Monday: MIDTERM WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY Breslauer: Chapter 2: “Formative Judaism”
Guest Speaker Next Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 in C610 Francis Landy: U of Alberta B 3:30
Alberta Kosher Addresses of Kosher restaurants
Kashrut: dietary laws. Kinds of things you can eat Ways in which it is prepared. Combinations of things you can eat.
Why? Who know? God just said so…
Kosher = Fit to eat Pareve = “Neutral” Treyf = Not fit to eat
KOSHER DOES NOT MEAN A TRADITIONAL RECIPE BOOK.
Some pizzas are kosher, some are treyf.
Knowing Kosher Rules doesn’t mean you know how to cook!
So, what’s for dinner? Lazy person’s guide to Kosher: Be a Vegan!
Plants are Kosher BUT: Grape products have to be produced by a Jew.
Animals Species How it is killed / prepared before cooking
Bugs: Some Kosher, Most Treyf
Kosher Critters Cloven Hooves Chews it cud. Sheep, Cattle, Goats, Deer
Treyf: Pigs, Rabbits, Badgers, Camels –Cats, & Rats and Elephants… Frogs, Rodents, Crocodiles, Wombats, Horses, Snakes,
Birds Kosher: Chickens, Geese, Ducks Treyf:Birds of Prey, Scavengers
Kosher Butchering Animals and Birds Kosher:Very quick: Blood drains easily Treyf:Animals that died of natural causes Animals killed by other animals
Extremely Treyf: BLOOD. Blood must be completely removed.
“To Kasher”: make Kosher Soaking Salting Broiling Ways to remove blood: for land animals, birds and fish.
Dairy From Kosher Animals only
Torah Mitzvah: “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.” Deuteronomy 14:21
Oral Torah’s “Fence” around the Torah Do not mix any dairy product with any meat product. Even of different species! Restrictions apply to birds too!
Fence Vegetarian Pizza is Kosher Pizza with meat is Treyf
Fence Cannot put dairy and meat on same plates, etc. Must wait after eating one kind to have the other.
Fish and milk Eggs and milk are Kosher
“Pareve” “Neutral” Neither meat or dairy. Fruits, vegetables, grains, eggs, kosher fish
Fish Must have fins and scales: Shell fish are treyf.
Certification KASHRUT COUNCIL OF TORONTO l/orgs/canada.htm
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