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The life and death imagery of Rosh Hashanah is meant to spur people to improve their behavior.

The central home ritual of Rosh Hashanah consists of a special festive meal.

The Jewish New Year is simultaneously a time of great celebration and subtle trepidation.

In the Torah, the beginning of the year was clearly set in the spring. So what happened?

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

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

How and where to purchase kosher products.

Blood must be removed from kosher meat, usually by salting and soaking, before it may be cooked and consumed.

A survey of some of the laws governing the slaughter of kosher animals for meat.

Most of the rules about meat, including the ban on pork, are stipulated in the Torah.