Monday: MIDTERMWEDNESDAY / FRIDAY
Breslauer:
Chapter 2:
“Formative Judaism”
Guest SpeakerNext Wednesday,
• 2:00-3:00 in C610
• Francis Landy: U of Alberta
• B 716 @ 3:30
Alberta Kosher
http://www.kosherdelight.com/CanadaAlberta.htm
Addresses of Kosher restaurants
Kashrut: dietary laws.
• Kinds of things you can eat
• Ways in which it is prepared.
• Combinations of things you can eat.
Why?
• Who know?
• God just said so…
Kosher = Fit to eat Pareve = “Neutral”
Treyf = Not fit to eat
KOSHER DOES NOT MEAN A TRADITIONAL RECIPE BOOK.
Some pizzas are kosher, some are treyf.
Knowing Kosher Rulesdoesn’t mean you know how to cook!
So, what’s for dinner?
• Lazy person’s guide to Kosher:
• Be a Vegan!
Plants are KosherBUT:
• Grape products have to be produced by a Jew.
Animals
• Species
• How it is killed / prepared before cooking
Bugs:
• Some Kosher,
• Most Treyf
Kosher Critters
• Cloven Hooves
• Chews it cud.
• Sheep, Cattle, Goats, Deer
Treyf:
• Pigs, Rabbits, Badgers, Camels
– Cats, & Rats and Elephants…
Frogs, Rodents, Crocodiles,
Wombats, Horses, Snakes,
Birds
• Kosher: Chickens, Geese, Ducks
• Treyf: Birds of Prey, Scavengers
Kosher Butchering
Animals and Birds• Kosher: Very quick: Blood drains easily
• Treyf: Animals that died of natural causesAnimals killed by other animals
Extremely Treyf:
• BLOOD.
• Blood must be completely removed.
“To Kasher”: make Kosher
• Soaking
• Salting
• Broiling
• Ways to remove blood: for land animals, birds and fish.
DairyFrom Kosher Animals only
Torah Mitzvah:
“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.”
• Deuteronomy 14:21
Oral Torah’s“Fence”
around the TorahDo not mix any dairy product with any meat product.
• Even of different species!
• Restrictions apply to birds too!
Fence
Vegetarian Pizza is Kosher
Pizza with meat is Treyf
Fence
• Cannot put dairy and meat on same plates, etc.
• Must wait after eating one kind to have the other.
Fish and milk Eggs and milk
are Kosher
“Pareve”
• “Neutral” Neither meat or dairy.
• Fruits, vegetables, grains, eggs, kosher fish
Fish• Must have fins and scales:• Shell fish are treyf.
Certification
• KASHRUT COUNCIL OF TORONTO
• http://www.kosher.co.il/orgs/canada.htm
Kosher marks
• http://www.kosherquest.org/html/Reliable_Kosher_Symbols.htm#Kashruth Council of Toronto