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...

are available. Leviticus prohibits the eating of certain types of fat (chelev) from sacrificial land animals (cattle, sheep, and goats), since the fat...

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...

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...

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...

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...