Cohn, Jacob. The Royal Table - VWC: Faculty/Staff Web

THE SALTING OF MEAT 87
notices them must the law be invoked; yet all pious women
inspect each egg as they open
A final word should be said in connection with the laws
of the removal of blood for the benefit of those who employ
gentile help. Meat is often left in salt, and at a
later time it is discovered that the gentile maid has placed
the meat on the fire; it is not known whether the salt was
it. 71
properly rinsed off, as is required by law, or not. Now,
if the maid volunteers the statement that she has rinsed
the meat, she may be believed. However,
statement on solicitation, she may merely have taken her
if she makes the
cue from the questioner, and her statement cannot be re-
garded as valid evidence. In cases where we are sure that
she is familiar with Jewish practice and a Jew was about
the house, her statement may be trusted, for she would fear
to violate the law in his presence. It is not necessary
that the Jew should have watched her all the time; his
mere presence in the house suffices, as she never knows
when he may enter. Even the presence of a minor is con-
sidered sufficient to deter her from wilfully disregarding
the Jewish practice. 72
"YD. 68, and Shock ad loc.
n Y. D. 69, 8, Ramah.