Transcript Kosher Kitchen

Kosher Kitchen
What do you know?
Keeping Kosher at Home
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Meat and dairy products may not be cooked or consumed
together. You should wait six hours after eating meat before
eating dairy products.
This separation applies to the dishes, cutlery, pots, pans, ovens,
and utensils used. Two sets of everything are required---one for
meat and one for dairy--and are usually stored separately.
To signify that a certain food has been carefully supervised by a
rabbi, a symbol (hechsher) is used. Check the products you buy.
For more information, please contact a competent Orthodox rabbi
or teacher.
Eating Kosher According to the Bible
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Eating kosher means to partake only of select nourishment
sources which are biblically ordained by God. God considers only
kosher animals (with fruits and vegetables) to be food.
We are also a holy and singular people on the earth. God wants
everything we do to testify of our being a holy people. Even our
eating is subject to the will of God, who gives us everything holy
and good to enjoy.
Leviticus 20:25-26 “You shall therefore make a difference
between clean animals and unclean, and between unclean fowls
and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by
animal, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that moves on
the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. And
you shall be holy unto me. for I, YHVH, am holy, and have
separated you from other people, that you should be mine.”
Your Guide to Kosher Foods
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Meat and Poultry
Beef, veal, lamb, and venison are permitted as well as other
animals that have split hooves and chew their cud. These are
usually animals that graze and are not predators. Most domestic
birds, like chicken, turkey, duck and geese, are kosher.
However, for meat and poultry to be considered kosher, even
permitted animals must be inspected and prepared by a qualified
specialist to meet rigorous standards above and beyond that of
the federal government.
According to Torah law, all life must be revered. For this reason
there are special laws dictating how the animal or fowl is to be
slaughtered. This process follows the biblical mandate not to
cause pain and suffering to any living creature.
Your Guide to Kosher Foods
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Dairy
All kosher dairy products are free of any animal byproducts. Staples like milk and butter are virtually
always kosher. However rabbinical supervision is
required.
Trafe
The opposite of kosher ("fit" or "proper") is trafe. Trafe
means "torn" or "damaged" and is a grouping of foods
such as: Pork, aggressive animal meat, wild birds and
birds of prey, shellfish, sea mammals, frogs, turtles,
octopi and insects are forbidden.
To follow the old adage, "you are what you eat," ingesting
these animals, according to many authorities, would be
to absorb their negative instincts as well.
Your Guide to Kosher Foods
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Pareve
Pareve is a term used to describe kosher food that contains
neither dairy nor meat and is considered "neutral." Beer, soda,
many fine wines, juices and fruit liquors must have a hechsher
(and are usually pareve).All things that grow from the earth
are considered kosher. It doesn't matter what type of plant--they are all pareve in their natural state. Once processed,
however, supervision is required.
Any fish that has both fins and scales falls into the pareve
category of kosher foods. A few examples of permissable fish
are salmon, tuna, flounder, sole, halibut, whitefish, sardines,
and rainbow trout. However, they must be cleaned and
prepared with kosher utensils. Eggs from kosher birds are not
considered meat, but are kosher and pareve.
"Kosher for Passover"
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During Passover, Jews refrain from eating chometz:
anything that contains barley, wheat, rye, oats, and spelt,
and is not cooked within 18 minutes after coming in
contact with water. No leavening is allowed. This signifies
the fact that the Hebrews had no time to let their bread rise
as they made a hurried escape from Egypt.
Jews of different backgrounds do not observe all of the
same rules. Ashkenazi Jews, who come from Europe (most
Jews in America), also avoid corn, rice, peanuts, and
legumes as they are also used to make bread and may have
other grains mixed in. These items are known as kitniyot.
More Rules for “Kosher for Passover”
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Rules and guidelines may be extremely stringent. Not
only must Orthodox Jews not eat these items, but they
also must completely remove them and any food that
has come in contact with them from their homes.
Some go through amazingly thorough and laborintensive cleaning processes to rid their homes of any
hint of chometz or kitniyot. For example:
Scouring Stoves, Ovens, Sinks, and Refrigerators
Silverware must be "heated to a glow" and then cooled.
Pots must be cleaned inside and out. To accomplish
this, a pot must be filled with water and brought to a boil.
More Rules for “Kosher for Passover”
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Items which seem acceptable for Passover but may not be:
Soda: Most sodas contain corn syrup. Since eating corn is a
no-no, soda containing corn syrup is also out.
Frozen vegetables: Many bags of frozen vegetables are
produced on the same machinery that also produces pasta or
pasta/vegetable blends.
Raw vegetables: Some fruits and vegetables (cucumbers for
example) have wax coatings that may be made from soy
proteins and oils derived from grain.
Dried fruits: These are often dried in ovens where bread is
sometimes baked.
Marshmallows: Not allowed unless made under supervision.
Milk: Unsuitable additives are often used.
What is Pesach: Passover?
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Of all the Jewish holidays, Pesach is the one most commonly
observed, even by otherwise non-observant Jews. According
to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), more
than 80% of Jews have attended a Pesach seder.
Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan.
It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and
agricultural significance
The name "Pesach" (PAY-sahch, with a "ch" as in the Scottich
"loch") comes from the Hebrew root Peh-Samech-Chet ,
meaning to pass through, to pass over, to exempt or to spare.
It refers to the fact that God "passed over" the houses of the
Jews when he was slaying the firstborn of Egypt.
What is Pesach: Passover?
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Passover celebrates the Jewish people's freedom from
Egyptian bondage that took place approximately 3,500
years ago, as told in the first 15 chapters of the biblical
Book of Exodus.
Passover, which commences at sundown on a Saturday
evening and lasts eight days, (seven days for most Reform
Jews, some Conservative Jews, and Jews in Israel),
concluding on a Sunday evening.