Can someone explain to me what is Kosher?

Question

I work with Orthodox Jews, and even though I know that their food must be kosher, what does this mean exactly?

Answer 1

There was a previous Yahoo! Answer given and I think it may help you out!!

Answer 2

am not jewish, so i can't tell you exactly what is kosher, trief or parve, but i do know that kosher means "pure" from the word kashrut, if my memory serves me well.

i believe that the expression "all kosher and above board" comes from the way kosher meat is prepared by the kosher butcher. any meat that is kosher is kept above the chopping board in the butchers, and anything unacceptable is resigned to below the board. i don't think the back half of an animal can be used, for instance, and orthodox and progressive jews don't mix milk and meat in their food or the utensils/crockery/sinks used to prepare the food, so if you are preparing food for your orthodox clients, you might need to get a new kitchen installed first, or else go veggie.

anything not pure such as pork or shellfish is trief, and anything that is neither trief nor kosher is parve, such as pulses/beans/chickpeas.

also, anything that is blessed by a rabbi can be regarded as kosher such as the gorjus pickled herrings i used to buy at the kosher butchers in my hometown, or more liberally such as a kosher car, which could be a car that you could get in and out of without taking your posh hat off.

aswell as this, kosher is a verb, the action of removing blood from meat bought at a kosher butcher by use of special koshering salt.

sorry if i got this wrong, i am only going by what my kosher jewish mates told me years ago, and by what i have read.

Answer 3

Haha it really is actual quite undemanding to understand. the necessary that technique of Kosher is that you do not blend meat and milk at the same time once you're eating. like you won't be able to devour a cheeseburger. also, in case you devour meat you want to attend a particular era of time to devour dairy searching on the relations. And same with dairy. there are diverse different issues more effective more effective into it in spite of the indisputable fact that that is the necessary rule. you may want to communicate over with the relations about their particular guidelines of them being Kosher. each and every human being is different.

Answer 4

Kosher means-prayed authorized -good meat and prayed over by a rabbi-he doesnt slauter it-a Jewish person slaughters it slitting its throat and the procedures till then and till you get it is considered done appropriatly-and there are degrees -glatt kosher is more strict and a rabbi the head of that orthodox community-or assigned rabbi by them does the rabinical work-thanks :D in amazing grace

Answer 5

As far as I can tell (and I'm not Jewish), it depends on the Rabbi. I believe that "kosher" means "clean", and it refers to the Laws of Moses and the interpretation thereof.

Clothes can be "unclean" (if they are made from more than one type of fiber, like cotton & nylon), people can be "unclean" if they have done certain things (like committed certain sins, or touched a dead person) until they are declared clean again, and certain foods (like pork) and certain combinations of foods (like meat & dairy products) are considered "unclean".

And plates & pots can be considered "unclean" under certain circumstances unless they have been blessed. And bread with yeast can be "unclean" during Passover.

In short, "kosher" means anything that is proper, and "unkosher" means anything that is forbidden.

Clear enough?

Answer 6

These sites can help.

A rabbi certifies that all animals have been killed in the most humane manner and that every drop of blood has been drained from the meat by having been soaked in salt for a period of time.
http://www.aish.com/literacy/mitzvahs/ab...
http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm...

Answer 7

Something to do with torturing animals to death, by bleeding them to death, rather than slaughtering them. Whatever the exact reasoning behind it, the truth is it's a way for them to feel good about eating meat!

Answer 8

It is meat slaughtered by the Rabbi, since he has said God's name on it, Muslims eat Kosher also since it is considered lawful to them, they both believe that slaughtering animals is a way of worship

Answer 9

Kocher food = halal meal!

Just stupid things they do with the meat before they eat it! Dumb stuff!I heard once the halal is that they leave the whatever they killed (cow) (chicken) whatever, they leave it haggin so the blood can drip all out something like that! Corret me if I'm mistaken!