Animal fats forbidden by the Torah for Jewish consumption
Chelev
Two pieces of flank steak. The left one is covered with a sheet of real chelev, the right one has only some non-kosher tendons (Krumim).
Halakhic texts relating to this article
Torah:
Leviticus 7:23–25
Mishneh Torah:
Maachalot Assurot 7:5
Other rabbinic codes:
Sefer ha-Chinuch mitzvah 147
Chelev (Hebrew: חֵלֶב, ḥēleḇ), "suet", is the animal fats that the Torah prohibits Jews and Israelites from eating.[1] Only the chelev of animals that are of the sort from which offerings can be brought in the Tabernacle or Temple are prohibited (Leviticus 7:25). The prohibition of eating chelev is also, in addition to the Torah, one of the 613 commandments that, according to the Talmud,[2] were given to Moses on Mount Sinai.[3]
^Leviticus 7:23
^Talmud, Makkot 22b
^Maimonides, Sefer Hamitzvot, Negative Commandments (lo sa'aseh) number 185
Chelev (Hebrew: חֵלֶב, ḥēleḇ), "suet", is the animal fats that the Torah prohibits Jews and Israelites from eating. Only the chelev of animals that are...
Nikkur (Hebrew: ניקור) is the process of making an animal kosher by removing chelev (forbidden fats) and the gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve). The basis for this...
as chelev. There is also a biblical prohibition against eating the sciatic nerve (gid hanasheh), so that, too, is removed. The removal of the chelev and...
particularly given that virtually all suet (the raw material for tallow) is chelev and its consumption is forbidden. Thus Ashkenazi Jews turned to poultry...
enables an organism to stand upright. The removal of the gid hanasheh and chelev (forbidden fats) is called nikkur. Since it is labor-intensive to remove...
procedures for the liver, which is very rich in blood. Particular fats (chelev)—particular parts of the abdominal fat of cattle, goats and sheep must be...
are available. Leviticus prohibits the eating of certain types of fat (chelev) from sacrificial land animals (cattle, sheep, and goats), since the fat...
ritual impurity, known as tumah Eating of a form of animal fat known as chelev (This prohibition applies only to the suet of domesticated animals, e.g...
One example is the law of chelev. Even though the oral law states clearly that one is permitted to derive benefit from chelev, the Sefer Hasidim posits...
glands. However, in addition to blood, kashrut also prohibits eating the chelev (certain types of fat) and gid hanosheh (the sciatic nerve), and thus the...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
permitted to be eaten, such as the gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve) and the chelev fats, are permitted when they belong to a ben pekuah, although its blood...
on the third day. The Sages taught that one may trust butchers to remove chelev, the fat that Leviticus 3:17 and 7:23 forbid. Rabbi Berekiah said in the...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
term for milk (חָלָב, chalav) could easily be the word for "fat" (חֵלֶב, chelev), and the word for honey (דְבָשׁ, devash) could indicate not bees' honey...
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