whats kosher?

Question

if heard of it. i know thats its jewish, so i guess my real question is y and where does it come from and what makes it kosher????

Answer 1

Kosher is a food that is prepared in accordance with Jewish dietary laws. This is food that conforms to Jewish dietary laws, which were laid down by Moses, according to Biblical accounts of Hebrew history.

Universal laws, rules, and regulations and their observance in a manner that is in accordance with halacha. (Halacha: The final decision of the Rabbis, whether based on tradition or argument on disputed rules of conduct.)

From the Hebrew kasher. When talking about food, to prepare it at every stage in strict observance of the Jewish dietary laws. When talking about salt, kosher salt is a coarse salt that does not contain magnesium carbonate.

Answer 2

there are dietary rules kosher Jews must follow. there are 3 types of food meat, dairy and parve. parve is neutral but meat and dairy may never meet or touch the same surface (pork is forbidden). Not on cookware, dishes, not in anyway. I have worked in a resort kitchen and once a year a large group of hasidic Jews would come and before they came they would pay to replace pots and pans, dishes, ovens everything. All of this was watched over by a Rabi. every food item had to be declared kosher by the Rabi. there is more to it than that but that is the short story.

Answer 3

Food which follows dietary rules laid down in the Hebrew scriptures of the Bible ("old testament"), particularly the first five books written by Moses. The first law was given to Noah after the flood (in Genesis Chapter 9), permission was given for the first time to eat meat but the animal had to be bled (slaughtering method includes draining of all blood because this must not be eaten), before that humans were vegetarians (Genesis 1:29). Other rules followed, such as those described by other answers, also certain animals were not permitted as food, not just pork but also camels, rock badgers, hares, seafood without fins and scales, and a long list of flying creatures (Leviticus Chapter 11) as well as carrion.
Islam has similar dietary restrictions, they call it halal.

Answer 4

Both Kosher thing and What make something kosher are come from history.

Answer 5

kosher means:

food that has been prepared so that it is fit and suitable under Jewish law.


so in other words, it's kosher if it is allowed by Jewish law.

Answer 6

It is an ancient and intricate set of dietary laws governing the butchering and preparing of food. Two of the main laws are not combining dairy and meat and not eating pork or shellfish, but there are many others.

Answer 7

Food prepared specially for Jewish people. Similar to food being Halal for Muslim people.

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

anything with ham