Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Judaism Conforming to dietary laws; ritually pure: kosher meat.
- adj. Judaism Selling or serving food prepared in accordance with dietary laws: a kosher restaurant.
- adj. Slang Legitimate; permissible: "consolidating noneditorial functions of the papers, which is kosher” ( Christian Science Monitor).
- adj. Slang Genuine; authentic.
- transitive v. To make proper or ritually pure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Prepared in accordance with Jewish religious practices.
- adj. In accordance with standards or usual practice.
- v. to make kosher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to
tref . For food to be officially kosher, it must be certified fit to eat by a Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law. - adj. Proper; seemly; appropriate; legitimate.
- adj. Genuine.
- n. Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.
- n. the practise of adherence to the Jewish ritual law; used mostly in the phrase keep kosher, v. i..
- transitive v. To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pure; clean; lawful; conforming to the requirements of the Talmud: used by Hebrews: as, kosher bread, kosher meat, etc.: opposed to tref.
- To make ‘kosher,’ or ceremonially correct.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. conforming to dietary laws
- adj. proper or legitimate
- n. food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Etymologies
Examples
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FaceGlat's name is a mashup of Facebook and glatt, the term for kosher meat considered to be a higher standard of kosher because of the source animal's smooth lungs.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Orthodox Jewish Version Of Facebook Gets Hacked ... Again
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Rabbi Howard Silverman of Beth Messiah Congregation in Gahanna, a Messianic congregation, acknowledges that although keeping kosher is an important tradition, it is not a law for Messianic Jews.
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This new, more cosmopolitan look to kosher is due in part to the growing affluence and influence of American Jews, says Deborah Dash Moore, a historian and director of the University of Michigan's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
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One contributor to the programme says: “Is it any coincidence that some individuals made millions selling shares in kosher lamb that very day?”
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Sigma Aldrich sells it, in kosher form, for forty-two dollars per kilogram.
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In 2006, he joined with Jewish leaders to push successfully for a Virginia state law that made it illegal to falsely label kosher and halal foods.
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The problem for those of us with lactose intolerance, or dairy allergies, or vegans, or those keeping kosher, is that the FDA has no jurisdiction over wine or beer labeling.
A naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding. [contains dairy]
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But they are probably the biggest name in kosher foods.
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There are other cases in kosher law where an impurity of one part in sixty is permitted.
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Maggie Glezer, the author of the comprehensive Artisan Baking Across America, recently published A Blessing of Bread, with two dozen recipes for challah, and instructions for making matzoh — though you'd have to be very flexible in personal observance to call it kosher for Passover.
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