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Information About Kosher

History:

The Hebrew word kosher means "fit." The kosher laws define the foods that are fit for consumption fora Jew.

The kosher laws were commanded by God to the Children of Israel in the Sinai desert. Moses tau htthem to the people and wrote the basics of these laws in !e iticus ## and $euteronomy #%& the detailsand particulars were handed down throu h the enerations and e entually written down in the Mishnahand Talmud. To these were added arious ordinances enacted throu h the enerations by the rabbinicalauthorities as "safe uards" for the biblical laws.

Throu hout our %'''(year history) the obser ance of kosher has been a hallmark of Jewish identity.*erhaps more than any other "mit+ ah)" the kosher laws emphasi+e that Judaism is much more than a"reli ion" in the con entional sense of the word. To the Jew) holiness is not confined to holy places andtimes outside the e eryday& rather) life in its totality is a sacred endea or. , en the seemin ly mundaneacti ity of eatin is a Godly act and a uni-uely Jewish e perience.

Significance:

/abbi Hayium Hale y $onin su ests that the dietary laws are desi ned as a call to holiness. Theability to distin uish between ri ht and wron ) ood and e il) pure and defiled) the scared and the

profane) is ery important in Judaism. Imposin rules on what you can and cannot eat in rains that kindof self control) re-uirin us to learn to control e en our most basic ) primal instincts.$onin also points out that the laws of kosher ele ate the simple acts of eatin into a reli ious ritual.The 0ewish dinner table is often compared to the temple altar in rabbinical literature. 1 0ew whoobser es the laws of kosher cannot eat a meal without bein reminded of the fact that he is a 0ew.

General Rules:

#2certain animals may not be eaten at all. This restrictions includes the flesh) or ans) e s and milk ofthe forbidden animals.324f the animals that may be eaten) the birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewishlaw.521ll blood must be drained from the meat or boiled out of it before it is eaten.%2Certain parts of permitted animals may not be eaten62Meats 7 the flesh of birds and mammals 2 cannot be eaten with dairy. 8ish) e s) fruits) e etables)and rains can be eaten with either meat and dairy 7accordin to some iews) fish may not be eaten

with meat2.92:tensils that ha e come in contact with meat may not be used with dairy) and ice ersa. :tentils thatha e come into contact with non(kosher foods may not be used with kosher food. This only allies whenfood is hot.;2Grape products made by non(0ews nay not be eaten.

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