For example, the laws regarding kosher slaughter are so sanitary that kosherīutchers and slaughterhouses have been exempted from many USDA regulations. There is no question that some of the dietary laws have Obsolete with modern methods of food preparation. Many modern Jews think that the laws of kashrut are simply primitive health regulations that have become See Separation of Meat and Dairy below.įood that is not kosher is commonly referred to as treif, which literally means 'torn,' a reference to theĬommandment not to eat animals that have been torn by other animals (Exodus 22:30), though 'treif' refers to any non-kosher food, not just meat from a torn animal. Sandwich.' The bologna may have been kosher, but serving meat and cheese in the same sandwich definitely is ForĮxample, I knew a 'kosher style' deli that routinely served a 'kosher bologna and cheese These traditional Jewish foods, and it almost invariably means that the food is not actually kosher. When a restaurant calls itself 'kosher style,' it usually means that the restaurant serves Matzah ball soup can all be non-kosher if not prepared in accordance Traditional Ashkenazic Jewish foods like knishes, If it is prepared in accordance with Jewish law, and there are many fine kosher Chinese restaurants in New There is no such thing as 'kosher style' food. Year-round use are not 'kosher for Passover.' A bagel, for example, can be kosher for year-round use but isĬertainly not kosher for Passover! Foods that are kosher for Passover, however, are always kosher for There are additional dietary restrictions during Pesach, and many foods that are kosher for Kosher dietary laws are observed all year round, not just during Pesach Processing and assure kosher consumers that the food is kosher. In your food and how they were processed, so it is helpful to have a rabbi examine the food and its

However, in our modern world of processed foods, it is difficult to know what ingredients are It: the vegetables from your garden are undoubtedly kosher (as long as they don't have any bugs, which are Food can be kosher without a rabbi or priest ever becoming involved with There are blessings that observant Jews recite over food before eating it, but these blessings have nothing Objects that are made in accordance with Jewish law and are fit for ritual use.Ĭontrary to popular misconception, rabbis or other religious officials do not 'bless' food to make it kosher. The word 'kosher' can also be used, and often is used, to describe ritual It is the same root as the more commonly known word 'kosher,' which describesįood that meets these standards. 'Kashrut' comes from the Hebrew root Kaf-Shin-Reish, Kashrut is the body of Jewish law dealing with what foods we can and cannot eat and how those foods must be

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