before getting into what is kosher the
bigger question is why do people keep it
and there's no one answer for some it's
simply I'm an observant Jew God
commanded in the matura so I do it for
others it's I grew up keeping kosher and
it's what I'm used to what I'm
comfortable with
it just feels Jewish or what you consume
matters and eating should be a mindful
experience it makes the spiritual
physical or even it makes me part of
something bigger my Jewish community
when bringing food into the home of
someone who keeps kosher it's important
to be respectful of the food restriction
best to stick with fresh fruits or
vegetables or packaged foods that have
kosher symbols on them more on this Lane
so what are the rules of kosher there
are three basic rules you can't eat some
animals the animals you do need to be
slaughtered in a special way and you
can't combine milk and meat let's break
that down what animals can't eat
famously of course pork and shrimp and
shellfish ah but the Torah has a long
list of animals calling some of them
clean and some of them unclean if you
are what you eat pigs are out cows
they're in chickens ducks turkeys salmon
tuna also next what is kosher slaughter
well it's called cleans up later and
there are lots of rules on how different
animals need to be butchered and
prepared which we're going to see what's
important to know is that because meat
needs to be prepared in a special way
there's a labeling system certifying
agencies famously the oh you put their
labels there hex yours on food there's a
hamster on it the meats or any packaged
food and certified Kosher not some foods
don't require how shares like fruits and
veggies most food in a grocery store is
not kosher you may have to hunt around a
bit for some products or even go to a
separate store to find things like
kosher meats and wine finally not
combining milk and meat yes this does
mean no cheeseburgers but it goes a bit
beyond that
for instance you can't use butter and
mashed potatoes you're serving with
turkey separating milk and meat is
taking so seriously but some people wait
an hour or three or even six between
eating the two incacha root food gets
lumped into two main categories milk and
if you're invited to a kosher meal it
will either be a milk meal or a meat
meal a meal that has dairy or one that
has meat knuckled this is why kosher
restaurants are either dairy restaurants
or meat restaurants kosher kitchens at
home generally have two sets of
everything dishes pans and sometimes yes
even the kitchen sink three dozen either
milk nor meat is called par you can have
that food with everything yay these
rules for kosher originally came from
the Torah which is farce about the
specifics all the Torah says about milk
and meat for instances you shall not
boil a kid in the milk of its mother
which some believe was in response to an
ancient pagan ritual where they did back
unlike most Jewish Commandments meets
both the rest of the rules of kosher
come from thousands of years of
tradition where people asked what's the
deeper meaning of this passage so the
three basic kosher laws got extrapolated
and evolved into the consensus Jews have
today now by the way is still evolving
for instance one of the debates right
now is whether to include ethical labor
practices inside the kosher conversation
kosher standards vary by community they
look different in a tel-aviv hotel and
your grandma's kitchen for the main
motivation making conscious holy choices
every day remains the same and these
shared kosher standards helps to bring
communities closer through everything
from pot Luck's to shiva calls to
Shabbat yet if you're exploring Judaism
it's worth trying kosher al maybe try it
on for a week and see on the field your
best bet is hanging out with a friend or
Jewish teacher who keeps kosher and have
some fun cooking party there's a bit of
a learning curve and if you didn't grow
up with it you're going to want more
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