Kashrut
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Kashrut is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish religious law. Foods that may be consumed are d
Kosher airline meal approved by The Johannesburg Beth Din
Cloven hooves in goats (upper left), pigs (lower left), and cattle (lower right). Horse hooves (upper right) are not cloven.
A 15th-century depiction of shechita
Kosher dairy dishes from the 19th century in the Jewish Museum, Berlin
Kosher locust
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Kosher locusts are types of orthopterans deemed permissible for consumption under the laws of kashrut. While the consumption of most insects is generally forbidden, Leviticus excepts four categories o
Kashrut
…are kosher; the consumption of the flesh of any animals that do not meet these criteria, such as pork, frogs, and shellfish, is forbidden, except for locusts, which are the only kosher invertebrate. The most basic eating rule in the Torah is that blood is not to be consumed; therefore, as a step to being…
A red locust
Pair of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria)