How kosher are you ?

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Re: How kosher are you ?

^ not same but fundamently very similar.

Kashrut

* Only meat from particular species is permissible:
      o Mammals that both chew their cud (ruminate) and have cloven hooves are kosher. Animals with one characteristic but not the other (the camel, the hyrax and the hare because they have no cloven hooves, and the pig because it does not ruminate) are specifically excluded (Leviticus 11:3-8).[2]
      o Birds must fit certain criteria; birds of prey are not kosher. There must be an established tradition that a bird is kosher before it can be consumed.[3]
      o Fish must have fins and scales to be kosher (Leviticus 11:9-12). Shellfish and non-fish water fauna are not kosher.[4]
      o Insects are not kosher, except for certain species of kosher locust (unrecognized in most communities).[5]
* Meat and milk (or derivatives) cannot be mixed, i.e. meat and dairy products are not served at the same meal, served or cooked in the same utensils, or stored together. Observant Jews have separate sets of dishes for meat and milk.[6]
* Mammals and fowl must be slaughtered in specific fashion: slaughter is done by a trained individual (a shochet) using a special method of slaughter, shechita (Deuteronomy 12:21). Among other features, shechita slaughter severs the jugular vein, carotid artery, esophagus and trachea in a single continuous cutting movement with an unserrated, sharp knife, avoiding unnecessary pain to the animal. Failure of one of these criteria renders the meat of the animal unsuitable. The body must be checked post-slaughter so as to be certain that the animal had no medical condition or defect that would have caused it to die of its own accord within a year, which would make the meat unsuitable.[7]
* Blood must be removed as much as possible (Leviticus 17:10) through the kashering process; this is usually done through soaking and salting the meat, but organs rich in blood (the liver) are grilled over an open flame.[8]
* Utensils used for non-kosher foods are rendered non-kosher, and will transfer that non-kosher status to kosher foods. Some utensils, depending on the material they are made from, can be made kosher again by immersion in boiling water.
* Food that is prepared by Jews in a manner which violates the Shabbat (Sabbath) may not be eaten until the Shabbat is over.[9]
* Passover has special dietary rules, the most important of which is the prohibition on eating leavened bread or derivatives of this (chametz, Exodus 12:15). Utensils used in preparing and serving chametz are also forbidden on Passover unless they have been cleansed (kashering).[10] Observant Jews traditionally have separate sets of meat and dairy utensils for Passover use only.
* Certain foods must have been prepared in whole or in part by Jews, including:
      o Wine[11]
      o Certain cooked foods (bishul akum)[12]
      o Cheese (gvinat akum) and according to some also butter (chem'at akum)[13]
      o According to many: certain dairy products (Hebrew: חלב ישראל chalav Yisrael "milk of Israel")[13][14]
      o According to some: bread (under certain circumstances) (Pat Yisrael)[15]
* Biblical rules control the use of agriculture produce: for produce grown in the Land of Israel a modified version of the Biblical tithes must be applied, including Terumat HaMaaser, Maaser Rishon, Maaser Sheni, and Maaser Ani (untithed produce is called tevel); the fruit of the first three years of a tree’s growth or replanting are forbidden for eating or any other use as orlah [2]; produce grown in the Land of Israel on the seventh year is Shviis, and unless managed carefully is forbidden as a violation of the Shmita (Sabbatical Year).

@aly-sam

I am not aware of this relating to religious practises, but in my mum;s kitchen woe betide you if you use the milk pan for other foods!!! The milk pans strictly to be used for milk, tea and other milky dishes like kheer etc. I think its something to do with perceiving an after-smell in the pans. I more or less follow that as its ingrained in my mind.

Yes i am talking about the same practice. Jews perform it religiously. I think it is good.