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New page: '''''Kashrut''''' or '''''kashruth''''', or "'''kosher'''" is the name of the Jewish dietary laws. Food in accordance with ''halakha'' (Jewish law) is termed '''kosher''' i...
'''''Kashrut''''' or '''''kashruth''''', or "'''kosher'''" is the name of the [[Judaism|Jewish]] dietary laws. [[Food]] in accordance with ''halakha'' (Jewish law) is termed '''kosher''' in English, from the Hebrew term ''kashér'', meaning fit for consumption by Jews according to traditional Jewish law.
Food that is not in accordance with Jewish law is termed ''trafe''; the Hebrew word refers to animals (from a kosher [[species]] such as [[cattle]] or sheep) which had been either incorrectly slaughtered or mortally wounded by wild animals and therefore were not fit for [[Jewish]] consumption. Among ''Sephardim'', it typically only refers to meat that is not kosher.
Many of the basic laws of ''kashrut'' are in the [[Torah]]'s Book of [[Leviticus]], with their details set down in the oral law (the Mishnah and the [[Talmud]]) and codified by the ''Shulchan Aruch'' and later rabbinical authorities. Numerous reasons have been offered for these laws, ranging from philosophical and ritualistic, to practical and hygienic.
The word ''[[kosher]]'' has been borrowed by many languages, including English. In its strictest meaning it means "fit", but as in Yiddish it also generally means, authentic, acceptable, permissible, genuine or legitimate in a broader sense.
Food that is not in accordance with Jewish law is termed ''trafe''; the Hebrew word refers to animals (from a kosher [[species]] such as [[cattle]] or sheep) which had been either incorrectly slaughtered or mortally wounded by wild animals and therefore were not fit for [[Jewish]] consumption. Among ''Sephardim'', it typically only refers to meat that is not kosher.
Many of the basic laws of ''kashrut'' are in the [[Torah]]'s Book of [[Leviticus]], with their details set down in the oral law (the Mishnah and the [[Talmud]]) and codified by the ''Shulchan Aruch'' and later rabbinical authorities. Numerous reasons have been offered for these laws, ranging from philosophical and ritualistic, to practical and hygienic.
The word ''[[kosher]]'' has been borrowed by many languages, including English. In its strictest meaning it means "fit", but as in Yiddish it also generally means, authentic, acceptable, permissible, genuine or legitimate in a broader sense.