Week 4 Jewish Dietary Laws Flashcards
Most common symbols of Jewish faith
- The star of David
- The menorah is the oldest religious symbol of the Jewish faith, a seven-branched candle holder
what are the congregations of Judaism?
- orthodox
- conservative
- reform
Kashrut
A set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that shoes are permitted to eat and how they must be prepared
Jewish dietary laws
Kashrut
What does Kosher mean?
Kosher means ‘fit’ or ‘proper for use’ under Jewish dietary law
- A permitted food item - foods that may be consumed
What is Glatt Kosher?
The strictest kosher standards are used in obtaining and preparing the food
how does a kosher food become non-kosher?
A kosher food that is processed or cooked together with a non-kosher food or any derivative of a non-kosher food becomes non-kosher
what are kosher mammals?
- meat and milk of mammals that ruminate (chew cud) and have cloven (split) hoofs
- cattle, oxen, sheep, deer, goats
What is cud?
Food that is chewed and swallowed going into a first stomach and then coming back up to be chewed again and swallow it again till it is all ground up
what are not permitted mammals and kosher?
swine, carnivores, rabbits, camels, rodents, reptiles, apmhibians, insects
what are kosher birds?
In Canada the only birds except it as kosher or domesticated birds: chicken, turkey, duck, and goose.
what birds are not kosher?
It cannot be a bird of prey
- eagle or hawk
permitted kosher aquatic animals
Fish that have fins and scales such as tuna and salmon where it is easily removable
what aquatic animals are not permitted as kosher?
- Fish that do not have fins and or scales
- catfish, sharks, eels
- All other aquatic animals: shellfish, crustaceans, and mollusks
- oyster, lobster, snails
what is the only kosher insect?
Locust
- Most Jewish people do not eat low cost because it is not a cultural tradition
how are kosher animals slaughtered?
- Shochet: trained individual and practising Jew who performs ritual slaughter (usually a Rabbi)
- Entire slaughter area is blessed
- Trachea, esophagus, jugular vein, carotid artery severed without damaging the spinal cord using a long sharp knife and neck split quickly
- Animal cannot be pre-stunned
- Carcass must be unblemished with no disease
- Lungs inspected to make sure they are smooth and disease free
what does kosher animal slaughter apply to?
birds and mammals
- not fish or locusts
Trained individual who can perform kosher ritual slaughter
Shochet
how is kosher meat prepared?
Blood removed (koshering or kashering)
- Applies only to birds and mammals
- Blood is drained
- Soaking and salting of flesh
- Piercing and broiling of liver
forbidden parts of a permitted kosher mammal
- Sciatic nerve cannot be consumed
- Typically hindquarters not consumed
- all cuts from hindquarters such as filet mignon, sirloin and round come from hindquarters so not permitted
- fat around the stomach, intestines and organs
- thus suet and tallow are not kosher
- rules not applied to fish or birds
What are the three groups of Kosher foods?
- meat
- dairy
- Parve
Meat group of Kosher foods
- Meat products are those that contain kosher meat or derivatives of meat such as animal gelatin
- non-animal products that were processed on equipment used for meat or meat derived products will also be considered as meat
Dairy group of Kosher foods
- Dairy products contain milk or any derivatives of milk
- non-dairy products that were processed on equipment used for milk or milk derived products will also be considered as milk milk
Parve group of Kosher foods
- Parve products contain neither meat or milk or their derivitie ingredients
- They remain parve if they are not mixed with or processed using equipment that is used for any meat or dairy products
