Kashrut Flashcards
What are kashrut?
The dietry laws
What is meant if something is kosher?
An object that follows halakhah
What can eating kosher food be related to?
Any dietry restrictions
- Pescatarian
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Why keep the kashrut? [6]
- God commanded and He knows what is best for us
- Allows Jews to reach a level of kedushah (holiness) as eating Kosher food has an effect on our soul by refining our character
- Turns an ordinary action into a religious one which gives a connection to God
- Makes Jews feel more inclined to keeping the other mitzvot
- Exercises self-control
- Safeguards inviduality as Jews
What are the Kosher Laws? [5]
- ‘May eat anything that has fins and scales’
- ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant’
- Cannot eat animals with ‘true hoofs but without clefts through the hoofs, or does not chew the cud’
- ‘You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk’
- ‘Must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it’
You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk’
What does this mean?
Keep milk and meat seperate
‘I give you every seed-bearing plant’
What does this mean?
Means Jews can eat any fruit
‘Must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it’
What does this mean?
Blood symbolises its life which belongs to God.
The meat must be dried completely
How must meat be prepared? [4]
Have to buy beef at a Kosher butcher as it has to be completely dry.
The animal is killed in a special process called Shechitah to dry it
It is killed instantly to ensure no suffering has occured, it is then salted and hung upside down
What does parev mean?
Foods which do not contain any meat or milk ingredients which means they can be put with either
What is a Hechsher?
A stamp saying it is kosher from the beth din
Shows that they were not contaminated at any point in the making
Who checks that the food is being prepared according to kosher laws?
Shomer
