... 11:2-4). The cud is when some animals have little balls of grass form in their stomach after swallowing. The animal then brings the grass up to their mouth and chews it again before digesting the cud. These animals include cows, sheep, goats and deer which means the only meat Jews can eat is beef, lamb, veal and venison but not pork, rabbit or horse. The Torah repeatedly says that Jews must not eat these as 'they are unclean for you.' When animals are slaughtered they have to be killed by a shochet, being someone specially trained who will have studied for six years. The process of animal slaughtering is called shechitah. The animals should be in the least amount of pain when they are killed and it should be done quickly so the shochet cuts the animals' windpipe with a very sharp knife to make the animal unconscious. When meat ...

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