the Federation Of Synagogues
The London Board for Shechita
The London Board for Shechita is a registered charity (no. 233467) and non-profit organisation established in 1804. It administers the affairs of Shechita for the community in London and elsewhere, having an elected membership representative of the Federation of Synagogues, the United Synagogue and the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation.
Shechita is the Jewish religious and humane method of slaughter of permitted animals and poultry for food.
The London Board for Shechita licenses several factories and retail butcher shops in and around London. Not only are the meat products supervised but the manufacturing ingredients, permitted additives, packaging and even products sealed under other kashrus auspices, are all inspected and subjected to the approval of the Rabbinical Authority of the Board.
All Shechita, nikkur (porging), kashering and kashrut certification is under the strict supervision of the Rabbinical Authority of the Board. The Rabbinical Authority is a Beis Din Tzedek comprising Dayan S Amor, Ab Beit Din of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation, Dayan M Gelley, Senior Dayan of the United Synagogues of Great Britain and Dayan Y Y Lichtenstein, Rosh Beis Din of the Federation of Synagogues.
Contact Details:-
London Board for Shechita Elscot House, Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2JU
Tel: +44 (0)20 8349 9160 Fax: +44 (0)20 8346 2209 Email: info@shechita.co.uk Freefone: 08000 350466
Website: www.shechita.org
Weekly Parsha: Haazinu
Shabbat Starts: 7:12PM
Shabbat Ends: 8:16PM
Tuesday 7th September
14:05pm
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