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Food Laws In the Jewish Tradition.
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The Law for Jewish people and food is told in Leviticus "These are the animals which you may eat.... Anything which has a completely split hoof and chews the cud, this you may eat..." (Leviticus 11: 2-3) This quote means that only animals that have a complete split between their hooves and chew the cud are allowed to be eaten by Jews. This includes cows, sheep, chicken, goose, cod, plaice and winged insects that hop e.g. locusts. These foods are known as kosher foods. Kosher translates to fitting or appropriate food which a Jewish person is allowed to eat. When you are Kashrut, you are in a state of keeping the kosher rules. It is also the study of the laws relating to kosher food. Treifah is the opposite of kosher, and translates to "Torn". There are then parve foods. Parve foods are "neutral" foods such as...
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