What is Kosher? i would like to understand once and for all!?

Question

What is Kosher? i would like to understand once and for all!?

Answer 1

Caroline answered most of it.

I just want to add, that all items used in the kitchen and at the table may not be mingled, but everything used for meat is only suitable for meat, and all bowls, plates, pots etc used for dairy food can only be used for dairy food, never for meat.

Also insects, for example in grapes or other fruit have to be avoided. Once you even see a tiny fruit fly close to some fruit, it is not kosher anymore.

Answer 2

The Hebrew word "Kasheir," or "Kosher," means fit or proper. When applied to food, the term indicates that an item is fit for consumption according to Jewish law. The word "Kashruth" refers to the general subject of Kosher food.

There are three categories of Kosher food - Meat, Dairy and Parve (or Pareve).

1. Meat - For an animal to be Kosher, it must have split hooves and chew its cud. (Examples: cow, goat, lamb.) Non-Kosher animals include pig, horse, camel and rabbit. Kosher fowl include chicken, turkey, goose, and certain duck. Animals and fowl must be slaughtered by a specialist, called a shochet, and then soaked and salted in accordance with Jewish law. All carnivorous (meat-eating) animals and fowl, and the blood of all animals and fowl, and any derivatives or products thereof, are not Kosher.

2. Dairy - Milk and milk products (cheese, cream, butter, etc.) of a Kosher animal are Kosher-Dairy. These may not be eaten in combination with meat or fowl.

3. Parve - Foods which contain neither meat nor dairy ingredients are called "Parve." All fruits, grains and vegetables in their natural state are Kosher and Parve. Fish which have fins and scales are Kosher and Parve. Some examples are salmon, halibut and carp. Not Kosher fish species include sturgeon, catfish and swordfish. All shellfish, eel, sharks, underwater mammals, and reptiles are not Kosher. A Parve item can become either dairy or meat when it is cooked together with food in either category. (Example: fish fried in butter is considered dairy, not Parve.)

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Kosher means that the factory which produces the food has to be inspected by the rabbi and blessed by the rabbi.  The factory cannot also process food that contains any meat product from a hooved animal (pigs, eg) and the food cannot contain those products.  

From what I understand it's a big deal for those of the Jewish faith.

Answer 5

Kosher food is prepared in the Jewish manner to meet their religious beliefs. Kosher means 'pure', it doesn't mean prayed over.

It is a term now use to describe other things like Kosher Salt, which merely means it is pure salt and doesn't contain iodine.

Answer 6

What the other people said lolz.

Answer 7

it means dead animals that all of the blood as been drained out of.totally cleaned.... gross huh

Answer 8

it means blessed by a rabbi.

Answer 9

Kosher means that its blessed by a Rabbi... that's it.