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kashrut

In Judaism, the food laws of the Torah, as laid down in Deuteronomy. The kashrut specifies whether food is kosher (permitted) or trefah (forbidden).



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[CDATA[ Supreme Court rules that Rabbinate may not negate kashrut authorization merely because the restaurant owner belongs to a Jesus-believing cult.
When I apply the principle of kashrut to my diet, I eat low on the food chain, minimizing animal suffering by eating vegetarian and maximizing the food available to others by not using precious grain as cattle feed.
But Agriprocessors' record has provoked calls for an extra certification -- or stamp -- for kosher-food companies based on practices that go beyond kashrut rules, which dictate matters such as how an animal's throat is cut or how thoroughly blood is removed after an animal is killed.
 
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