Gid Hanasheh (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: Gid hanasheh) 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 gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve). The basis for this practice is Leviticus 7:23, "You...

injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jewish law prohibits eating the gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve), which passes through the hip socket, requiring it to...

11:41–11:42. Birds of prey are forbidden according to Leviticus 11:13–11:19. Gid hanasheh is forbidden per Genesis 32:33. Mixtures of milk and meat are not prepared...

against eating the sciatic nerve (gid hanasheh), so that, too, is removed. The removal of the chelev and the gid hanasheh, called nikkur, is considered complicated...

meat that is kosher. As forbidden fats, tendons, blood vessels and the gid hanasheh (sciatic nerve) must be removed, more difficult in the rear-quarters...

law, and certain parts of these animals, including certain fats and gid hanasheh (the sciatic nerve), may not be consumed. Anything that is inside an...

not overpower Jacob, he touched Jacob on the sinew of his thigh (the gid hanasheh, גיד הנשה), and, as a result, Jacob developed a limp (Genesis 32:31)...

wrestling with the angel, their butchers extracted the sciatic nerve (Gid hanasheh) as required in Nikkur, marking them as distinct from Muslims who otherwise...