What does Kosher mean??

Question

Serously. and is it a jewish thing???

i understand its a brand of pickles but that's not the answer i'm looking for there's a type of foods of something.

Answer 1

The word "kosher' is one of Judaism's contributions to the international vocabulary. People of other cultures and languages use the term in its original meaning-denoting that which is proper and meets accepted rules and standards.

In Judaism, the term "kosher" is not used exclusively for ritually edible food. We refer to tefillin and Torah scrolls as kosher to mean that they meet all halachic (Jewish legal) requirements. The expression can even be applied to people. Acceptable witnesses are called edim k'sherim; adam kasher is an upright, proper, observant Torah Jew. Its most common use today, of course, is in regard to food. Food is relevant to all, and it is regarding food that "kosher" or "non-kosher" is encountered most often.

Food may be designated non-kosher for a variety of reasons. They include the species involved (for example; the pig) the manner in which the food was processed (such as an animal improperly slaughtered, or the mixing of milk and meat); or time (leavened product not properly disposed of prior to Passover or food cooked on the Sabbath).

Answer 2

Though popular "thought concept" is that Kosher food is "blessed by a Rabbi", this is definetly not the case!

Kosher food is food prepared in accordance with Jewish dietary guidelines or "Kahrut" which means "proper."

Any food can be called kosher food if it follows the proper guidelines. Conversely, foods typically labeled as "Jewish" aren't necessarily kosher.

The word "kosher" isn't used for only food, however. Kosher basically means something follows all the Jewish legal guidelines.

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Kosher foods
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Kosher foods are those that meet certain criteria of Jewish law. Invalidating characteristics may range from the presence of a mixture of meat and milk, to the use of produce from Israel that has not been tithed properly, or even the use of cooking utensils which had previously been used for non-kosher food. For an in-depth discussion of this tradition, see kashrut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_foods

Hope this helps you understand a bit better!

Answer 3

Kosher is
When a food product is considered Kosher, it must be either an animal deemed kosher in the Bible or be a food product that comes from an animal by product deemed kosher in the Bible. Additionally, it must be prepared as outlined by the Rabbis in the Talmud. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America is one organization that have rabbi's trained to certify that a particular food has been prepared according to Jewish dietary laws and can be considered kosher. Their copyrighted symbol, a U inside an O can only be placed by them on labels for products that they have certified as kosher. There are a multitude of such organization around the world that each have their on copyrighted symbols. If you only see a K on the label - which cannot be copyrighted as it is a letter of the alphabet - then the company that manufactured the food says it is kosher, but it has not necessarily been checked by a certified organization to determine it kosher status. Kosher food requires, among other things, the separation of meat and milk and specific procedures for slaughtering and preparing meat.

Answer 4

Yes Kosher is a Jewish thing. It means that he preparation of the food followed Jewish dietary law. A person can keep a Kosher kitchen by following a number of practices such as not preparing animals with cloven hoofs or not mixing milk and meat dishes.
Commercial foods that are labeled as Kosher are prepared in facilities that have certain cleaning standards and the food production is overseen by a Rabbi

Answer 5

Kosher means it is a resturant that serves dishes that are not make with pork I am in Houston and they have a fantatic place called Katz and their food is awesome. No its not limited to being jewish they just stay away from pork because it says to do so in the bible but they have a lot of meat like pastrami and beef and beef bacon and salmon and great deserts as well.

Answer 6

Kashrut or kashruth, kashrus or "keeping kosher" is the name of the Jewish dietary laws. Food in accord with halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, from the Hebrew term kashér, meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption by Jews according to traditional Jewish law).

Food not in accord with Jewish law is termed treif, trafe, the Hebrew term refers 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. Sometimes, non-kosher food in general may be dismissed with the colloquial term chazir-treif, which literally means "as unfit as pork", the pig having become perhaps the most notable symbol of the non-kosher animal.

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. Many varied 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 legitimate, acceptable, permissible, genuine or authentic in a broader sense.

Answer 7

The Hebrew word kosher means proper as it relates to kosher dietary law

Answer 8

The Hebrew word kosher means fit or proper as it relates to kosher dietary law. Kosher foods are permitted to be eaten, and can be used as ingredients in the production of additional food items.
The basic laws of Kashrus are of Biblical origin. For thousands of years, Rabbinic scholars have interpreted these laws and applied them to contemporary situations. In addition, Rabbinic bodies enacted protective legislation to safeguard the integrity of kosher laws.

Answer 9

Kosher means it has been prepared following the dietary laws of Orthodox Jews.

Answer 10

The first person is correct, however it's not just a Jewish thing. Muslims have the same credo, except it's called "Halal"...same principles, but they have an extreme discipline against mixing pork products in with other meats as well, since they do not eat pork...