u00a0 in the Beta Israel Tradition.\u201d The subtitle of the presentation was \u201cA Polemic about the Ritual Slaughter (Shechita) as an excuse to cast doubt on communities in Israel\u201d He presented various laws about who can be a shochet, how the process is done, and what are the permitted tools.\u00a0 He highlighted some areas in which Beta Israel and Rabbinic Judaism differ about Shechita. <a>One highlight was the halacha (religious law) that Rabbi Yasu presented from the Talmud\u2019s Masechet Chulin, according to which, shechita, if performed by a monkey, is not kosher (!).<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 14th meeting of the Beit Midrash for the Study of Ethiopian Jewish Religious Texts at Ono Academic College took place at the Savyon Junction Campus. It featured a lecture on academic writing and Ethiopian Jewish ritual slaughter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32115,"menu_order":166,"template":"","class_list":["post-32114","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}