Pronounced: kahsh-ROOT, Origin: Hebrew, the Jewish dietary laws.
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Kashrut Themes and Theology
Jewish dietary laws, the origins of which are in biblical law, have a variety of explanations within the Bible itself, and those explanations have themselves been the subject of multiple interpretations.
Why Keep Kosher?
Jewish dietary practices allow us to welcome the sacred into our daily lives and into mundane acts.
Kosher Animals
Most of the rules about meat, including the ban on pork, are stipulated in the Torah.