Is beef kosher

Answer 1

No, they can not all be kosher. Some animals are sick, and therefor their meat cannot be eaten. Also, as you said in the question, certain cuts of meat cannot be eaten at all, as the have chailev (forbidden fats) or the gid hanashe (a vein that is forbidden to be eaten according to kosher law).

Answer 2

No, kosher meat must: 1. come from a kosher animal (i.e. cow, sheep, deer, goat) 2. be ritually slaughtered (in a process known as "shechita") 3. be salted to remove blood 4. not contain the sciatic nerve, certain arteries, and certain sections of fat. Because of this, only cuts from the front half of the animal are available in the majority of kosher markets. The process for removing the sciatic nerve is too costly to use cuts from the hindquarters of animals so finding (for example) kosher T-bone cuts is virtually impossible.

The easiest way to know that meat is kosher is if it is certified with a kosher symbol. A list of common symbols can be found at the related link.

Answer 3

Beef and other meat (lamb, chicken) should be bought with kosher-certification. An animal slaughtered not according to halakha (Torah law) will not have any kosher cuts or parts.

Answer

In most countries, only cuts from the front half of the cow are used in kosher cooking. This means that the cuts that come from the hind quarters such as T-bones are not considered kosher.

Note: The reason that cuts from the hind quarter aren't used is because of the high degree of difficulty in removing the necessary arteries and nerves without destroying the cuts.

Answer 4

Cows, which both chew their cud and have split hooves [the two requirements for land animals] are a kosher species of animal. If the animal is slaughtered and prepared following the laws of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), the meat is kosher.

Answer 5

Can be. The animal must have been healthy up to time of slaughtering, and the slaughtering and handling of the meat thereafter must comply with laws of kashrut (kosher).