For the Jewish and Hebrew culture.............?

Question

What does "Kosher" mean?

Answer 1

"Kosher" means that something is fit and proper under Jewish law. Usually, the term is referring to a set of rules regarding what is fit and proper for a Jew to eat, and mostly have to do with animal products.

I'll try to sum up the most important points:
1) Any plant is Kosher if it has not come into contact with anything that is not Kosher.
2) An animal's meat or milk may be Kosher if the animal was a mammal that has a hoof and chews chud or if the animal was a normal type of barnyard bird. No birds of prey or carnivores are Kosher.
3) If one of these animals is slaughtered and the meat drained of blood in a specific way, and the meat from the front half of the animal may be Kosher.
4) Seafood is Kosher if it comes from a fish that has both fins and scales. Shellfish is not Kosher.
5) Milk and meat may not be mixed in a meal. Milk and meat mixed together are not Kosher, even if they are both from a Kosher animal.
6) All Kosher foods must be cooked in vessels only used for cooking Kosher foods.

Answer 2

What is Kosher?

Kosher comes from the Hebrew word for “fit” or “proper,” and it means an item conforms to biblical laws governing the selection and preparation of foods. For thousands of years, Rabbinic scholars have interpreted these laws and applied them to contemporary situations.

What Kosher is: Basically, Dietary laws or rules

Rules such as do not mix milk and meat to which animals you can eat. There is nothing intrinsically wicked about eating pork or lobster, and there is nothing intrinsically moral about eating cheese or chicken instead. But what the Jewish way of life does by imposing rules on our eating, sleeping, and working habits is to take the most common and mundane activities and invest them with deeper meaning, turning every one of them into an occasion for obeying (or disobeying) God.
What Kosher is NOT:

The modern World has often thought the "laws of kosher" were based on hygiene. It was believed by some that kosher animals were healthier to eat than non-kosher animals. It was also noted that the laws of purity (Leviticus 11-15) not only describe the difference between clean and unclean animals, but also describe other phenomena related to health. Thus, it was natural for many to assume that all the laws of kashrut were merely hygienic in intent and origin. Also wrong is the belief that kosher means blessed by a Rabbi.

Answer 3

kosher is a term used to litterly mean good or acetable. wen food is kosherr it is acceotable to ht e jewish cultore. there are many things that define kosher like: no mixing meat and dairy products, no anials that have dont have spkit hooves(pigs), sont chew its own cud. also in order for food to be acepted as kosher a rabbi must view it as it is made and it must be slaurghtered coorcetly this is clled shekting

Answer 4

Maintaining religious laws.Usually refers to diet.But,to go further than that,it also relates to the raising of,and preparation of the food.There is actually a lot more to being kosher,but maybe this will help with some understanding.

Answer 5

Jews are a people, Judiasm is a religion, Hebrew is a tribe and a language, not a culture.

Answer 6

It has been prayed over. In accordance with dietary old testament law. Yiddish, not Hebrew. Type in ' define ' and then the word, you'll see what I mean.

Answer 7

Kosher is blessed by a Rabbi. Pretty simple answer.