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The basic laws of ''kashrut'' are in the [[Torah]]'s Book of [[Leviticus]], with their details set down in the [[Talmud]]. Numerous reasons have been offered for these laws, ranging from philosophical and ritualistic, to practical and hygienic. According to some Biblical scholars, God's command to [[Noah]] to take seven pairs of each "clean" animal into the Ark meant seven pairs of each kosher animal. Most Christians believe that these rules became obsolete with [[Jesus]]'s sacrifice.  

The basic laws of ''kashrut'' are in the [[Torah]]'s Book of [[Leviticus]], with their details set down in the [[Talmud]]. Numerous reasons have been offered for these laws, ranging from philosophical and ritualistic, to practical and hygienic. According to some Biblical scholars, God's command to [[Noah]] to take seven pairs of each "clean" animal into the Ark meant seven pairs of each kosher animal. Most Christians believe that these rules became obsolete with [[Jesus]]'s sacrifice.  

According to the laws of Kashrut, a Jew may eat a land animal, if it chews it cud and has split hooves, animals which live in the water must have a skeleton and fins, blood is forbidden even from kosher animals, insects are forbidden, and vegetables must be checked for insects, milk and meat derived foods must not be mixed, Also, animals must be killed in a specific way by a shohet, milk and poultry derived foods must not be mixed, blood is forbidden even from kosher animals, seperate silverware must be used for fleshig (meat and poultry) and milchig (milk) foods. Although, glass is considered not to transfer milchig and fleshig status, as long as there is no visible specks of food or drink on the glassware, and the glassware is clean. Jews must wait 6 hours after eating fleshig to eat milchig, the reverse is not true though. Foods which are not milchig or fleshig are called pareve. Nowadays, many Jews who keep kosher do not have to constantly remind themselves of these laws because they simply have to look for products with a U in a circle, known as OU, or a K in a circle, known as OK.

According to the laws of Kashrut, a Jew may eat a land animal, if it chews it cud and has split hooves, animals which live in the water must have a skeleton and fins, blood is forbidden even from kosher animals, insects are forbidden, and vegetables must be checked for insects, milk and meat derived foods must not be mixed, Also, animals must be killed in a specific way by a shohet, milk and poultry derived foods must not be mixed, seperate silverware must be used for fleshig (meat and poultry) and milchig (milk) foods. Although, glass is considered not to transfer milchig and fleshig status, as long as there is no visible specks of food or drink on the glassware, and the glassware is clean. Jews must wait 6 hours after eating fleshig to eat milchig, the reverse is not true though. Foods which are not milchig or fleshig are called pareve. Nowadays, many Jews who keep kosher do not have to constantly remind themselves of these laws because they simply have to look for products with a U in a circle, known as OU, or a K in a circle, known as OK.

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