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Definition: kosher
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Literally, "kosher" means "fit" or "compliant", and as this term is mainly used in the food industry, over time it has become the expression that "sanctifies" a food and allows Jews to consume it. Example: Meat (and more generally food) slaughtered and prepared according to Jewish rites.
Food laws occupy a prominent place in the legal arsenal of the Torah. The requirement of holiness advocated by the Torah extends to all areas of life, from the most collective to the most intimate, and as food occupies a prominent place in human life, it was natural for the Torah to regulate this activity by elevating it above its simple biological significance.
We will not go into detail here about what it means to eat kosher, but we feel it is important to clarify what it is not! Several attempts have been made to explain kashrut (the rules relating to kosher food).
Some have seen them as simple hygienic prescriptions due to the climate of the Near East, others consider them to be remnants of ancient customs, and still others have seen them as a school of self-discipline or a barrier erected to separate the children of Israel from other nations.
In reality, each of these definitions contains a grain of truth, but none of them fully covers what eating kosher means. The Torah is not a work on dietetics or sociology! In reality, as trivial as it may seem, one must eat kosher because God demands it of His people. The notion of holiness, as indicated above, requires us to spiritualise the material world by controlling our senses. The dietary laws fit perfectly into this framework. Thus, when the Torah mentions a kosher or non-kosher animal, when a recognised rabbinical authority draws up a list of kosher foods, this does not in any way mean that the forbidden foods are bad, dirty or unhealthy, but simply that they are among the foods prohibited by the Torah in order to transform the family table into a place of spiritual elevation and harmony.
So, to live happily, let's live kosher! See the website
Food laws occupy a prominent place in the legal arsenal of the Torah. The requirement of holiness advocated by the Torah extends to all areas of life, from the most collective to the most intimate, and as food occupies a prominent place in human life, it was natural for the Torah to regulate this activity by elevating it above its simple biological significance.
We will not go into detail here about what it means to eat kosher, but we feel it is important to clarify what it is not! Several attempts have been made to explain kashrut (the rules relating to kosher food).
Some have seen them as simple hygienic prescriptions due to the climate of the Near East, others consider them to be remnants of ancient customs, and still others have seen them as a school of self-discipline or a barrier erected to separate the children of Israel from other nations.
In reality, each of these definitions contains a grain of truth, but none of them fully covers what eating kosher means. The Torah is not a work on dietetics or sociology! In reality, as trivial as it may seem, one must eat kosher because God demands it of His people. The notion of holiness, as indicated above, requires us to spiritualise the material world by controlling our senses. The dietary laws fit perfectly into this framework. Thus, when the Torah mentions a kosher or non-kosher animal, when a recognised rabbinical authority draws up a list of kosher foods, this does not in any way mean that the forbidden foods are bad, dirty or unhealthy, but simply that they are among the foods prohibited by the Torah in order to transform the family table into a place of spiritual elevation and harmony.
So, to live happily, let's live kosher! See the website