The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2220 page)

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Shaytan
(the devil in Islam):
see
SATAN
(ISLAM).
Shaytl
:
see
HEAD, COVERING OF
(Judaism).
Shebu'ah
(vow):
see
vows
(Judaism).
She
itah
.
Jewish method of slaughter for food. The principle behind she
itah is that the animal must be killed as swiftly and painlessly as possible by cutting horizontally across the throat in a firm uninterrupted movement.
Sheikh
(eminent Muslim):
see
SHAIKH
.
Shekalim
.
A tractate in the order of Mo‘ed in the Jewish
Talmud
.
Shekalim
deals with the laws concerning the half shekel
Temple
tax.

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