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Speaker 1: how do kosher foods work? In the grocery store, you'll
Speaker 1: find all sorts of foods labeled as kosher, but the
Speaker 1: most common are kosher hot dogs and kosher pickles. You
Speaker 1: will often find a you with a circle around it
Speaker 1: on kosher products. There's also the word parava on many foods,
Speaker 1: and this is a form of kosher labeling as well.
Speaker 1: When a food is labeled as kosher, it means that
Speaker 1: the food has been prepared in accordance with the rules
Speaker 1: of food preparation that are set forth in the Old
Speaker 1: Testament of the Bible and formalized in Jewish law. For example,
Speaker 1: in chapter eleven of the Book of Leviticus, the Bible states,
Speaker 1: and the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, say to
Speaker 1: the people of Israel, these are the living things which
Speaker 1: you may eat among all the beasts that are on
Speaker 1: the earth, whatever parts the hoof and is cloven footed,
Speaker 1: and choose the cud among the animals you may eat. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: among those that chew the cud or part the hoof,
Speaker 1: you shall not eat. These The camel because it choose
Speaker 1: the cud but does not part the hoof is unclean
Speaker 1: to you. And the rock badger because it choose the
Speaker 1: cud but does not part the hoof is unclean to you.
Speaker 1: And the hair because it choose the cud but does
Speaker 1: not part the hoof is unclean to you. And the
Speaker 1: swine because it parts the hoof and is cloven footed,
Speaker 1: but does not chew the cud is unclean to you.
Speaker 1: Of their flesh you shall not eat. And there are
Speaker 1: carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.
Speaker 1: These you may eat. Of all that are in the waters.
Speaker 1: Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether
Speaker 1: in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.
Speaker 1: But anything in the seas or rivers that has not
Speaker 1: ends and scales. Of the swarming creatures in the waters,
Speaker 1: and of the living creatures that are in the waters,
Speaker 1: is an abomination to you. The Bible goes on to
Speaker 1: cover birds, insects, and so on in quite a bit
Speaker 1: of detail. Other parts of the Bible indicate that the
Speaker 1: mixing of meat and milk is forbidden, that animals should
Speaker 1: be killed humanely according to certain rituals, and so on.
Speaker 1: By following all these different rules under rabbinical supervision, of
Speaker 1: food can be certified and labeled as kosher. Meat and
Speaker 1: milk cannot be mixed, they cannot be eaten at the
Speaker 1: same time, and even the utensils used to prepare meat
Speaker 1: and dairy foods must be separated. On the other hand,
Speaker 1: most vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts can be mixed with
Speaker 1: either meat or milk. Therefore, these foods could be consumed
Speaker 1: at any time. A food that can be eaten either
Speaker 1: with meat or milk is labeled as parav a. You'll
Speaker 1: see that label on the cover of a lot of
Speaker 1: different foods. For moralness and thousands of other topics, visit
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