Monday: MIDTERMWEDNESDAY / FRIDAY

Breslauer:

Chapter 2:

“Formative Judaism”

Guest SpeakerNext Wednesday,

• 2:00-3:00 in C610

• Francis Landy: U of Alberta

• B 716 @ 3:30

Alberta Kosher

http://www.kosherdelight.com/CanadaAlberta.htm

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 Rulesdoesn’t mean you know how to cook!

So, what’s for dinner?

• Lazy person’s guide to Kosher:

• Be a Vegan!

Plants are KosherBUT:

• 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 causesAnimals 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.

DairyFrom 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 TorahDo 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

• http://www.kosher.co.il/orgs/canada.htm

Kosher marks

• http://www.kosherquest.org/html/Reliable_Kosher_Symbols.htm#Kashruth Council of Toronto