what is kashrut?

Answer 1

Kashrut is the system of dietary rules followed by observant Jews.

These include:
Only eating meat that has been slaughtered in a particular manner
Not eating meat from any animal that does not have cloven hooves and chew its cud
Not eating seafood that does not come from creatures with fins and scales
Keeping meat separate from dairy, including separate dishes for each

Answer 2

Kashrut or Kashruth (Hebrew: כַּשְרוּת kašrûṯ) or "keeping kosher" (Hebrew: כָּשֵר kāšēr) is the name of the Jewish dietary laws. Food in accord with halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, from the Hebrew term kasher, meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption by observant Jews).

Food not in accord with Jewish law is termed treifah or treif (טְרֵפָה ṭərēp̄āh) ("torn"); the term originally referred to animals (from a kosher species such as cattle or sheep) which had been either incorrectly slaughtered or mortally wounded by wild beasts and therefore were not fit for human consumption. Among Sephardim, it typically only refers to meat that is not kosher.

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 Shulkhan Arukh and later rabbinical authorities. Many varied reasons have been offered for these laws, ranging from philosophical and ritualistic, to practical and hygenic; see below for examples and explanations.

The word kosher has been borrowed by many languages. In English as slang, it generally means legitimate, acceptable, permissible, genuine or authentic.

Answer 3

"keeping kosher" (Hebrew: כָּשֵר kāšēr) the name of the Jewish dietary laws