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Jewish foods

Kashrut is the body of jewish law dealing with what foods we can and cannot eat and

how those foods must be prepared and eaten .Rules form the main aspect of kashrut

jewish dietary laws.

The word kosher can be used to describe ritual object that are made in accordance with

jewish law and are fix for ritual used.

Rabbi Haym Haley Donin suggest that the dietary laws are designed as a call to holiness.

The ability to distinguish between right and wrong good and e!il pure and defiled the

sacred and the profane it is !ery important in Judaism imposing rules on what you cannot

eat will gain thatkinf of self control it re"uiring us to learn to control e!en our most basic

primal instinct .Donin !iew that law of Kashut ele!ate the simple act of eating into a

religious rituals.

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The yeddish words fleishing meat miching during a neutral one community used to

describe food of utensils fall into one of those categories foe example most margarines

are dairy for kosher purposes because they contain a small "uantity of whey or other

dairy products to gi!e it a dairy like taste.

#ine was commonly used in the rituals of all ancient religions and was routinely sametry

for $agan purposes while it was processed purposes for this reason use of the yidish

words fleishing %meat& miching.

'ne must wait a significant amount of time between eating meat and dairy opinions differ

and !ary from three to six hours . This is because faulty residues and meat particles tend

to cling to the mouth from dairy to meat to the mouth.

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(lthough the details of kashrut are extensi!e the law all deri!e from a few fairly

simple straight forward rules.

certain animals may not be eaten at allthis restriction includes the fles organs

eggs and milk of the forbidden animals.

of the animals that may be eaten the birds and mammals must be killed in

accordance with jewish law .

all blood must be drained from meat and poultry or broiled out of it before it is

eaten .

certain parts of permitted criminals may not be eaten.

fruits and !egetables are permitted but must be inspected for bugs %which can be

eaten &

meat fish egg fruit !egetables either meat or dairy. (ccording to some !iew

fish may not be eaten with meat.

utensils that ha!e come into contact with meat may not be used with dairy utensils

that come into contact with non kosher food may not be used with kosher this

applies only where the contact occurred while the food was hot..

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#hat is kitniyos)

Kitnyos is popularity defined as legumes but what are legumes the shulca (ruch in

orach chain defines kityos as those gains that can be cooked and baked in a fashion

similar to chomets grains yet are not halachically in the same considered the same

category as momet*.

+ome examples are rice corn peas red kidney litra garbanna .

The torah formentation of barley oat wheat

carriage produce made by now jews may not be eaten.

The separation of meat and dairy the oral taral explain that they are prohibits the

Talmud prohibits cookingand fish together and ser!ing them on the same places

because it considered to be unhealthy.

The cycle of jewish festi!al has become intimatel connected with foods and the

themes of the festi!als lend themsel!es to focusing on specific aspects of what makes

food Rosh Hahanah is symbolically with eating apple slices dipped in honey the apple

e!okes the round cycle of the year as if it begin and the honey hopes for it sweetness.

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The Jewish cycle of life .

challa

( special teacher of the +abbath meals is the cutting of a special oat of bread or challah.

,ach meal begins by recriting the blessing for bread .This practice commemorate themanna allotted each +abbath to the children of -srael in the desrt.

The ritual of Kiddush obser!ed on the jewish sabatth and other holy day is accompanied

by the blessing o!er wine and the drinking of a cup of wine which proclaim the holinessof the day.