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1. A land animal, may be eaten if it chews it cud and has split hooves.<ref name="an"/>
 
1. A land animal, may be eaten if it chews it cud and has split hooves.<ref name="an"/>
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2. Animals which live in the water must have a skeleton and fins.
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2. Animals which live in the water must have a skeleton and fins.<ref name="an"/>
    
3. Blood is forbidden even from kosher animals.<ref>http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Blood</ref>
 
3. Blood is forbidden even from kosher animals.<ref>http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Blood</ref>
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4. The sciatic nerve and its adjoining blood vessels may not be eaten<ref>http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Fats</ref>
 
4. The sciatic nerve and its adjoining blood vessels may not be eaten<ref>http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Fats</ref>
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4. Insects are forbidden.<ref name="bug"/><ref name="bug2">http://www.skskosher.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32</ref>
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5. Insects are forbidden.<ref name="bug"/><ref name="bug2">http://www.skskosher.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=32</ref><ref name="an"/>
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5. Vegetables and fruits must be checked for insects.<ref name="bug">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Fruits</ref><ref name="bug2"/>
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6. Rodents, reptiles, and amphibians, are all forbidden. <ref name="an"/>
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6. Milk and meat and or poultry derived foods must not be mixed.
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7. Vegetables and fruits must be checked for insects.<ref name="bug">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Fruits</ref><ref name="bug2"/>
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7. Also, animals must be killed in a specific way by a shohet (the exception being fish).
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8. Milk and meat and or poultry derived foods must not be mixed.
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8. Seperate silverware must be used for fleshig (meat and poultry) and milchig (milk) foods.  
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9. Also, animals must be killed in a specific way by a shohet (the exception being fish).
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9. Glassware 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.
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10. Seperate silverware must be used for fleshig (meat and poultry) and milchig (milk) foods.  
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10. Jews must wait 6 hours after eating fleshig to eat milchig, the reverse is not true  
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11. Glassware 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.
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12. Jews must wait 6 hours after eating fleshig to eat milchig, the reverse is not true  
 
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11. Foods which are not milchig or fleshig, for example fish, are called pareve, pareve foods can be eaten with either milchig or fleshig foods.
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13. Foods which are not milchig or fleshig, for example fish, are called pareve, pareve foods can be eaten with either milchig or fleshig foods.
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12. Fish does not need to be killed by a shohet.
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14. Fish does not need to be killed by a shohet.
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13. Amongst poultry, birds of prey are considered treyf.<ref name="an">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Animals</ref>
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15. Amongst poultry, birds of prey are considered treyf.<ref name="an">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Animals</ref>
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14. Also wine can only be considered kosher if made by a Jew, because of the importance wine plays in Jewish holidays, the exception is if the wine is boiled.<ref>http://www.skskosher.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=32</ref><ref>http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-thirst-wine.htm</ref>
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16. Also wine can only be considered kosher if made by a Jew, because of the importance wine plays in Jewish holidays, the exception is if the wine is boiled.<ref>http://www.skskosher.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=32</ref><ref>http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-thirst-wine.htm</ref>
    
Jewish people who do not keep kosher often complain that keeping kosher is difficult.<ref name="difficult">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Difficult</ref> Actually, keeping kosher is not particularly difficult in and of itself; what makes it difficult to keep kosher is the fact that the rest of the world does not do so.<ref name="difficult"/> In fact, the basic underlying rules are fairly simple.<ref name="difficult"/> If you buy only kosher certified products at the market, the only thing you need to think about is the separation of meat and dairy.<ref name="difficult"/>
 
Jewish people who do not keep kosher often complain that keeping kosher is difficult.<ref name="difficult">http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm#Difficult</ref> Actually, keeping kosher is not particularly difficult in and of itself; what makes it difficult to keep kosher is the fact that the rest of the world does not do so.<ref name="difficult"/> In fact, the basic underlying rules are fairly simple.<ref name="difficult"/> If you buy only kosher certified products at the market, the only thing you need to think about is the separation of meat and dairy.<ref name="difficult"/>
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