Jewish Dietary Laws

Keeping Kosher: A Personal Perspective

Boundaries, rules, cravings, and keeping my kashrut fresh

Kashering (Making Kosher)

How to make your kitchen kosher.

Kosher Details: Waiting Between Meals

How much time is required between eating meat and dairy?

Keeping Kosher

An overview of what's involved in observing Jewish dietary laws.

Rejecting the Vegetarian Label

I don't eat meat, but I'm no vegetarian.

Rav Kook Was Not a Vegetarian!

Among the many false claims about Rabbi Avraham Yitzkak HaCohen Kook is the assertion that he practiced vegetarianism.

Glatt Kosher

The name for this particular practice has come to stand for more stringent kashrut standards in general.

Food Laws in the Bible

The consumption of food and drink was subject to certain restrictions that became the basis for later Jewish dietary practices.

Kashrut: History and Development

Rabbinic Judaism elaborated a series of practices for putting the biblical restrictions into practice.