Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of being kosher.
- noun The body of Jewish dietary law.
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- noun The
Jewish dietary laws , stating which foods are fit to eat (kosher ).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And creating a list of businesses that do or do not follow kashrut is not that far from creating a list of Christian Owned Businesses or Christian Owned Restaurants.
Matthew Yglesias » War on Christmas Just Got More Fierce 2009
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Finding logic in the rules of kashrut is a frustrating task, as the anthropologist Marvin Harris entertainingly recounts in his book The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig.
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Finding logic in the rules of kashrut is a frustrating task, as the anthropologist Marvin Harris entertainingly recounts in his book The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig.
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The Agriprocessors plant slaughtered chickens and cows according to a group of laws -- known as kashrut -- that have been refined and codified over centuries in books like the Shulchan Aruch.
A Quarrel Over What Is Kosher Nathaniel Popper 2009
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The Torah teaches what’s known as kashrut/The Dietary Laws in three texts:
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I grew up kosher, and so the idea of kashrut as a high mitzvah is deeply implanted in me.
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He wrote about ritual matters such as kashrut as well as business questions, relations between Jews and non-Jews, medical procedures, marriage, divorce, conversion and synagogue practice.
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Girls in Bais Ya’akov study Bible and manuals of Jewish law, emphasizing the strictest ritual conformity, particularly in matters such as kashrut and relations between the sexes.
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The families did not always look favorably upon their daughter’s activities in a mixed organization that was secular from the outset, in which training exercises were held on the Sabbath and holidays, and basic religious strictures such as kashrut and modesty of dress were not observed (the girls wore trousers or shorts).
Haganah. 2009
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It’s already a struggle, uphill, for Conservative rabbis to advocate values such as kashrut - this is a stab at doing something about maintaining the attempt, and not giving up in despair.
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