schochet

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Schochet or Shochet is a surname, from the Hebrew word for "ritual slaughterer". Notable persons with that name include:

• Aryeh Leib Schochet (1845-1928), Russian rabbi
• Avraham Shochat (born 1936), Israeli former politician; twice served as Minister of Finance.
• Boruch Meir Yaakov Shochet (born 1955), Karlin-Stolin Rebbe
• Chaim Schochet (born 1987), American real estate manager and developer
• Ezra Schochet, American rabbi
• Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), Canadian rabbi
• Yitzchak Schochet, British rabbi
• Yochanan Shochet, Loitzker rebbe