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Kosher Food
Kosher food is food that meets Jewish dietary laws. Any food can be called kosher food if it adheres to Jewish law. Foods that are considered Jewish aren't necessarily kosher. Kosher food laws are rather extensive, some are derived from the bible and others through rabbinic interpretations over the years.
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If it was made from kosher fish, with kosher equipment, under the supervision of a Jew who keeps kosher, and comes in tamper-proof packaging, then yes.
What animals that have horns are kosher?
Any animal that has split (cloven) hooves and chews their cud may be slaughtered and processed in accordance with kosher requirements. Examples of kosher animals that have horns are cows, bison, sheep, and goats.
However, the following from Kashrut.com is interesting:
"Finally, the Mishna (Niddah 51b), at least according to Rashi's understanding, states that horns alone are enough to declare an animal kosher, since all horned animals are kosher"
For a chicken to be considered kosher, it must be slaughtered by a shochet, a ritual slaughterer. The point of a kosher slaughter is to cause the animal as little trauma as possible. So the chicken has to be cut across the neck in the right spot with an extremely sharp knife. If this process is carried out successfully, the meat of the chicken needs to have its blood drawn out by means of salt. This chicken would be kosher.
Jews don't "hate" ham. Rather, pigs are one of the species of animals that the Torah (Deuteronomy ch.14) deems not kosher for eating by the laws of Judaism.
Many Jews say that it is requisite for a Jew, in order to properly fulfill the commandments, to theoretically approve of the taste or idea of ham, but to refuse to eat it in order to follow the Divine Mandate. In this way, the only reason you are avoiding it is for God and not personal reasons.
Why are goats sheep and deer kosher?
Goats, Sheep and Deer are all kosher because they contain the two parameters required by the Torah. Like cows, they all chew their cud and have split hooves. Many animals contain one of these requirements, which is not sufficient. Such as the pig which ONLY has split hooves.
What do Ashkenazim eat during Passover?
Matzoh, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, eggs, dairy products, most kinds of nuts, and most beverages. All beverages, meats and processed foods need to be labeled Kosher for Passover, with trustworthy supervision and not containing Kitniyos (legumes). Today there are thousands of canned and processed foods which have strict Passover supervision. Several decades ago, the answer would have been: buy veggies and prepare them yourself.
Yes, there is no prohibition against eating meat in Judaism; and during holidays, eating meat is a mitzva (religious observance). However, not all meat is allowed; mammals must have both split hooves and chew their cud in order to be considered kosher for eating.
Why is sea salt kosher even though in the sea it touches many non-kosher animals?
Sea salt is a mineral and so long as anything that is non-kosher is not added to the dry salt crystals the salt is kosher. To say that sea salt is not kosher because non-kosher aquatic life lives in the ocean would be the same as saying that all fruits and vegetables are not kosher because they've come in contact with bugs.
The answer is that it really depends on if the product has a kosher certification, or not.
What would you order in a kosher restaurant?
We surmise from the question that it comes from someone unfamiliar with kosher
restaurants, and perhaps with "Jewish" food in general. For that individual, the
process would be identical to the experience of visiting any other ethnic restaurant
with which he may be unfamiliar, and might go something like this:
-- Enter the establishment. If it's a walk-in, working-class establishment, look around,
decide where you'd like to sit, and do so. If it's a high-class joint, smile and greet the
greeter, and give your name if you have a reservation.
-- Read the menu. The restaurant may be located in an enclave where the ethnic
population is so dense that its business rests almost exclusively on the Jewish
market. Their menu may be no more than a list of titles, naming dishes that the
typical customer will know very well, and conceivably printed in a foreign script.
This is everything you're worried about. It's obviously your worst nightmare, and
the odds of walking into a situation like this are nearly zero. Besides, if you did, you
certainly would not be there alone ... you'd be there with a buddy who could walk you
through it.
It's much more likely that the restaurant caters to the general public, including non-
as well as Jewish, offering its Jewish clientele kosher versions of dishes that are
popular in the local world at large but which they can't walk in and order anywhere
else. The menu is in English, and each item on it ... especially the ones with a Jewish
traditional title ... is accompanied by a brief description of what's in it and what it's
all about.
If your choice isn't immediately obvious, or you can't narrow it down to less than two
or three, or you see an item that especially intrigues you because you have no clue
as to what it's talking about, then help is never more than a table away in a kosher
Jewish restaurant. Ask the customer at the next table, or ask anybody who works there,
and you will have more help than you can handle.
Finally, you don't want to embarass yourself by trying to order something that's
not kosher, or by accidentally revealing the fact that you don't uderstand kosher
altogether. Right ?
You do not have a problem! First of all, there are plenty of Jews who don't
understand kosher altogether either. In the current situation, it is not a liability.
It's an asset, and you should use it that way. Try to come off as something you're
not, and you will fail and embarass yourself. Go in proudly and unabashedly as
a person who has no idea what kosher means but expects a great meal, and
the treatment you get will fall somewhere between celebrity and royalty. The
only things you really should know about "kosher" before you go in are these:
-- Some meats will not be available. Those that are offered will be in the group of
beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, or bison ... maybe not all of these, but for sure no others.
In particular, no pork products will be available. But you knew that.
-- Your choices of 'seafood' will be similarly limited. Perhaps the best way to describe
it is to say that any fish available will be a fish that looks like a fish; they won't include
anything with shells or claws.
-- If your order centers around a meat item, then you shouldn't expect to also have
something that involves milk ... cheese, cream in your coffee, etc. Conversely, if your
order centers around an item that contains milk, then you should expect to conclude
your meal without meat. Depending on the individual restaurant, it's possible that
meat items and milk items might not even be available in the same seating area,
or in the same room.
In your question, you asked what I would order. Personally, in the place where
my son works the counter, I would order either the Italian beef sandwich or
the barbecued rib-eye with steamed vegetables. This is the one decision that
nobody can help you with. Today's Jews come from nearly 140 different countries,
and have brought with them the cuisine and flavor of every one. There are plenty
of Jews for whom the flavor and 'style' in which other Jews cook and eat is unpleasant.
All we can recommend is: Read the menu, ask for suggestions, and enjoy.
I think you're asking about "challah". It's a Jewish bread eaten during Shabbat.
What popsicles brands are kosher?
Many brands are kosher. Here are just a few:
Icy Treatz
It's Delish
The rules for fish is that they have scales and fins. If the fish species meets that requirement it is considered kosher.
You would have to check the label for a reliable hechsher. These days, there are a good number of high quality kosher sparkling wines.
Kosher is anything that, under Jewish Law, is permitted.
For food to be kosher, it must follow a strict set of rules governing what it contains, how it is stored, and how it is prepared among other things.
So to answer your question, no.
All Jews have the same Torah, which contains the basic laws of keeping kosher. Orthodox Jews believe that the Torah must be fully observed (Deuteronomy 13:5). They keep the laws of Judaism as codified in the Shulchan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law), which lists the laws of the Torah and Talmud. Torah-study is seen as very important (Deuteronomy 5:1); and the modern world is seen as subservient to the Torah (Talmud, Nedarim 32a), not the other way around.
Other Jewish groups (Conservative, Reform) adapt, curtail or change the Torah-laws in contemporary life, to a greater or lesser degree.
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It's a kosher version of a regular, everyday breakfast.
Deer have split hooves and chew their cud so if they're slaughtered properly, they can be kosher.
What are three facts about kosher food?
It needs to be fro ma kosher animal. It needs to be prepared with uncontaminated items. It must be supervised by a Jew who is certified to do so.
The ingredients are all kosher, but it does not carry a special seal, called a heksher, to indicate that the preparation process was inspected and approved for kashrut.
Does kosher meat contain antibiotics?
Unless you wish to purchase "organic" antibiotic free kosher meat, it's pretty much as sure thing that the kosher meat and poultry you purchase comes from an animal that had been dosed with antibiotics at some point in its life.
Uses the term kosher to apply to food that may be eaten?
Kosher food is a part of Judaism. Food that is prepared and served following the laws of kashrut is kosher and may be eaten by religiously observant Jews.
