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Technically, filet mignon is as kosher as any other cut of meat. The problem with filet mignon is that it is located near the sciatic nerve, which is Biblically forbidden. Only a very skilled person can separate the forbidden nerve from the nearby kosher meat, in a process which is called "nikkur" ("tunneling, deveining"). Thus it's hard to find kosher filet mignon, especially in the United States, where I believe most slaughterhouses sell the hind portions of the cattle to non-kosher butchers -- but it does exist.

The same is true with rump and sirloin steaks, and leg of lamb.

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