Category: kashrus
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Reason that Chicken is considered Meat
Often people are confused about why the Rabbis forbade chicken (birds) with milk – why were they concerned about chicken more than fish, or pareve vege-burgers? The usual answer given is that ‘it looks like meat’ which is not really a good answer, because many things look like meat, and many things don’t. Rambam (Hilchos… Read more
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Shechita Labelling
The EU has decided to label meat that was killed without first being pre-stunned. This is a move aimed primarily at distinguishing kosher and halal meat from ‘regular’ non-shechted meat. I’m not sure if people really understand what ‘stunning’ means. It sounds so nice – kind of like an anesthetic before an operation. But in… Read more
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Is it kosher?
Nowadays the consumer has to rely very heavily on the mashgichim (supervisors) to ensure the food they eat is kosher. It is impossible for the average person to know all the ingredients in products s/he buys, and extremely difficult for them to check on the kashrus of each one. In restaurants the diner has to… Read more
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Just surfing
This is an article on a blog about the difficulties of keeping nida for a deaf person. I don’t think I’ve ever read a better explanation of the positive aspects of hilchot nida than this. Fantastic read. Jewish Deaf Motorcycling Dad: The Niddah Difference Does conservative Judaism always have to be wrong on principle? I… Read more