Metadata: Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3820
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Reference number:
- LMA/4238
- Title:
- Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim
- Title (official language):
- Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim
- Creator/accumulator:
- Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim
- Date(s):
- 1933/1993
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 0.71 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of the Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim, including Commission minutes 1933-1966 and 1986-1991; general correspondence and correspondence with Shechita Boards throughout the UK 1982-1993.
- Archival history:
- Deposited at London Metropolitan Archives in 1999 and 2008.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim was established under the Slaughter Houses Act of 1974. Schedule one provides for the shechita (slaughter) of poultry and animals by a shochet (slaughterer) licensed by the Commission. Orthodox Jews eat meat and poultry provided the animals and birds are slaughtered and their meat butchered according to the laws of Shechita. Slaughter may only be carried out by an approved slaughterman who must be of recognised high moral character, consistent religious observance and have had thorough training. Only the Commission has the power to train shochetim. The Chief Rabbi is the permanent chairman of the Commission. The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation in London appoints a vice-chairman. Other members are appointed by the London Beth Din, the Federation of Synagogues and the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations. The President of the Board of Deputies appoints 2 members to represent Jews from outside London.
- Access points: locations:
- United Kingdom
- Subject terms:
- Ritual slaughter
- System of arrangement:
- Catalogued in two sections: Minutes; Correspondence
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are available only with written permission from the Office of the Chief Rabbi. Records containing personal information may be subject to additional restrictions.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018