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Gid Hanasheh (Hebrew: גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁהGīḏ hanNāše, literally "forgotten sinew", often translated as "displaced tendon") is the term for sciatic nerve in Judaism. It may not be eaten by Jews according to Halacha (Jewish Law). The laws regarding the prohibition of gid hanasheh are found in Tractate Chullin, chapter 7.
GidHanasheh (Hebrew: גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה Gīḏ hanNāše, literally "forgotten sinew", often translated as "displaced tendon") is the term for sciatic nerve...
sciatic nerve block. According to Jewish law, the sciatic nerve (Hebrew: Gidhanasheh) may not be eaten by Jews to commemorate Jacob's injury in his struggle...
making an animal kosher by removing chelev (forbidden fats) and the gidhanasheh (sciatic nerve). The basis for this practice is Leviticus 7:23, "You...
injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jewish law prohibits eating the gidhanasheh (sciatic nerve), which passes through the hip socket, requiring it to...
11:41–42. Birds of prey are forbidden according to Leviticus 11:13–19. Gidhanasheh is forbidden per Genesis 32:33. Mixtures of milk and meat are not prepared...
against eating the sciatic nerve (gidhanasheh), so that, too, is removed. The removal of the chelev and the gidhanasheh, called nikkur, is considered complicated...
law, and certain parts of these animals, including certain fats and gidhanasheh (the sciatic nerve), may not be consumed. Anything that is inside an...
meat that is kosher. As forbidden fats, tendons, blood vessels and the gidhanasheh (sciatic nerve) must be removed, more difficult in the rear-quarters...
not overpower Jacob, he touched Jacob on the sinew of his thigh (the gidhanasheh, גיד הנשה), and, as a result, Jacob developed a limp (Genesis 32:31)...
wrestling with the angel, their butchers extracted the sciatic nerve (Gidhanasheh) as required in Nikkur, marking them as distinct from Muslims who otherwise...
14:9–10. Insects and larvae are forbidden according to Leviticus 11:41–42. Gidhanasheh is forbidden per Genesis 32:33. Mixtures of milk and meat are not prepared...
11:41–42. Birds of prey are forbidden according to Leviticus 11:13–19. Gidhanasheh is forbidden per Genesis 32:33 Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine...
sheep must be removed by a process called nikkur. The twisted nerve (gidhanasheh)—the sciatic nerve, as according to Genesis 32:32 the patriarch Jacob's...
has been done on legitimate ground. The prohibition against eating the Gidhanasheh, which is always and everywhere in force, and which extends to consecrated...