Kosher Food

No, they are not. If you have more questions about what is kosher, read Leviticus 11.

Manischewitz produce Kosher products for sale in the United States. One of their best selling products is their kosher wine but they also sell matzo's and egg noodles.

It is considered parve (neutral) and can be eaten with dairy (such as cream cheese and lox). However, some groups do not customarily combine fish with dairy, despite there being no prohibition in the letter of the law.

There is, however, a law against combining fish with meat. The two can be had consecutively.

When it comes to land animals, any animal that does not both chew its cud and have split hooves is considered not kosher to be eaten by Jews, examples are: rabbit, horse, and pig (Deuteronomy ch.14).

It depends if those fats are from a kosher animal and that they have not come into contact with any non-kosher foods or any dairy of any type.

There are kosher food companies that are now making gluten-free products Kosher for Passover and all-year-round. However, something being gluten-free has no bearing on whether or not it is Kosher or Kosher for Passover.

Nature Valley Granola Bars are mezonos because the grains they contain have been processed enough to warrant a mezonos and al hamichya, unlike puffed grains.

There are no food restrictions during Channukah. However, there are foods that are traditionally eaten during this holiday.

The first types of foods are those cooked in oil. These include:

1. Latkes, which is the yiddish word for pancakes. The best known type of latke are 'potato latkes'. However, they can be made with all sorts of ingredients such as zucchini, yam, rice and mushroom, or cheese.

2. Another item traditionally eaten are 'sufganiyot' which are jelly doughnuts.

Additionally, it is a tradition to eat dairy based foods during this holiday. This could be anything from cheese borekas (puff pastry filled with cheese) to pizza, lasagne, etc.

In order to be kosher, food has to be prepared according to the kosher-laws (see Deuteronomy ch.14). These are given in detail in the Talmud volume of Chullin.
* Meat must be from those land animals which have split hooves and chew their cud (such as beef and mutton)
* Fish have to have scales and fins. Shellfish are not kosher.
* Birds cannot be among those listed as forbidden in the Torah (Deuteronomy ch.14) and cannot be hunters/scavengers. In actual practice, today we eat only poultry-species concerning which we have a tradition that they're permitted, such as chicken and turkey.
* Animals must be slaughtered in the manner specified by Jewish law and must be free of all disease. In actual practice, those who keep kosher purchase meat which is certified as having been prepared in the kosher manner.
* As much blood as possible must be removed from meat before cooking, since consumption of blood is forbidden (Leviticus ch.17). This is done by the kosher butcher, through salting, soaking and rinsing.
* Dairy and meat cannot be combined in the same meal and there's a waiting period between eating one and then the other. After dairy: 1/2 hour. After meat: 6 hours for most Jewish communities.
* Fruits and vegetables should be checked to be sure they're free of bugs. Some Jews avoid cauliflower, asparagus, and the like, because of the difficulty in checking them.
Additionally, food must be prepared and handled following kashrut-laws and with kosher ingredients only. Any food that does not meet these requirements cannot be eaten by those who are religiously observant. Foods which are purchased should be labeled as having had kosher supervision during their processing.

During passover it really depends how religious the family is. Traditionally, you eat matzoh, a piece of lamb still on the bone, bitter herbs, Charoset (a spread made from apples, cinnamon and nuts), horseradish, and anything that doesn't have yeast or any leavening agents in them. These are only the basics, but a passover seder can have kosher cake, fruits, veggies, soup, meat, anything so long as it follows the rule of no "Chametz" which means nothing that rises. Also no beer is allowed and most carbs are out of the question because of the leavening agents in them.

Anything that isn't certified kosher, that includes meat, poultry, seafood.

Yes, provided it doesn't contain and hasn't come in contact with non-kosher ingredients,

hasn't been processed or packaged on equipment that's also used for processing or

packaging non-kosher beverages, and doesn't go into containers previously used for

non-kosher beverages.

Cracker Barrel sliced cheese is considered to be kosher.

Modelo Especial is kosher, certified by OK laboratories (the heksher is an O with a k inside it). The classic German beer purity law is sufficiently strict that Jews have long accepted beer made under this or equivalent laws to be inherently kosher. This applies to all unflavored beers made in Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Holland, Mexico, Norway, and the United States. Unflavored means nothing but hops, grain, malted grain, water and yeast went into it. This includes dark beers, lagers, IPAs and many others, but excludes beers with other flavoring elements. Of course, no beer is kosher for the week of Passover because beer is made from fermented (leavened) grain, and all levened grain products are forbidden on Passover.

Kashrut certification is when a company that produces food gets certified by a recognized Rabbinic organization that monitors the preparation to confirm that all ingredients and processes follow the rules of kashrut.

The diet of religiously observant Jews is made up of Kosher food. However, kosher food is not a style of cooking, it simply refers to food that is prepared and consumed according to 'kashrut'. "Kashrut", which is what Jewish dietary law is called, comes from the Hebrew root Kaf-Shin-Reish, meaning fit, proper or correct.

It is possible to list quotes about food preparation and consumption from the Torah, however, that wouldn't actually answer the question as to what the Jewish diet is. In truth, the diet of Jews is largely influenced by the country they are from. For example, the diet of Polish Jews was traditionally hugely different from the diet of Jews from countries such as Morocco, Italy, Yemen, India, etc. As such, it would be impossible to outline the diet of different Jewish communities in this forum.

A quick comparison would be that Eastern European Jewish diets would favour beef, chicken, and various types of dumplings while a Moroccan Jewish diet would favour lamb, chicken, fish, and a more complex use of spices, fruits, and vegetables.

Pretty much what it means to anybody else. White bread used to be a luxury food, eaten only by the rich, while poor people ate whole meal bread; so Jews ate white bread for the Sabbath, if they could. Now that white and whole meal bread cost the same, and white is no longer seen as a luxury, those who prefer whole meal have it on the Sabbath as well as during the week.

Matzoh is a very important food in Judaism. Eating it on the first night of Passover is a Divine commandment. Wine is a very important drink in Judaism; almost every sacred occasion on which God is praised must be marked with wine.

Assuming you are not allergic to either, yes. If you are asking from the perspective of Orthodox Judaism, check out the web link -- not all fish qualify. By the way, Jewish law prohibits eating fish with meat. I would assume it's therefore considered dairy.

Jews are only permitted to eat animals with split hooves and who chew their cud. Rabbits don't have split hooves or chew their cud. Jews also eat fish with only fins and scales and eat only certain birds that the Bible permits.

Oysters are one of those species that's never kosher, no matter what's done to it.

Yes, of course they do. There is a long tradition of cooking fish amongst European jews which continues to be seen today. Fried white fish,either in fine breadcrumbs or as fish balls, gefilte fish which is a marinated but uncooked flattened ball. and of course, smoked salmon. These continue to be staple protein sources within a Kosher diet, which also includes meats such as beef and chicken.