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Cheilev or Cheilev in Judaism

Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
is the animal fat

Animal fat

Animal fats are Rendering tissue fat that can be obtained from a variety of animals....
which was consumed on the mizbe'ah (altar) as for the korban

Korban

Korban , in Judaism, is the term for a variety of Sacrifice described and commanded in the Torah. Such sacrifices were offered in a variety of settings by the ancient Israelites, and later by the Jewish priesthood, the Kohen, at the Temple in Jerusalem....
ritual, and is therefor forbidden to be eaten by Jewish humans. Whereas Shuman are called those fats which were not offered, and therefor kosher for human consumption.

The punishment for eating chelev bemeizid

Bemeizid

Bemeizid is a term in Halacha that means that something was done on purpose. This matters in order to determine how culpable someone is for his actions....
(on purpose) is kares.

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Cheilev or Cheilev in Judaism

Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
is the animal fat

Animal fat

Animal fats are Rendering tissue fat that can be obtained from a variety of animals....
which was consumed on the mizbe'ah (altar) as for the korban

Korban

Bemeizid

Bemeizid is a term in Halacha that means that something was done on purpose. This matters in order to determine how culpable someone is for his actions....
(on purpose) is kares. The atonement

Atonement

The atonement is a doctrine found within both Christianity and Judaism. It describes how sin can be forgiven by God. In Judaism, Atonement is said to be the process of forgiving or pardoning a transgression....
for eating it by mistake is to bring a Korban Hattath

Sin-offering

A sin offering is a type of korban, specifically a sacrifice made for the atonement of an unintentional sin ....
(atonement sacrifice).

Terminology

The prohibition on Chelev is only regrading those animal types which where used as Korban: Cattle

Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
, Lamb

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and Goat

Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep: both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae....
, which are the only kosher domestic livestock

Livestock

Livestock is the term used to refer to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce things such as food or fibre, or for its labour....
. Fats from Avian

Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s and Deer

Deer

Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae . A number of broadly similar animals from related families within the order even-toed ungulate are often also called deer....
may be eaten, and different types of Bovinae

Bovinae

The biological subfamily bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, the bison, the Bubalus, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes....
are in state of doubt.

In order that fat should be considered Chelev it must look like a sheet of fats, like a thick fibrous skin that can be removed (see picture). Some Tendon

Tendon

A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension . Tendons are similar to ligaments except that ligaments join one bone to another....
s and muscles are also removed due to the rabbinic law, since they are neighboring and resolving some Chelev.

The Chelev must be removed by a qualified Menaker in a process called Nikkur

Nikkur

Nikkur is the process of making an animal kosher by removing cheilev and the gid hanosheh .Since it is difficult to perform nikkur on the hind part of domestic animals, the entire hind part is usually sold to the non-Jewish market....
(purging).

Kidney
Kidney

The kidneys are Organ that have numerous biological roles. Their primary role is to maintain the homeostasis balance of bodily fluids by filtering and secreting Metabolomics#Metabolitess and minerals from the blood and excreting them, along with water , as urine....
Fats

The fats surrounding the kidneys are called Chelev haKloyoth, and are considered non kosher.

Abdominal Fats

The sheet of fat which is covering the interior of the Abdominopelvic cavity

Abdominopelvic cavity

The abdominopelvic cavity is a body cavity that consists of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity....
is real Chelev, besides at some regions where it is covered with steak, not with skin or tendon. However even where it is covered with meat, there is some fat which is exceptionally still forbidden, since could occasionally get uncovered while the animals walks. Therefor one must be well trained from qualified personnel in order to identify any kosher fat.

Digestive system Fats

There are many fats around the digestive organs such as the stomach

Stomach

In most mammals, the stomach is a hollow muscular organ of the gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication....
and intestine

Intestine

In anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the Gastrointestinal tract extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine....
s, and one must be highly educated and trained in order to identify them.

Chelev

Terminology

KidneyKidneyThe kidneys are Organ that have numerous biological roles. Their primary role is to maintain the homeostasis balance of bodily fluids by filtering and secreting Metabolomics#Metabolitess and minerals from the blood and excreting them, along with water , as urine.... Fats

Abdominal Fats

Digestive system Fats

Kidney
Kidney

The kidneys are Organ that have numerous biological roles. Their primary role is to maintain the homeostasis balance of bodily fluids by filtering and secreting Metabolomics#Metabolitess and minerals from the blood and excreting them, along with water , as urine....
Fats