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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.
 
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.
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==Further reading==
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*Yacov Lipschutz, ''Kashruth: A Comprehensive Background and Reference Guide to the Principles of Kahruth''. New York:Mesorah Publications Ltd, 1989
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*Binyomen Forst, ''The Laws of Kashrus'', Mozniam, 1999
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* James M. Lebeau, ''The Jewish Dietary Laws: Sanctify Life'',  United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York, 1983
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* Isidore Grunfeld, ''The Jewish Dietary Laws'', London: Soncino, 1972
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* Isaac Klein, ''A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice'', JTSA, 1992
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==External links==
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===Resources on keeping kosher===
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*[http://www.OUKosher.org Online resource for keeping Kosher and becoming Kosher certified - The Orthodox Union]
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*[http://www.kashrut.org Questions and Answers about specific food products and kashrut in general]
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*[http://www.kosherrecipe.org/keepkosher Guide to keeping kosher and Kosher Recipes]
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*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=113424 Guide to keeping kosher]
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*[http://www.hanefesh.com/edu/kosher_Food_Symbols.htm International Kosher Symbols and Kosher Food Guidance]
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*[http://www.kashrut.com/Alerts/ Kashrut Alerts]
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*[http://www.bckosher.org/ BC Kosher's Website]
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*[http://www.kof-k.org/ Kosher Certification]
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*''[http://www.star-k.com/ The Star K's website]''
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*''[http://www.ok.org/ The O-K's website]''
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*[http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm A useful guide to the issues of kashrus]
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===On ritual slaughter===
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*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=222239 About Shechita: The Method of Animal Slaughter]
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*[http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/041203/peta.shtml Controversy over recent PETA complaint]
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*[http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaugh.html Studies on pain during slaughter]
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*[http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/luminaries/monograph/forum_ar.shtml Conservative Judaism viewpoints on which methods should be considered kosher]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/www.swissnews.ch/topstory/02/topstoryapril02.html What limit religious freedom? The ban on kosher meat in Switzerland]
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2977086.stm Proposed British ban on kosher and halal meat]
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*[http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/ritual_slaughter/ Campaign against all ritual slaughter]
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===Miscellaneous===
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*[http://kosherfood.about.com About Kosher Food: Menus and Recipes]
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*[http://www.kosher.com/Index.cfm Kosher.com]
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*[http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=93784 Traditional Kosher foods recipes]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030424111703/schwartz.enviroweb.org/view-torah.html The Torah and vegetarianism]
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*[http://www.encyclopaediajudaica.com/AboutTheEncyclopaedia/SampleContent/DietaryLaws Second Jewish Encyclopaedia's excerpt on kashrut and Jewish dietary laws]
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*[http://www.kashrut.com/agencies/ Kashrut certification agencies (partial list)] from around the world, and their symbols which are found on all food that has been deemed kosher.
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[[Category:Jewish cuisine]]
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[[Category:Jewish law and rituals]]
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[[Category:Religion based diets]]
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Revision as of 15:28, May 22, 2007

Kashrut or kashruth, or "kosher" is the name of the 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.

Further reading

  • Yacov Lipschutz, Kashruth: A Comprehensive Background and Reference Guide to the Principles of Kahruth. New York:Mesorah Publications Ltd, 1989
  • Binyomen Forst, The Laws of Kashrus, Mozniam, 1999
  • James M. Lebeau, The Jewish Dietary Laws: Sanctify Life, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York, 1983
  • Isidore Grunfeld, The Jewish Dietary Laws, London: Soncino, 1972
  • Isaac Klein, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice, JTSA, 1992

External links

Resources on keeping kosher

On ritual slaughter

Miscellaneous

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