Kosher Food

Kosher= Food which is allowed

Treyfah= Food which is NOT allowed

·         All plants are kosher, but not all animals, birds or fish are.

·         Animals must also be killed in a special manner and have the blood removed before the meat can be eaten by Jews.

·         Jews may only eat animals and birds that have been killed by Shechitah.

·         Shechitah is killing the animals by slitting the throat with a sharpe knife.

·         This has been shown to be painless to the animals, as causing pain to living things is against Jewish law.

·         The theory is that the sharpe knife cuts he carotid so that the animal loses consciousness before they are able to feel pain.

1.       What is Kosher food? Food that Jews are allowed to eat.

2.       Where is the list of food which are allowed, found? In the Torah in the book of Leviticus.

3.       Why do many Jewish homes have two set of cutlery? In order to keep meat and dairy foods separate.

4.       Why do you think Jews are so careful about the food they eat? It is in order to obey God’s rules and it is part of their rules as well.

5.       Neatly copy the table below and draw the pictures.

Kosher	Non-Kosher
Chicken	Pig
Sheep	Rabbit
Cow	Camel
Fish with fins	Eel
Goat	Most birds; vultures, owls, eagles, ossifrage and the ospray,
	Swine
	Hare

All vegetables and fruit and dairy products are kosher.