I was watching a show on VH1 about Hulk Hogan and his family and they invited their Jewish neighbors over and they were discussing what makes meat kosher. I thought all pork was forbidden. They were saying that the animal can't feel any pain when slaughtered, how do you kill them then? I'm just confused and I think alot of people are about kosher foood. Not all Jewish people are kosher either, right?
2006-11-20 23:36:16 · 7 answers · asked by SHELTIELUVER 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Devora k. and Chani are both right. However, in addition to what they said, every drop of blood must be drained from the animal.
Kosher also requires that meat and dairy products are never combined; therefore, Orthodox Jews often have two refrigerators to avoid accidents.
Being kosher is practically impossible unless one lives in a Jewish neighborhood, that's one reason why most U.S. Jews are no longer kosher.
You can find much more at this website.
http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm
2006-11-21 00:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kosher meat can only be bought at a Kosher butcher, or larger meat outlet.
The animal is killed with a swift cut across the throat, and the blood drained. Animals are killed with perfectly sharpened knives, slicing the food and windpipes, this prevents pain. This renders the animal kosher. Animals which die in any other manner are prohibited and non-kosher.
Not all Jews keep Kosher. Then, there are many who keep Kosher in their homes, but not outside the homes. Why? It is due to the lack of Kosher restaurants around. I live in a city, and there are no Kosher restaurants here.
2006-11-21 07:48:11 · answer #2 · answered by Shossi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am Jewish and our home is not kosher but we eat no pork. In order to be kosher there is a heksher{documentation} that the meat is kosher and they slice the animals throat so as to feel only minimal ,pain. In order for a supermarket or butcher to sell kosher a rabbi makes unplanned stops at the place of business so as to make sure that everything is a OK. Also no milk products are used with the meat not even a pott that let us say made pudding once. The kitchen is seperated to milk and meat sides and that includes pot, dishes cooking utensiles etc
2006-11-21 07:48:51 · answer #3 · answered by devora k 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I'm not a Jew, but I'll try and answer! Peraps his neighbours weren't practicing Jews! There are those types of people in many religions! I don't know how they kill them, but they make sure ALL the blood is drained from the animal! They eat what was allowed in the Old Testament, nothing else!
I hope this helped
2006-11-21 07:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The book of Leviticus explains the foods that are good and bad to eat. That was written thousands of years before dieticians said these bad foods were indeed bad for you.
As for an animal feeling pain when being killed. Our family used to kill a hog every November or December for meat. We shot one hog in the head with a shot gun, but it didn't die immediately. We had to chase it around the pen with a sledge hammer and hit it in the head before it would fall.
Happy Thanksgiving. Please pass the ham.
2006-11-21 07:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't observe kosher law... i eat what i want... and bacon is the best
the guidelines are however laid down in the torah and were made to set apart the jews for holiness as G-ds people... same as circumcision and other halacha law
2006-11-21 07:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by israeli_stuck_in_usa 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Once the rabbi releases spooge on the item, it is declared kosher.
2006-11-21 07:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by Cosmic Charlie 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋