What is kosher food?

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What is kosher food?

Answer 1

Kosher: or kosher foods, has to do with rituals & guidelines of the Jews. The way they slaughter certain animals birds or mammals for food production for example, must be done in accordance with Jewish rituals & or traditions, even products such as milk etc, have to meet with Jewish dietary laws...Even the utensils, & cooking machinary, or things produced by Getiles, & Isarel that has not been tithed properley, has been used in non kosher foods.

So anything pertaining to Jewish rituals, food use food produts slaughter, dietary laws...That are within these guideines of the ways in which Jewish people do things, are what Kosher Means!

Answer 2

Food allowed under Jewish Law.  There are lots of rules.  The big ones that impact modern diets are:

Mammals must have cloven hoves and chew their cud.  Sheep, cows and goats ok.  Pigs aren't.  

No shellfish (sea food must have scales and fins).  

Meat and milk products should be served separately (if you  have cheese you can't have meat).  

No blood (Kosher meat is slaughtered in a manner that removes the animal's blood).  

Kosher ingredients/packaged food are indicated by a K logo.  

It's similar but not the same as Islamic Halal (allowed) food.

Answer 3

It is food that is produced according to kosher law, for Jewish people who abide by those laws.

Answer 4

kOSHER FOOD IS MEAT -  THE JEWISH EQUAVELENT OF HALAL MEAT THE MOSLEMS EAT.

THE ANIMAL HAS TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN THE PRESENCE OF A JEWISH REABBI, WHO WILL ENSURE THAT THE BLOOD IS DRAINED FROM THE ANIMAL BY SLITTING IT'S THROAT.

Answer 5

meat from the front half of a cow, or blessed by a rabbi or both

Answer 6

Foods that conform to Jewish dietary laws. Reasons for food being considered non-kosher include the presence of ingredients derived from non-kosher animals or from kosher animals that were not properly slaughtered, a mixture of meat and milk, wine or grape juice (and their derivatives) produced by gentiles, the use of produce from Israel that has not been tithed properly, or even the use of cooking utensils and machinery which had previously been used for non-kosher food.

Answer 7

Jewish people eat Kosher food. It has to be prepared specially. Please pick me as best. thank u.

Answer 8

Kosher food is food prepared in accordance with Jewish Dietary Laws.

In their most "biblical" form, Jewish Dietary Laws state:

Pork, rabbit, eagle, owl, catfish, sturgeon, and any shellfish, insect or reptile are non-kosher.

Other species of meat and fowl must be slaughtered in a prescribed manner to be kosher.

Meat and dairy products may not be made or consumed together.

A kosher food that is processed or cooked together with a non-kosher food, or any derivative of a non-kosher food, becomes non-kosher. For example, food coloring derived from a shellfish and used in a cake makes the cake non-kosher.

While Jewish Dietary Laws originated in the Bible (Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 17), they have been codified and interpreted over the centuries by rabbinical authorities.

Likewise, definitions of kosher have evolved in response to changes in the food industry, the Jewish People, and world culture.

Due to the growing complexity of foodstuffs, the need arose for kosher certifying agencies to determine the kosher status of prepared food.

kosher certification labels are printed on the packages of kosher food.

As Jews lived in and adopted food traditions from different countries around the world and as different denominations of Judaism developed, Jewish definitions of kosher have become more varied over time. There are different Jewish ethnic cultures, different branches within Judaism, and various Jewish kosher certifying authorities in the United States that certify "kosher" based on rules that vary from liberal to conservative.

Furthermore, in recent times gentiles have become more interested in kosher food. Muslims, today's number one consumers of kosher food items in the United States, may define "kosher" as food that fits the Quran's dietary laws of Halal. And people who are health-conscious may define "kosher" as food that is under special supervision. Various religious, cultural, health and quality reasons spark their interest in and color their definitions of kosher.