Jewish Law Kashrut Quizlet

Milcheig

Dairy products

Flesheig

Meat products

Parve

Not dairy, not meat, not poultry (birds)

Examples: Eggs, fruits, vegetables, fish

Mishpat

Law that there is a reason for

Chok

Law that there is no reason for

Genesis 1:29

We are meant to be herbivores and only eat "seed-bearing fruit"

Significance of Noah's Ark (in relation to Kashrut)

We become meat eaters as all vegetation has been wiped out

Genesis 9:1-4

Animals are food now

Fear

Allowed to eat animals, but there must be no blood in the flesh as the blood is the life of the animal --> a lot of work to eat an animal

Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26

"Do not boil a kid (baby goat - refers to any kosher land animal) in its mother's milk"

The first fruits that grow you must offer to God

Deuteronomy 14:21

If an animal dies a natural death (disease, old age, etc.), you may not eat it and should instead give it to a community member or sell it to a stranger

"Do not boil a kid in its mother's milk" (repetition = importance)

Talmud, Chullin 115b

"You shall not cook a kid in its mother's milk" is said three times

Forbidden from eating, cooking, & selling it

Mishnah, Chullin 8:1

Can only cook fish and grasshoppers with meat

Forbidden to place milk and meat on the same table

Poultry (birds) is grouped with meat --> you cannot eat poultry and meat or put them on the same table

Why Poultry (birds) and milk cannot be mixed (fence)?

In order to protect the laws of Kashrut

A fence as it: expands, sets boundaries, and protects

Maimonides, Sefer Ha-Mitzvot: Expands "Milk and Meat" Laws

Negative Mitzvah 186: It is forbidden to cook milk and meat together

Negative Mitzvah 187: It is forbidden to eat milk and meat together

Negative Mitzvah 186 (more details)

Must be separate counters, plates, dishes, utensils, etc., for milk and meat

Glass is a loophole as it is not porous (does not have pores --> doesn't allow liquids or other things to go through)

Negative Mitzvah 187 (more details)

When you eat meat before dairy you have to wait 6 hours

When you eat dairy before meat you have to wait 30 minutes or thoroughly rinse your mouth

Blood and Flesh: Deuteronomy 12:20-25

You cannot consume blood with the flesh

You have to pour the blood on the ground like water

Shechita

Process of slaying an animal in a Kosher, painless way

Chalaf, Schochet, and Glatt

Chalaf - Kosher knife for slaying an animal

Schochet - A Kosher butcher who performs the Shechita

Glatt - Smooth, refers to the ribcage of an animal (if there are no blemishes)

Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim

Compassion towards animals

Examples of Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim and where they come from

All from the Torah

grass for cattle - Feed animals before yourself

Do not:" muzzle an Ox while threshing,

make an animal work on Shabbat,

kill animal and mother same day.

Animal shall stay with its mother for at least 7 days before sacrificed - needs to drink mother's milk to survive and be fit for sacrifice

What are the 4 main categories of Kashrut we studied this Unit?

1. Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim

2. Milk and Meat

3. What animals are Kosher and why

4. Flesh and Blood

Treif

Literal definition: Torn; to tear

Common understanding: Something is NOT KOSHER

Hechsher

Kosher symbol (U, K, OU)

Why are the laws of Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim apart of Kashrut?

Because animals are God's creations, and we must treat all of God's creations with compassion, if we don't treat animals with compassion, we are going against God

Why do we keep Kosher

In Leviticus (Holiness Code): God is holy, we are in Gods image, therefore we are to be holy so we can't eat anything unclean/not-kosher

Dra'sh on "Why do we keep Kosher"

Mindfulness

Ethical point of view

Rules and Restrictions about what animals you can eat: Land animals

In Leviticus, Holiness Code

It has to have true split hooves, clefts in the hooves and has to chew its cud.

Kosher: Cow, goat, lamb

Not Kosher: Camal, Daman, Hare

Rules and Restrictions about what animals you can eat: Fish

In Leviticus, Holiness Code

Has to have fins and scales

Kosher: Tuna, Salmon, Talapia

Not Kosher: Shrimp, Crab, Lobster

Rules and Restrictions about what animals you can eat: Poultry (birds)

In Leviticus, Holiness Code

Cannot be birds of prey

Kosher: Chicken, Duck, Turkey

Not Kosher: Raven, Hawk, Eagle