Kosher Food

It can be made with or without. Cholent customarily contains beef, beans, barley and potatoes, slow-cooked overnight, and other ingredients to taste; but its recipe may be adjusted according to family preference.

No. Swai is a type of catfish, and catfish are not a kosher species of fish.

Brisket of beef is kosher provided the animal has been raised and slaughtered under the provisions of Jewish religion.

No.

mutza

chopped liver pate, vegetable plate, various salads, soups

Mehadrin/mahadrin is a strict certification of kashrut.

Kosher foods are made with natural ingredients.

No, Long John Silver restaurants are not kosher.

Mustard, being a grain, should not be planted within 15 cm (some say 30 cm) of other grains. Some Rabbis (ask yours) hold these laws do not apply to gardens planted outside Israel. One may not plant 2 types of grain along with a vine, even outside Israel. Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 174

Matza - food of the poor

Bitter Herb - remember slavery in Egypt

Wine - Now we are free

Cement like food - remember to morter in Egypt

Egg - symbol of mourning over the second temple (as it goes round, so does our life, we are born, die, and end up in the same place

One of my friends is a retired doctor, and he said that Passover is the time of year for the removal of gallbladders.

Something in the Passover diet "wrecks" gallbladders in some people, but I haven't found out what and why.

In order to be kosher, food has to be prepared according to the kosher-laws.

* Meat must be from those land animals which have split hooves and chew their cud (such as beef and mutton). Other animals are not eaten.

* Fish have to have scales and fins. The kosher diet excludes shellfish.

* Birds cannot be amongst those listed as forbidden in the Torah (Deuteronomy ch.14) as non-kosher 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 kosher.

* 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.

* 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.

Yes. There are many laws. some examples are: hormones are forbidden, animals cannot be slaughtered on the same day as their offspring (so an animal would never witness its mother being slaughtered, animals cannot be fed meat, etc.

There are some kosher McDonald's franchise locations in Israel. Aside from those,

people who observe kashruth could not eat at McDonald's.

Both of these statements also apply to BK, Wendy's, KFC, and a few others.

Yes, it is certified by the OU as kosher, pareve, but not for Passover.

Yes, it is.

Calamari (squid) is not kosher. The only kosher seafood are fish that have both fins and scales. See Leviticus 11:10 and Deuteronomy 14:10.

Latkes are potato pancakes prepared for Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that in addition to other things, celebrates the 'miracle of light'. This refers to the fact that after the Maccabee Jews defeated the Greek Syrians and came back to light the Menora of the Temple in Jerusalem, there was no more pure olive oil to be found, except for a small amount that ended up miraculously lasting for eight days (until more could be found/processed).

Because oil is part of the miracle, oily foods tend to be eaten as a symbol. Latkes are thus potato pancakes made with oil.

Latkes are potato pancakes, often served as part of the Jewish Hannukah celebration. Some people like them with sour cream, but I prefer mine with a little butter and applesauce.

Latke is a Yiddish word that means pancake. During Channukah, most people eat potato latkes but personally, my favourite are wild rice and mushroom latkes.

There's no such thing as a Bar Mitzvah cake ceremony.

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Yes. It is forbidden to create a hybrid fruit by grafting a tree of one species onto stock of another; but the resulting fruit is permitted, and certainly trees propagated from cuttings of the grafted tree, or from seeds of its fruit, are permitted. Hybridising in the lab, by means of gene grafting, is permitted.

Yes, there's no prohibition against drinking cow's milk in Judaism. The only time we don't drink milk of any kind is when we are eating meat or within 6 hours of eating meat.

Yes, they are. All plants are kosher. For more information read Deuteronomy 14 or Leviticus 11.

Yes, but by doing so the oven will be rendered non-kosher, contaminate any kosher food placed therein, and have to be Kashered (ritually purified) before it can be used for kosher food.