Kashrus Halacha

Ribs: Differences between Eretz Yisroel and United States Chutei D'kafli (חוטי דכפלי) Intercostal nerves on 11th, 12th, 13th ribs Rib eye Nodah B'yehudah / Chasam Sofer Fat around rib eye, teraifah finger, along bone, 12th vertebrae Video of this shiur available at https://kshr.us/Ribs

Chailev Four forbidden fats Derashos Chutim Kerumim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chailev Video includes demonstrations of three parts by Rabbi Amitai Ben Dovid

Introduction to Nikkur Four reasons to perform nikkur Nikkur achorayim (hindquarters) Contemporary nikkur (10 parts) 5739 incident Bonus content - Rav Belsky shows the gid hanasheh Video available at https://kshr.us/NikkurIntro

Unusual Teraifos Lungs Digestive Tract Meningeal Worm Polish Chicken  Video available at http://kshr.us/UnusualTeraifos

Poultry Teraifos Checking for teraifos in chicken Damaged flesh Meckel's Diverticulum Checking chicken for tzomas hagidin Video available at https://kshr.us/PoultryTeraifah

Glatt and Beis Yosef Source Five methods of checking Primary standards Glatt Beis Yosef/Chalak Sephardim Non-glatt meat Video available at https://kshr.us/Glatt

Checking the lungs Overview Accessing the diaphragm Bedikas pnim Bedikas chutz Lamb and veal Video available at https://kshr.us/CheckLung

Sirchos of the lungs - Structure of the lungs - Terminology - Sirchos - Why we check the lungs - Other teraifos Video available at https://kshr.us/Sirchah

Cutting and Shooting after shechitah - Cutting the neck - Captive bolt to the head - Cutting the spinal cord Video available at https://kshr.us/CutAfter

Post-Shechitah Checks Kisui Hadam - Basics - Bracha - Zebu Video Available at https://kshr.us/KisuiHadam

Shechitah Pen - History - Shackle and Hoist - Upright ASPCA Pen - Rotating Weinberg Casting Pen Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPen

Preparations for Shechitah - Bracha - Five halachos of shechitah - Foreign matter on the neck (shearing wool, cleaning the neck) - Finger on the blade (drasah, chaladah) Video available at https://kshr.us/ShechitahPrep

Cleaning chalif between shechitos - Checking the chalif - Chalif previously used for teraifah - Sterilization of the chalif Video available at https://kshr.us/CleanChalif

Quality Chalafim - Chad v’chalak - Chalafim melutashim - Modern chalafim Video available at https://kshr.us/Chalif

- Takanas shnei shochetim - Shechitah gelt Video available at https://kshr.us/Integrity

- Yiras Shomayim - Is shechitah a mitzvah - Paid to shecht - Sephardim - Break time - Did not daven Video available at https://kshr.us/Davening

- Jewish (Bene Israel) - Man - Knowledge - Skill - Yiras Shomayim Video available at https://kshr.us/Qualifications

Unusual Disqualifications - Bob veal - Osoh v’es b’no - Multi-legged chicken Video at https://kshr.us/Disqualifications

Surgical Procedures - Drawing blood - Capon chicken - Cannulated cow - Ruminal tympany (bloat) - Displaced abomasum Video at https://kshr.us/Surgical

Injections in Poultry: Original issue - neck, skilled operator In Ovo Inoculation - method, hitting the embryo, teraifah before birth, where the needle hits, proposal Video at https://kshr.us/Injections  

When is mesorah required to determine that a breed is kosher?

Liquid Egg - Gemara - Nowadays - Liquid eggs

Teraifos in Eggs - Supermarket eggs - Experiments to resolve shailos

Bitul l’chatchilah on a davar pagum Bloodspots - How they form - Halachic status - Non-fertilized eggs - Checking eggs - Protein spots

Minhag to Cook Three Eggs - Reason for the minhag - Egg laid on Yom Tov - Water in the egg pot