Kashrut

' (also or , ) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish religious law. Food that may be consumed is deemed kosher' ( in English, ), from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the term that in Sephardi or Modern Hebrew is pronounced kashér (), meaning "fit" (in this context: "fit for consumption"). Food that may not be consumed is deemed treif ( in English, ), also spelled treyf (). In case of objects the opposite of kosher is pasúl ( in English, Yiddish: פָּסוּל).

thumb|A Non-dairy creamer|non-dairy coffee creamer marked with a pareve label

thumb|Various Kashrut|Kosher symbols on a package of Kosher [[meat]] thumb|A rabbi List of halal and kosher fish#Kosher|searching for scales on the skin of a swordfish in [[Tétouan, Morocco]] A mashgiach (, "supervisor"; , mashgichim) or mashgicha (pl. mashgichot) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment. Mashgichim may supervise any type of food service establishment, including slaughterhouses, food manufacturers, hotels, caterers, nursing homes, restaurants, butchers, groceries, or cooperatives. Mashgichim usually work as on-site supervisors and inspectors, repres

butcher of cattle and poultry associated with the religious traditions of the Jewish community

term for sciatic nerve in Judaism

Topic in Jewish dietary law

Terefah (, lit. "torn by a beast of prey"; plural treifot) refers to either:

The prohibition on orlah fruit (lit. "uncircumcised" fruit) is a command found in the Bible not to eat fruit produced by a tree during the first three years after planting.

.kosher is a generic top-level domain owned by OK Kosher Certification. The filing of the application for the domain in January 2012 began a two-year process during which eleven other kosher certification agencies filed official objections, arguing that granting the application would give OK Kosher an unfair competitive advantage. In January 2014, ICANN ruled that OK Kosher could begin using the .kosher domain, after which the eleven objectors filed for reconsideration.

Chelev (, ḥēleḇ), "suet", is the animal fats that the Torah prohibits Jews and Israelites from eating. Only the chelev of animals that are of the sort from which offerings can be brought in the Tabernacle or Temple are prohibited (). The prohibition of eating chelev is also, in addition to the Torah, one of the 613 commandments that, according to the Talmud, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai.